Senior Veterinary Surgeon

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Veterinary Surgeon to join our team. The role at Bath Cats and Dogs Home (RSPCA rehoming centre) involves managing the team of nurses, ensuring the Vet suite runs smoothly, liaising with the examinations of new admissions, operating, consulting, and giving advice to kennel assistants.

This role is either full-time or part-time. The rota includes working 3 days a week on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00am-4:30pm. There will be an option to work 1 day per week and on weekends at our Rosemary Lodge Hospital. There are no out-of-hours shifts. 

About Us

Bath Cats and Dogs Home is a busy rehoming centre, with an experienced clinical team. Rosemary Lodge is a long-established Tier 3 Hospital with onsite MRI, CT, digital xray and in-house diagnostics. Our
6 satellite branches vary in size and facilities but all have established teams and friendly clients.

The role at Bath Cats and Dogs Home is a sole charge role, working alongside 2 Registered Veterinary Nurse's. Across Bath Vets, we have a team of 140 employees. Our first opinion team includes certificate holders in medicine, imaging, and ECC. Bath Vet Referrals is also based at Rosemary Lodge Hospital, the team includes medicine clinicians and surgeons. We pride ourselves on our friendly working environment and our focus on staff well-being. Our staff are actively encouraged to develop their skills and knowledge via in-house learning and CPD. The successful candidate will share our philosophy of practising to the highest clinical standards.

Applicant Requirements 

Experience of working sole charge is essential and experience of managing a team and charity work would be an advantage.

Benefits Veterinary Surgeon

Because our employee's matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave inclusive of Bank Holiday & Public Holiday entitlement 
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Well-being

• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee well-being
• Non-accidental injury support

Development

• £1250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro-rata 
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees 

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch. Please quote BH6168 when applying for this role.

To apply, please email your CV to Nicola at nicola.grant@ivcevidensia.com by clicking the apply button or call 07977242410 for more information. To submit your application click the apply button.