Veterinary Surgeon

Hours: Permanent (Full time and Part time opportunities)

Practice: Cromwell Veterinary Group

Cromwell Vets are a busy 24-hour Primary Care, small animal hospital, RCVS accredited, with 5 branch surgeries and a fabulous physiotherapy/
hydrotherapy centre. Our practice has been caring for pets for over 100 years and we pride ourselves on providing the very best care and service for our pets and their owners. We are fortunate to have our tier 3 hospital with excellent facilities and equipment and it is an exciting time to be joining us as we are now primed and ready for further growth including a move to a new purpose-built hospital. 

Our wonderful Team is at the heart of Cromwell Vets – we are one big family!

We enjoy being part of our communities and attending local events to
run fun dog shows raising money each year for our chosen charity and encouraging team members to take part. Cromwell Vets also holds regular social events including summer events, impromptu lunchtime barbeques in the summer and the famous annual Christmas party.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a confident, talented, and experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly, passionate team. 

Your role at Cromwell Vets will be a varied one. You will see a good mixture of consultations and surgeries. You will have the choice of working at our hospital site or branch sites or a mixture of both. Consulting only options are also available if preferred. 

Our rota:

• 4 days a week (9-hour days),
• 1 weekend in 6
• 1 Saturday morning in 6
• No inpatient checks & no out of hours
• Open to full-time and part-time applications.

You will be joining a very welcoming team, who all support each other.
All of our Associates are committed to the care of our clients and their
pets and we would love to hear from applicants who share the same values. Many of our clinical team hold certificates in medicine, surgery, cardiology, dermatology and diagnostic imaging, with advanced practitioners in medicine and surgery. We are always keen to support professional development and certificates, where possible.

 Benefits

• Salary up to £55,000 dependent on experience
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmes
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance programme
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Recruitment referral reward scheme.

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.

Part of an amazing global family

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 veterinary health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates. 

If you would like to apply for this position or would simply like to discuss in a little more detail – please contact Vicky via the apply button or complete the application form below.