Experienced Surgery Certificate Holder

Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum (negotiable for the right candidate & depending on experience)

Location: Leicestershire (Glenfield Hospital)

Job Type: Permanent (Full-time & part time applications 3-5 days welcome)

Hours: 3 or 4-day working week, 1:4 Sat am, 1:16 Saturday full days and 1:15 Sunday (paid extra with a bonus)

About us

Park Vet Group is based in the wonderful city of Leicester. Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and is a modern city steeped in years
of history and there is lots to do locally whether you enjoy the great outdoors/countryside or prefer the hustle and bustle of the city. East midlands airport is less than a one-hour drive away and you can visit lots of other cities in under 2 hours, including the capital.

We have all the usual kit including digital x-ray, ultrasound, a range of endoscopes, CT, ASIF and Synthes kits, TPLO/TTA/Tightrope, arthroscopy and Biomedtrix THR kit.

You will join a friendly and enthusiastic team of vets (including certificate holders) and nurses (including two surgical diploma holders), as part of a longstanding referral service, backed up by a dedicated first opinion team and our own on-site OOH service

Your role and responsibilities

Due to continued success, an exciting opportunity has arisen for Surgery Certificate Holder, Referral Veterinary Surgeon to join us at our Glenfield Hospital.

We are a training practice and work closely with local universities & training colleges. Our fantastic team is very supportive, and we pride ourselves on working well as a team.

• Based in our busy veterinary hospital in Glenfield, you will join two referral surgeons in driving the service forward in both Soft Tissue and Orthopaedic disciplines. This position is for an experienced referral surgeon, you will be expected to manage both an internal and external referral caseload and must be keen to mentor other orthopaedic vets currently within the practice. There are opportunities to deliver external CPD to local referring practices.
• The ideal candidate for the role will be an experienced Veterinary Surgeon with an Orthopaedic and Soft tissue certificate holder, keen and able to mentor others within the referral team

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday per year + birthday leave day
• Salary up to £75,000 (depending on experience)
• CPD fully funded up to £2K and 7 days out of the practice for CPD
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• Employee assistance program
• Extensive learning and development programs
• Progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Enhanced family leave policy
• Enhanced sickness policy
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Recruitment reward scheme
• Gym membership discount
• Flu vaccine voucher

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 Program 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.

Don’t just take our word for it

If you are a Veterinary Surgeon, considering new opportunities in 2022, please get in touch for an informal chat with us and to find out more. We are always happy for prospective associates to come and visit our practices/hospital site for a tour, and an in-person chat.

We would love to hear from you, please contact Vicky Tanday at vicky.tanday@linnaeusgroup.co.uk by clicking the apply button if you have any questions about the role or to apply, please complete the application form below.