Mixed Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon Opportunity – Greenside Veterinary Practice
(St Boswells, Scottish Borders)

Job Type: Permanent, full time (part time gratefully considered)

Hours: Full time rota; 4.5 days per week, 8.45am – 5pm as standard, 8.45-1pm on half day with 1 in 5 OOH’s. We welcome discussions regarding the ideal rota for you and we do have flexibility with rota/shifts/OOH’s.

Your role and responsibilities

The right candidate for the role will be an enthusiastic, friendly Companion Animal and Large Animal Veterinary Surgeon, with good communication skills. This is a very rare opportunity for a vet to join our super friendly, family feel practice where we pride ourselves on providing a good work: life balance along with lots of on-the-job support for our colleagues.

We are looking for a lovely person to join our close-knit team. We take
a fair share of ops and consulting but with preferences and special interests well understood and encouraged. We have a very open and honest management style and encourage regular feedback from our associates to get the very best working environment for everyone.

Greenside Vets is a mixed practice with a solid farm base and an ever-expanding quality companion animal component. Our main site is well equipped including; DR x-ray, new ultrasound, dental x-ray, broncho-scopy, gastroscopy, and multi-parameters. We have a growing ortho-paedic caseload and perform some advanced soft tissue procedures in house too. Our purpose-built rehabilitation and stem cell referral unit
has recently been completed and includes a hydrotherapy underwater treadmill and qualified veterinary physiotherapists within the team. This is the only one of its kind in Scotland and presents a huge opportunity to our clients and their pets.

Our purpose-built Large Animal unit includes two Easi-scan ultra-sound scanners, bull and tup fertility testing equipment and in house hospitalisation facilities including calf warmer alongside all the usual equipment. We run well supported in house beef and sheep clubs with many clients participating in herd health schemes. Our large animal caseload does not include equine and is mainly beef and sheep with minimal dairy work, some camelids and goats are seen too. We have pool cars meaning no smells in your own vehicle!

Our out of hours work is well supported with a dedicated nurse on call with the vet to assist where required. Our nurses expect to be called in! We have no routine weekend consulting and we give you Friday off after your weekend on call. 

Benefits 

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
• 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. For more information, click here.

About us

We have a wonderful team at Greenside Vets and any new associate joining the team would be warmly welcomed. We are a friendly, enthusiastic, dedicated team who like to enjoy social events together when we can. Our team is supported by a large RVN, PCA and front of house team. As Veterinary professionals we enjoy our working days together and are very supportive of each other. We have team members with lots of different interests and fully support ongoing study. We have vets currently studying towards certificates in Internal Medicine, a DBR holder and nurses also studying for further qualifications too. 

Greenside Veterinary Practice is based in St Boswells in the stunning Scottish Borders, which is only 45 minutes from Edinburgh and an hour from Newcastle; all the access but without the price tag for property and with a wealth of amazing outdoor pursuits on your doorstep. We are fortunate enough to be able to bring our dogs to work and have a beautiful local walk along the River Tweed to enjoy

Don’t just take our word for it

Rebecca joined us in February as we have had a baby boom here at Greenside, she says:

“It’s honestly the best practice I’ve ever been to, including for EMS. Everyone is so nice and supportive, I genuinely couldn’t believe it was true at first. Literally everyone asks everyone else for help with no shame or being made to feel lacking, from new grads to the clinical directors. And don’t forget the regular socializing outside of work, the parties are legendary but also you’re not made to feel left out if you’re not into that and instead want to wait to hear the stories the following week.”

We would love to hear from you, please contact Chloe or Emily at chloe.summerfield@greensidevetpractice.co.uk or emily.rainbow@greensidevetpractice.co.uk if you have any questions about the role or to apply

Part of an amazing global family

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. 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.

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 85,000 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 the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Team by clicking the apply button.

Linnaeus is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.