Chestergates Veterinary Specialists

At CVS, we are the largest integrated veterinary service provider in the UK, operating in excess of 500 veterinary surgeries throughout the UK, Ireland and Holland. Our surgeries include nine referral practices providing first class specialist treatment, one of which ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists based in Cheshire.

ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists is a CVS multi-disciplinary referral centre in the North West of England offering referral services in a wide range of disciplines including Internal Medicine, Soft Tissue Surgery, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Cardiology, Anaesthesia, and Dermatology. The hospital is located just outside the City of Chester and offers excellent transport links to major cities including London, Birmingham, Glasgow & Edinburgh. Liverpool and Manchester airports are both nearby and offer convenient access to domestic and international destinations. Cheshire is a beautiful county and lies within easy reach of the coast, mountains and other areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the Lake District, Yorkshire Moors and Peak District.

The team of over 100 veterinary professionals work together to deliver the very best in client and patient care. ChesterGates is a partner practice with University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine providing us with the opportunity to support and encourage those aspiring to join the profession.

The hospital has superb facilities including a Siemens 1.5T MRI, a 16-slice CT Scanner, DR X-ray machine and a Philips Zenition 50 fluoroscopy. A first opinion practice and dedicated night service is also on site.

The caseload is challenging and highly varied including total hip replacements, trauma and both routine and complex referral soft tissue procedures. We are therefore able to accommodate a candidate with either a soft tissue or orthopaedic bias.

The role:

• The ideal candidate will be a RCVS or ECVS/ACVS Diplomate or residency trained surgeon
• The chance to work alongside other residency trained clinicians and Specialists, a team of interns and a highly qualified and experienced veterinary nursing team
• Full time or part time working can be accommodated with hours and working pattern adjusted to suit the successful candidate

We are also advertising for a Clinical Director and we would be open to the possibility of combining both a clinical and management role.

We offer:

• • An extremely attractive Salary
  • Access to our sharesave scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave
  • Up to 7 weeks holiday a year (+ Bank Holidays) with our Buy, Sell Holiday Scheme
  • Private health care cover
  • Pet product discounts
  • Subsidised membership at over 2000 participating health clubs.