Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon for Independent Hospital

Our Independent small animal and equine veterinary hospital in Essex are looking for a small animal only vet to join their large, experienced team.

• £40,000 - £70,000 salary DOE
• Role split between hospital and one of the practices two branches
• Focus on staff well being with mental & physical well being of their staff being paramount
• A skilled and experienced staff support you and the large team of vets and 3 new graduate interns.
• Veterinary team has a range of experience from 4 - 45 years including 3 certificate holders
• 4 day per week, 8.30am-8pm two days per week and 8.30am-5.30pm two days per week, as set out in the weekly rota.
• Car and onsite accommodation available
• Visa sponsorship, if required

To apply or for more information, please send your CV to scott@redsector.co.uk or send me a message on whatsapp (+447494277518)

Our client is a well-established, independent RCVS Accredited practice with Hospital status, based in the beautiful Essex countryside with easy access to the city of Chelmsford which provides good shopping, entertainment and rail links to the heart of London in just 30 minutes.  Stansted and Southend airports are within 30 minutes, with Dover only an hour away and there are excellent road links to easily reach most of the UK and continent.

Offering the latest in diagnostic technology, supported by spacious kennels and cattery, a hydrotherapy unit, as well as an extensive equine facility, and in-house laboratory, we are proud to champion non-corporate practices and aims to encourage vets to choose careers in forward-thinking supportive, modern practices. We strongly believe that this business model will create a long-term, flourishing veterinary profession.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated small animal veterinary surgeon to join an independent small animal hospital. A capable and competent general practitioner, you will largely be based at the hospital practice with some work within one of the two branches. 

Our full-time position is as follows: 

4 days per week, The working hours would be 8.30am-8pm two days per week and 8.30am-5.30pm two days per week, as set out in the weekly rota. ‘On Call’ back-up for inpatients and dealing with emergencies that are presented before 8pm, once per fortnight, 1 in 7 Saturday mornings 8.30am-1pm 1 in 7 duty weekends consisting of Friday evening consults, Saturday morning consults, dealing with emergencies between 8am and 5pm Saturday and Sunday and responsibility for inpatients throughout the weekend. Any emergencies outside of these hours will be dealt with by Vets Now Bank holidays on a rota basis, up to two per year, taking the same working pattern as Sundays. Full time hours but part time would be considered for the right candidate  There would be work at our main hospital and one of our two branches, on a consistent rota.

You would form part of a team of 10 assistant vets and 3 new graduate interns. The assistants are a mixture of full and part-time and range in experience from 4 – 45 years, and include three certificate holders in Cardiology, ECC and SA Surgery. The interns work 1 week SA, 1 week Eq, 1 week OOH so there is one intern present in the SA dept at any one time. All of our vets are firstly general practitioners and so do a mixture of consults, diagnostics, surgery, internal medicine and inpatient management for both routine and non-routine cases. We do however, encourage areas of interest and the more experience members of the team will assist with things like more advanced surgeries when needed. There is a strong nursing team including a mix of RVN, SVN and ANAs.

We see a wide range of cases from a wide background. We have an onsite lab, 3 video endoscopes, including a bronchoscope, dedicated dental radiography, ultrasound, digital x-ray, hydrotherapy, therapeutic laser, surgical laser. We do most of our own orthopaedic surgeries including TPLOS, we are embarking on laparoscopic surgery.

Our core values are to be caring, nurturing, honest, fair, trustworthy, responsible, respectful, professional, up-to-date and efficient. Our team members come first, and we are proud that they are the main asset of our hospital. We want everyone who works for us to feel supported, with particular awareness for mental health & wellness at work, and mindfulness of a work/life balance.

About you: 

We are looking for a capable general practitioner who wants the opportunity to use or develop their own areas of expertise. Applicants should be confident and competent in surgeries and medicine and excel in communication. An ability to nurture our interns would be a bonus!

Applicants should be motivated and a passionate team player. A personable and friendly attitude, and a strong client focus is a must. Acquisitions of further qualifications is supported and encouraged. Candidate applications with a specialist qualification are encouraged. 

All applicants must be RCVS registered or eligible for registration.

To apply or for more information, please send your CV to scott@redsector.co.uk or send me a message on whatsapp (+447494277518)