Veterinary Surgeon - The role is flexible on hours and offers Surgical / Consult bias opportunities

Permanent Veterinary Surgeon - Ashford

Type: Small Animal

Location: Ashford, Kent

Practice Type: Part of a group

• RCVS-Accredited Practice with extensive surgical, diagnostic, and medical facilities across 6 sites in the Kent/ East Sussex area. The hospital is an RCVS-Accredited Hospital and has Gold ISFM Accreditation and provides emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with VetsNow onsite providing continuity in cases and patient care. They offer keyhole surgery, laser therapy, and acupuncture treatments. You will be supported by a full and experienced team of Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVN), that carry out both nurse consults and vaccinations.
• They are excellently equipped including in-house lab, ECG, Endoscopy, ultrasound, radiography, separate dental room for all procedures dentistry x-ray, separate client care area, digital radiography, doppler ultrasonography, in-house laboratory, laparoscopic equipment, and video endoscope and bronchoscope.

Team: Their experienced team holds a wealth of knowledge and has interests in surgery, radiography, anaesthesia, feline behaviour, and dentistry, they have visiting referral ophthalmologist and feline medicine specialist.

They use team steps, which enable them to minimise communication errors within the teams. They are a very sociable team and actively encourage team get-togethers including bowling, nights, and days out, and Christmas parties are not to be missed.

Role: 

• Are you looking for a busy practice with a supportive team? A team that works together?
• Are you looking for a practice that is forward thinking both with high-quality patient care but also a leadership team that listens? Does this sound like somewhere you would like to work?
• Sounds too good to be true. Well, we promise you it isn’t, even our clients' locum vet loves working for them! Oh, and did they mention their amazing refurbishment including a second theatre, dedicated dentistry room, and new client care area!

Duties: Due to the refurbishment they are excited to be able to grow their team! They have some great opportunities for a Veterinary Surgeon ideally a certificate holder to join their team, you can build caseloads in state-of-the-art surgeries, perfect for a new or experienced cert holder. They also have opportunities for non-certificate holders and actively encourage and support anyone looking to complete a certificate.

Hours: Whether you want to work full-time, part-time, consult only, have a surgical bias, work school hours only, or prefer branch work, they are the practice for you.

Candidate: They have so much to offer and are looking for a like-minded vet to complement their already incredible team. This is not just another vet practice, they are a group of practices that has a role to fit every vet. Whether in their busy hospital as a surgeon or in one of their branch practices where everyone knows your name and you know your clients on a first-name basis, they are a practice that is proud of what they do and who they are. They are ok with change and embrace it as a team!

Salary: They are offering a competitive salary of up to £75,000 p/a (DOE)

Benefits:

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
• RCVS and 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
• Employer contribution pension scheme  
• Recruitment referral reward scheme
• Wellness program including:  
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme

Ref: JN -012025-32371

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