Are you a vet with a passion for thorough medical workups in a GP setting? Come and join our very sociable team at Cheshire Pet Medical Centre, where we see a very varied caseload at our first opinion practice. The successful candidate will be working with more experienced vets as well as new/recent graduates. Confidence to work sole charge and help lead junior vets is essential. The role will consist of a mixture of consulting, medical workups and surgery. We always try to nurture areas of interest for all our vets

Rota patterns that work for you

Our people are at the heart of everything that we do, that's why we know that work-life balance is vital in supporting our people to be their best selves. Our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours offers a balance that truly flexes with you and your lifestyle no matter what stage you are in your career.

The rota will include working 40 hours over 4 days per week (9:00am - 7:00pm working days with paid 30 min lunchbreak). We will consider part-time applicants. Saturday morning consults are on shared rota, currently 1:6. The nurses do our evening and weekend inpatient checks, but vets are on a rota to be available in the rare instance they are required. There will be no out of hours as this is covered by Vets Now.

Join an established practice

This is an excellent opportunity to join our modern, forward-thinking clinic, with staff who are dedicated to offering the best care to the small animal pets of Cheshire. We strive to be the leaders in our field for staff well-being and are committed to improving our practice sustainability.

Facilities include CT, ultrasound, endoscopy, digital radiography, dental radiography, in-house blood analysis, multiparameter monitoring, and a purpose-designed feline-only clinic. We are proud to be an ISFM Silver cat friendly practice. We are based in a semi-rural location, on the outskirts of Sandbach, Cheshire, near M6 motorway links.

Meet like-minded professionals

Our team and our lovely client base make this practice. Altogether we have 7 Veterinary Surgeons, 10 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses and 5 Receptionists. We also have a visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon with Cert Small Animal Orthopaedics FRCVS, as well as Nurse certificates in anaesthesia, ECC, medicine, surgery & feline medicine. We do lots of social activities as a team as we really do like each other and as cheesy at it sounds we consider ourselves a work

family! Don't just take our word for it though, here is what one of the team has to say

"Perhaps the one stand-out aspect of working at Cheshire Pet Sandbach is the level of support from new graduate level through to experienced vets. Every member of the team is happy to contribute to discussions/cases in order to better patient outcome and help bounce ideas off, with the bonus of not feeling silly for having asked! It genuinely feels like everyone has each other's back and this helps for the inevitable stressful/emotional parts of the job when they arise, when a good cup of tea, a listening ear and a bit of a giggle helps a lot.

The clients are good and on the whole are willing to work with you to work cases up to a good level, which helps for job satisfaction. The facilities available also are excellent, which helps for own development and learning, with local referrals always happy to answer questions. It is nice to have our sister practices in the area to manage cases together where appropriate." Nastassja - Vet Surgeon

Because our employee's matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

Work-life balance

6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays

Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

Wellbeing

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline

Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing

Development

£1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata

Certificate support

Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy

Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider

All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding

All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund

Infection Prevention and Control Programme

Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

BVA membership

VDS cover

RCVS fees

Colleague Benefits

Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well

Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria

Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you

Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers

Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice

Cheshire Pet, Winterley

Wheelock Heath Business Court, Alsager Road, Winterley, Sandbach, CW11 4RQ, United Kingdom

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Animals treated

Small animals

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