Veterinary Surgeon

Joining our professional, personable team in our Ashby practice in Scunthorpe, you’ll deliver exceptional care by going beyond consulting to listen and empathising, putting patients and clients first, always.

As qualified MRCVS, you’ll already have good experience gained in small animal practice. You’ll be competent in clinical examination and surgery and confident working sole charge or as part of the wider team. Sharing our values being trustworthy, caring and progressive, you will have all the softer skills essential to working effectively, building trusting relationships with your colleagues, harnessing our one team culture. You will also display good communication skills and the desire to share your knowledge and skills by being an outstanding, positive example to others.

Joining our national network of veterinary surgeons at Medivet, offers exceptional opportunities for career development while enjoying a very competitive salary package. The role is working 4 days per week plus 1 in 3 Saturdays, however part time hours will also be considered to suit your individual requirements.

Salary package up to £55,000 per annum (FTE)

5 weeks' annual leave

4 weeks' paid sabbatical (after each 5 years of service)

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

£1,500 CPD Allowance plus 3 days CPD leave (FTE)

RCVS, BVA and VDS fees paid

Vehicle allowance or Company Vehicle

Accommodation allowance

Access to Wellbeing support and EAP programme

Access to wide range of discounts for days out, high street and holidays.

100% attendance bonus schemes

1 day 'Pet'ernity Leave

We also offer relocation allowances should you move more than 40 miles from your current home address.

We can also support Certificates of Sponsorship for a Tier 2 (General) Visa if you meet the criteria and are eligible to register as a veterinary surgeon with the RCVS upon arrival in the UK.

You will be working alongside a passionate, dedicated and caring team of individuals. We offer excellent long-term prospects for the right candidate, with advancement in skills and specialism actively encouraged. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years qualified experience and hold a special interest in either Imaging, Ultrasound or Internal Medicine. 

Branch:

Medivet Ashby is a large busy practice with 3 consult rooms, 1 double surgical theatre, dental suite, digital x-ray room, prep area, separate dog and cat isolation rooms, ultrasound, laparoscopic equipment and inhouse blood machines. We have fantastic clients and we are active within the local community. 

Scunthorpe is a large town situated in North Lincolnshire just off the M180 and M18 motorways allowing easy transport links to the Lincolnshire Wolds, Hull, Doncaster, Lincoln and York. It is a bustling town with restaurants, cinema, shopping parks and many other activities.

For those who enjoy country air and long walk, Scunthorpe is a stone’s throw away from the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds which is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the highest land between Kent and Yorkshire. In the Wold there are many quaint market villages with plenty of independent shops and history to explore.

To the East there is the popular seaside resort of Cleethorpes with many traditional seaside restaurants and activities, the boating lake, The Jungle Zoo and Cleethorpes Light Railway.