Veterinary Surgeon

Job Description

Southend- on-Sea Vets for Pets are looking for a talented veterinary surgeon to join their friendly and supportive team!

The practice opened their doors as a standalone practice in 2012 and have a lovely, loyal and varied client base. We see a wide variety of medical and surgical cases, including exotics and orthopaedics. We have a growing number of insured clients allowing cases to be thoroughly investigated and worked up to a high standard. 

We pride ourselves on being a family feeling team with lots of fun and laughter whilst providing excellent gold standard care. Our team is led by Gavin Young MRCVS, who has a keen interest in orthopaedics. Our team consists of 1 JVP/Vet, 3 Vets, 5 RVNs, 4 client care advisors and a practice manager. We are all friendly, approachable, close-knit team that is looking forward to welcoming someone new to join us. 

We are a well-equipped surgery, with a laparoscopic kit, on site ultrasound, digital and dental X-Ray, Multiparameter Monitor, Rigid Endoscope, separate dog and cat ward, isolation ward, in house lab and diathermy machine. The existing team have interests and certificates in areas including exotics, orthopaedics, feline medicine and Critical Care.

The Ideal vet to join us will:

• Be personable
• Independent, proactive, uses their initiative, a team player, and has excellent communication skills
• Understand the value of good communication, wanting to build a rapport with our clients, patients and colleagues
• Special interests will be encouraged and supported.

The role is Full Time, 40 hours a week and 1 in 4 weekends (Saturday 9am-12pm, no Sundays, OOH or bank. 

We can offer you

• An attractive salary of up to £60,000 (Dependant on experience/full time equivalent)
• A generous CPD allowance (Plus funding towards certificates)
• 5.6 weeks initial holiday
• A contributory pension scheme
• In-house career development opportunity
• Paid membership fees (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
• Funded sponsorship visas
• Access to the reward hub including wellbeing support and pastoral care
• Cycle to work scheme
• 20% discount at Vets for Pets, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
• Access to Colleague Assistance Programmes – Retail Trust, Port of Call and MHFA

If you'd like any further information about this vacancy, the practice or our company please contact Laura from our Talent Acquisition team via email; eastvets@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation.

Alternatively, you can submit your application directly to us now and somebody will be in touch with you to discuss this further. We look forward to hearing from you!

Location - SS1 2AY

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer!

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!