Pets at Home Limited
OOH Veterinary Surgeon
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Our busy small animal surgery in Romford is seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to join their Out of Hours team!
This is a part-time role, with a working pattern of 7 nights on and 14 nights off. Monday to Friday 8pm – 8:15am, weekends 6pm-9 am.
Our location offers free on-site parking as well as fantastic transport links into central London in just 25 minutes and out to the Essex countryside within 20 minutes. It is also ideally located for Stansted, City & Southend Airport.
Our established clinical team of 14 vets and 18 VNs hold a wide variety of individual interests from medicine through to soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery and we offer a generous CPD allowance meaning you will receive support towards studying at certificate level.
Our spacious surgery is purpose-built to industry-leading standards and has state-of-the-art equipment including 2 dedicated operating theatres, ultrasound, in-house laboratory, and digital radiographs. We also have a full endoscopy unit, access to CT in one of the branches, and are continually looking to invest in the best to improve the services that we can offer to our clients.
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Our busy practice has a very varied caseload of clients so applicants will need to have existing UK experience, be confident with sole charge, competent with most emergency surgical procedures, and have good diagnostic and medicinal skills.
You will also have excellent people skills, be flexible in your approach to practice, and demonstrate passion for the practice and the team. You will be comfortable in a consult room with clients and offer fantastic customer service and dedication.
In return, we offer:
- Excellent career opportunities and development due to the varied caseload
- Competitive salary up to £80,000 (not pro rata)
- Dedicated onsite day and night team enabling 24/7 onsite care for all patients
- Contributory pension scheme
- Generous CPD and funding of certificates for the right candidate
- Paid memberships (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
- Exclusive company discounts and rewards
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We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
If you would like to hear more about this position, please contact Lizzie at Southvets@vets4pets.com or to apply, please visit www.vets4petscareers.com
Location: RM7 0AN
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