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Senior Veterinary Surgeon
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Sidcup – Senior Veterinary Surgeon
Up to £90,000 DOE pro rata plus benefits
£10,000 pro rata recognition bonus
Up to £5,000 relocation allowance
Your passion, our purpose
At Vets Now, we believe that when your passion is to make a difference, you deserve a team that shares this purpose.
At our Sidcup clinic, we are looking for a Head/Lead Veterinary Surgeon. In this role, you will lead from the front – inspiring clinical excellence and guiding a high-performing and collaborative team that supports pets and people when they need it most.
Lead with clinical excellence
As Senior Vet, you’ll lead by example by blending clinical expertise with mentorship and collaboration. You’ll set the tone for quality care, lead in emergency situations, and support the development of your fellow clinicians. You’ll have responsibility for:
- Driving and upholding clinical standards across the clinic
- Identifying clinical development opportunities and shaping team progression
- Championing innovation and service improvement within the clinic
This is more than a job. This is a vital leadership role with real impact where your guidance helps shape the future of ECC, while making a difference to patients, clients, and colleagues every day.
Work-life balance that works for you
This full-time role averages 40 hours per week (average of 3 shifts per week), including:
- Weeknights
- 1:2 weekends (mix of nights and days)
- Shared bank holidays
- No more than three consecutive nights
- Protected time for leadership duties and meetings
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We look after you so you can look after them
At Vets Now we recognise that our people are what makes us. That’s why we are continuing to invest in first class reward and recognition benefits and initiatives.
- Private medical insurance
- Membership of employee wellbeing programme
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
- Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
- 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
- Your birthday as a paid day off
- Paid volunteering days
- £1875 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata
- ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
- RCVS fees
- VECCS membership
- VDS cover
- Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
- UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
- Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
- Death in service of two times annual salary
Give yourself the AdvantEdge
At Vets Now, we are passionate about training and the ongoing development of our employees. If this vacancy is of interest and you feel you would benefit from an enhanced induction into our business, then the below option may be perfect for you:
AdvantEdge – A programme for talented Vets that will fast track them into a successful emergency role. This programme includes 1 week of hands-on practical training and 20 hours of flexible case-based e-learning completed at your own pace. This blended approach is designed to help you start your career at Vets Now with confidence.
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Collaborative spirit – support that sets you up for success
You’re never alone at Vets Now. On-shift you’ll often work alongside a registered Vet Nurse, an Animal Care Assistant and a Receptionist. You can also contact any of our clinics across the UK, if needing to discuss a particular case or share ideas.
You’ll also be supported by our Support Office in Dunfermline, where our teams work behind the scenes to help you thrive. Our Call Handlers and Customer Care Advisors ensure you can focus on what matters most – your patients.
Apply at Vets Now
To be considered for this role, click on the link below. To get in touch with Angie in our Talent team to discuss further, please email angie.ritchie@vets-now.com or call 078 150 15538.
https://www.vets-now.com/careers/jobs/sidcup/veterinary-surgeon/vet1209710/
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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