Experienced Equine Veterinary Surgeon

CVS Veterinary Group; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary commensurate with experience

6 weeks' holiday per annum

Access to the CVS Sharesave

Buy and Sell Holiday schemes

Staff discount for your own pets

Employee Assistance Programme

RCVS fees and BEVA membership

And more!

Job summary

Cinder Hill Equine Clinic in Horsted Keynes is seeking a Senior/Experienced Equine Veterinary Surgeon to join our busy 8-vet team. We operate around the Ashdown Forest with strong referral and ambulatory work, offering advanced dentistry, laser surgery and on-site surgical facilities.

The role is full time (40 hours/week) with potential for part-time for the right candidate and a 1:8 on-call rota outside stud season.

Qualifications

• Must be a Vet with qualification in equine practice.
• Experience in lameness work-ups and vettings preferred.
• Team player with good communication.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to respond quickly and stay calm in challenging situations.
• Diplomatic in resolving client complaints.
• Driven to deliver gold standard patient care with collaboration across the Equine Division.
• Able to adapt to industry changes and challenges.
• Financial awareness and ability to prioritise tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform lameness work-ups and veterinary assessments.
• Provide high-quality ambulatory and in-clinic equine care.
• Contribute to team support for studs and competition yards.
• Participate in on-call rota outside stud season and assist with inpatients.

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior/Experienced Equine Veterinary Surgeon to join our team here at Cinder Hill Equine Clinic in Horsted Keynes!

We are based around the beautiful Ashdown Forest in rural Mid Sussex with easy access to London and the south coast.

We are an 8-Vet practice providing services to a mix of competition yards, studs and leisure horses. Our clinic has surgical and inpatient facilities with regular visiting surgeons. We offer a range of services including ET, OPU/ICSI, advanced dentistry and laser surgery as well as high quality ambulatory work with great kit and back up from our fantastic team of 4 VNs/sVNs.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Vet to join us on a full time basis where you will be working 40 hours per week although a part time role could be considered for the right applicant. We are covered full time by Equicall out of hours service but run a second on call rota of 1:8 outside of the stud season to cover inpatients, occasional scopes and booked in time critical minor procedures. Through the summer months we run separate stud and second on rotas.

Preferable skills include:

• Ability to perform lameness work-ups and vettings
• An interest in stud work would be helpful but not essential
• Must be a team player
• Strong analytical skills with an eye for detail
• Must be able to respond quickly and remain calm in difficult situations
• Diplomatic in resolving client complaints
• Must be driven to deliver gold standard patient care within our clinic and have a collaborative approach to the wider Equine Division
• Be reactive to industry changes and challenges
• Financial awareness, organised and with the ability to prioritise

We have the resources to help and support you at any stage of your career, all the usual modern equipment and specialist backup to care for our patients to the highest level in one of the most beautiful parts of the South East.

We offer a competitive package which includes:

• Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
• 6 weeks' holiday per annum (including bank holidays)
• Access to the CVS Sharesave
• Buy and Sell Holiday schemes
• Staff discount for your own pets
• Employee Assistance Programme
• RCVS fees and one professional subscription (e.g. BEVA membership)
• And more!