Night Veterinary Surgeon

Linnaeus; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a supportive and progressive ECC team as a Night Veterinary Surgeon at a leading veterinary practice. The role offers an opportunity to enhance your ECC skills in a thriving 24-hour facility, alongside experienced professionals. The position provides excellent work-life balance and generous CPD benefits, catering to those with a passion for emergency and critical care in animals.

Benefits

CPD allowance of £1,500 per year

Flexible work patterns

Extensive in-house training

Relocation package

Enhanced equal family leave

Employee assistance programme

Wellness program

Qualifications

• Confident small animal Vet with ECC passion.
• Ability to oversee emergency cases as sole charge vet.
• Current RCVS registration required.

Responsibilities

• Cover inpatient care and emergency consultations.
• Manage cases with a high standard due to varied caseload.

Skills

Emergency and Critical Care (ECC)

Inpatient Care

Consultation

Education

RCVS Registration

Job description

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Job Title: Night Veterinary Surgeon

Location: Cromwell Veterinary - Huntingdon

Job Type: 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Up to £68,222 (Depending on Experience)

Hours: 4 week rolling rota:

Week 1 Off

Week 2 - 5 x TW shifts Mon- Fri & 2 x night shifts Sat-Sun

Week 3 Off

Week 4 - 5 x Night shift Mon-Fri

(discussions around alternative rota patterns welcome) Average 32.75 hours per week.

Would you like to be part of a progressive and supportive ECC team?

We are looking for a Veterinary Surgeon, with a passion for ECC, to join our experienced and friendly team of 4 amazing night vets (including an ECC certificate holder) You would also be working with two experienced Night Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) and a twilight nurse, alongside overlap with the day team during your Twilight shifts. This role is to cover a period of maternity leave for 18th months, with an ideal start date between July and September 2025.

Night shifts are 7pm to 8am, whilst twilight shifts are 4pm-midnight Monday-Friday. The role covers inpatient care, emergency consultations and procedures. We cover OOH for our hospital and 5 branches plus 7 other local practices, so we have a varied caseload but still have sufficient time to manage cases to the highest standard.

Why join us?

• Fantastic opportunity to focus on ECC skills in a supportive setting, working alongside an experience team of nurses, with 2 on site each night.
• Our other night vets within the team are ECC qualified.
• Work for a hospital that enables full work up of cases in-house – from digital radiography and ultrasounds to video-endoscopy, multi-parameter anaesthetic monitoring, tonometry, and more.
• Excellent work life balance and the option to discuss alternative working patters.
• Check out our video to see what we have to offer! https://vimeo.com/907511231
  
  

The team

At Cromwell Vets you will be working alongside a collaborative team to be truly proud of, due to their commitment to the delivery of exceptional care to our clients and their pets. Our clinical team is made up of 21FTE Vets, including several certificate holders, and we support and encourage CPD (including certificate study). We also enjoy being part of our communities and attending local events to run fun dog shows raising money each year for our chosen charity and encouraging team members to take part. Cromwell Vets also holds regular social events, including summer events, impromptu lunchtime barbeques, and our famous annual Christmas party!

About Us

Cromwell Vets is a busy 24-hour first opinion small animal hospital with 5 branch surgeries and a state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre. We pride ourselves on providing the highest standards in veterinary medicine, and our tier 3 hospital has excellent facilities and equipment and hosts our dedicated out of hours service. We are also very proud of The Cromwell ARC – a purpose-built physiotherapy and hydrotherapy unit with aquatic treadmill and K-Laser, run by our qualified physiotherapist. Wellbeing is top of the agenda and important to us all – we champion a better work life balance and are avid supporters of the WellVet Initiative.

What We’re Looking For

• A confident small animal Vet with a passion for ECC work.
• Ability work as a sole charge vet, overseeing emergency cases.
• Current and valid RCVS registration (essential)
  
  

Benefits

• CPD allowance of £1,500 (for full-time and part-time vets) with 5 CPD days per annum (pro-rated for part-time)
• Over 120 hours+ of additional, in house, free online courses/content.
• Relocation package
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmes
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Pension Scheme
• Enhanced equal family leave
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance programme
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Recruitment referral reward scheme
  
  

To apply, find out more information or arrange a confidential chat contact Natalie at [e-mail]

Part of an amazing global family

Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]

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