Out of Hours Veterinary Surgeon

Vets for Pets; Romford; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

CPD allowance

Pension scheme

CPD funding for certificates

RVCS/BVA/VDS memberships

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

Vets for Pets in Romford is seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to join our Out of Hours team on a part-time basis. The role involves night shifts: 7 nights on, 14 nights off, with hours 8pm-8:15am weekdays and 6pm-9am weekends, delivering high-quality care.

The clinic features modern facilities and an on-site team, with opportunities for CPD and a generous benefits package including a contributory pension and membership discounts.

Qualifications

• Experience in UK small animal practice is essential.
• Comfortable with sole charge and varied emergencies.
• Good diagnostic and medical care skills essential.

Skills

UK experience

Sole charge

Emergency surgery

Diagnostics

Job description

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 issue 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.

Our busy practice has a very varied case load 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 case load
• 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 (RVCS, BVA, VDS)
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer

Location: RM7 0AN

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. 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!