Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Vets Now; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick pay

7 weeks pro rata annual leave

CPD allowance

Death in service benefit

Job summary

Vets Now is seeking a Senior Veterinary Surgeon for our clinic in Sidcup, UK. This leadership role involves inspiring a collaborative team to provide exceptional emergency care while maintaining high clinical standards. You'll have a varied schedule averaging 40 hours per week, with options for part-time arrangements.

Benefits include private medical insurance, a generous CPD allowance, and enhanced parental policies. Join Vets Now where training and career development are prioritized for your success in emergency veterinary care.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading clinical teams and upholding standards.
• Strong background in emergency care and mentorship.
• Ability to drive innovation and improve services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical team, ensuring high standards of care.
• Identify development opportunities for team progression.
• Champion service improvements and clinical excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Mentoring

Emergency response

Education

Registered Veterinary Surgeon

Job description

Sidcup – Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Up to £90,000 DOE pro rata plus benefits

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

We understand that life outside of work matters too. That’s why we offer flexibility and can also explore part‑time arrangements, depending on your and clinic requirements.

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.

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.

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.