Senior Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

Unicorn Vets - Park Surgery; Hedge End; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading veterinary practice in the UK as a Senior Veterinary Surgeon. Embrace a balanced work life with flexible scheduling while providing excellent care to pets and building lasting relationships with clients. Offering competitive salary, relocation allowance, and robust development opportunities.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private medical insurance

Enhanced family-friendly policies

CPD allowance with paid leave

Discounted staff pet care

Qualifications

• Degree in Veterinary Medicine required.
• Experience in consultations and surgeries is preferred.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct consultations and surgeries.
• Ensure case continuity for clients.
• Mentor support staff and coordinate with the veterinary team.

Skills

Client/pet/vet bond

Surgery skills

Consultation skills

Management skills

Education

Degree in Veterinary Medicine

Tools

Digital X-ray

Endoscopy

Ultrasound

Job description

Senior Veterinary Surgeon required for Unicorn Vets- Park Surgery

Salary up to £75,000 DOE

Up to £5,000 Relocation Allowance

Up to £5,000 Welcome Bonus

Find a place to excel

Develop your career with Unicorn Vets Unicorn Vets is a group of two practices (Fairfield, & Park) that has been in the Southampton area for over 30 years.

You will be based at our Park branch .

At Unicorn Vets, every day is different, you’ll have a nice mix of consults and surgery so you get the best of both worlds. Case continuity is encouraged, as we recognise how rewarding the development of the client/pet/vet bond can be. We strongly encourage career development so if you wish to pursue a specialism or certificate, we would be delighted to discuss this with you.

Fix or flex - work life balance that works for you

Typically, the full-time position is 40 hours per week, spread over 5 or 4 days with a mix of earlies and lates (latest finish is 7pm).

You will have a 1:6 share in the Saturday rota (finish at 12.30pm ) and there is no OOH.

However, we know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it brilliantly easy for you to strike the right balance. Whether you need to do the school pick up, need reduced hours during school holidays or would simply like a more flexible rota pattern, we can look to fix or flex our patterns to suit you.

We would also welcome part time applicants.

Fantastic location

Join our long-established practice located in a great part of the world Our Park branch is a stone’s throw from Southampton Common where’s there’s seasonal fairs, park-runs every Saturday morning and not to mention Race for Life.

Both practices are close to the beautiful New Forest with easy access to the South coast, the idyllic South Downs, 20 minutes’ drive from Winchester and a little over an hour’s train ride to London.

The area is home to excellent schools and is a lovely place to set up home.

State of art equipment

Our practice is well equipped with digital X-ray, in-house haematology and biochemistry including SDMA, T4 and other extended panels, endoscopy, ultrasound with echocardiography, capnography, tonometry and ECG.

Our supportive Team

Become part of a trusted, rewarding team with Unicorn Vets You’ll have the support of a fantastic, full team of Veterinary Nurses, SVNs and not to mention our exceptional office and reception team. Across the group, we have 3 experienced Veterinary Surgeons.

Because our people matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

Work life balance

*6.6 weeks annual leave

*Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

Wellbeing

*Private medical insurance

*Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

*Cycle to Work scheme

*Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing

*Non-accidental injury support

Development

*£1,250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid CPD leave pro rata

*Certificate support

*Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy

*Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider

*All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding

*All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund

*Infection Prevention and Control Programme

*Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

*BVA membership

*VDS cover

Additional

*Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers

*Pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer

*Discounted staff pet care

Up to £75,000 DOE