Senior Veterinary Surgeon - South Wales

purovets; Wales; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary hospital in South Wales is looking for a Senior Veterinary Surgeon to join their collaborative team. The role includes mentoring less experienced vets and making key medical decisions in a well-equipped facility. Competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £70,000, exceptional benefits, and long-term career progression opportunities, including potential partnership prospects, are offered. The ideal candidate will thrive in a supportive environment where clinical excellence and teamwork are prioritized.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Generous CPD allowance

Employee discount

Membership fees covered

Dedicated admin hour

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior clinical role.
• Ability to mentor and support less experienced vets.
• Strong commitment to patient care and team wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key decision maker in medicine and surgery.
• Shape how the practice is run and impact patient outcomes.
• Mentor recent graduates and support clinical development.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Surgery

Emergency and Critical Care (ECC)

Mentoring

Team leadership

Education

Veterinary degree

Job description

Senior Veterinary Surgeon - South Wales

• Step into a true senior clinical role, acting as a key decision maker in medicine, surgery, and ECC while mentoring and supporting less experienced vets in a respected hospital setting.
• Enjoy exceptional continuity of care and clinical autonomy, with the freedom to shape how the practice is run and make a real impact on patient outcomes and team development.
• Benefit from long term career progression opportunities, including leadership development, VetGDP Adviser involvement, on-site accommodation, and potential future buy in to the business.
• Join an independent, purpose built RCVS accredited veterinary hospital with in-house OOH services, cutting edge facilities, and a genuinely collaborative team culture, all with a competitive salary from £55,000–£70,000 DOE plus a generous benefits package.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Veterinary Surgeon to join an independent, RCVS accredited Small Animal Veterinary Hospital and Emergency Service Clinic in South Wales, where clinical excellence, autonomy, and team wellbeing genuinely come first. This purpose built hospital is designed to support outstanding patient care, with separate cat, dog and exotic inpatient facilities, a cat only consult room, bereavement suite, DR X-ray, Doppler ultrasound, endoscopy, a fully equipped dental suite with dental radiography, a comprehensive in-house laboratory, on-site accommodation, and ample parking.

This is a practice that truly values its vets, offering real influence over how the hospital is run and a culture where experience, ideas, and leadership are respected. The team is close knit, diverse, and supportive, with strong clinical interests spanning surgery, imaging, ECC, exotics, and feline medicine. The hospital proudly runs its own in-house out-of-hours service, ensuring exceptional continuity of care for patients and providing vets with meaningful clinical involvement in emergency and critical cases.

The role is ideally suited to a confident and experienced Veterinary Surgeon who enjoys being a senior clinical presence within a hospital environment. Working closely with fellow Senior Vets and the two Directors, the successful candidate will play a key role in mentoring and supporting recent graduates, providing case guidance, and leading by example, while continuing to deliver high quality general practice medicine and surgery.

This position offers long-term career fulfilment for a vet who thrives on clinical autonomy, leadership, and continuity of care, all within a supportive and forward thinking team. For the right individual, there is also the exciting opportunity to be supported in buying into the business, making this not just a role, but a genuine pathway to partnership and influence within a thriving independent hospital!

The Rota

• 4 day week
• 1:4 weekends
• 2nd On-call OOH rota
• Dedicated admin hour on consulting days

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave, plus option to buy & sell
• Salary from £55,000 - £70,000 DOE
• Generous CPD allowance
• Employee discount
• RCVS, VDS & 1 other membership fee covered
• 1 hour lunch breaks
• Plus much more!

For more information or for a confidential chat, please contact Megan on 01904 570056 or email [e-mail]

To view all our vacancies, please visit https://purovets.com/veterinary-jobs/

And don't forget, if this position is of no interest to you but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on our details. We offer £250* for every successful candidate referral. *Terms and conditions apply

Ref : JOB-56550