Veterinary Surgeon

British Veterinary Association; Bishop Auckland; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Vet to join their dedicated team in a vibrant practice. This role offers the chance to work across two locations, providing varied cases and the opportunity to develop specific interests. You'll lead by example, ensuring the highest standards of care for both clients and animals. With a supportive team of veterinary professionals, you'll have access to advanced facilities and a wealth of resources to enhance your skills. Join a practice that values collaboration, well-being, and continuous professional development, making a real difference in the lives of pets and their owners.

Benefits

Dedicated CPD support

Free Knowledge Hub access

Wellbeing initiatives

Health and Wellbeing benefits

Forward-thinking policies

CVS Save as you earn scheme

Health cash plans

Workplace Pension

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Discounted Treatment for pets

Qualifications

• Experienced Veterinary Surgeon with a focus on small animal practices.
• Ability to lead a team and ensure high standards of animal care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage veterinary cases while supporting a collaborative team.
• Implement clinical excellence and improve patient care for clients.

Skills

Veterinary Surgery

Client Care

Team Leadership

Clinical Excellence

Education

Veterinary Degree

Tools

Endoscopy

Laparoscopic Equipment

Orthopaedic Tools

Soft Tissue Surgery Equipment

Job description

Role: Senior Vet

Location: Castle Vets (Barnard Castle/Bishop Auckland)

Salary: Up to £70,000 depending on experience, plus benefits

Hours: 40 hours per week, would consider part time

Contract: Permanent

Additional: Relocation package up to £5k

We are looking for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join us here at Castle Vets. You will join an established practice with many loyal clients, varied cases, and the chance to develop your specific areas of interest. This role will offer the opportunity to work across our Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland practices.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced veterinary surgeon to work in our small animal practices. You'll be joining a hard-working, well-established team who work in a very collaborative way to support each other.

This role as a Senior Vet will allow you to lead by example and take responsibility not just for your own cases but also to help the practice achieve the best possible client and animal care. To achieve this, you will be supported by a fantastic vet and nursing team who are passionate about patient care. This team offers you a strong, caring, and supportive mix of RVN's, PCA's, and receptionists.

Your senior peers will support you in helping implement, review, and support clinical excellence and improving the patient and client journey for our well-established client base.

Why join us?

Established in the 1930's, our practices have gone from strength to strength and our friendly and experienced veterinary team provides the highest quality of care.

Alongside our facilities and specialist equipment, including endoscopy, laparoscopic spaying, advanced orthopaedics, and soft tissue surgery, our dedicated veterinary team are here to provide several services to our clients, including regular check-ups and routine procedures.

We are passionate about animal care. We know as well as anyone that our clients' pets are important family members. That is why the whole team here treats their patients as one of their own.

Our nurses are exceptional, with a huge range of skills. They do many regular nurse clinics and are heavily involved with maintaining high clinical standards. As a practice, we have very regular lunch and learns, which also help us to maintain our CPD and keep up to date.

There is a good management structure to support with all aspects of daily vet life! Wellbeing is important, and our diary set up enables us to do our job effectively without having to compromise on time.

We also have a separate farm department – Castle Farm Vets.

Salary and Hours:

This is a permanent full-time role. (part time considered)

Our practice opening hours are Monday to Friday 08:30 to 18:00 and Saturdays 09:00 to 12:30pm

Our practice is supported out of hours by Wear Referrals.

The salary is up to £70,000 dependent on experience, plus benefits.

Our rewards package includes:

1. Dedicated CPD support and access to a suite of internal courses developed by our in-house learning & development team of Vets and Nurses
2. Free Knowledge Hub offering over 260 courses and 235 webinars covering a variety of clinical and non-clinical topics
3. Wellbeing initiatives including access to over 280 wellbeing champions across our group
4. Other Health and Wellbeing benefits include the Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work scheme, and discounted Gym Membership
5. Forward-thinking policies including fertility treatment, Pregnancy Loss, extended sick pay, enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave
6. CVS Save as your earn scheme – purchase discounted shares in the company and benefit from the Group's increase in share price over that time!
7. Health cash plans, discounted critical illness cover, 8 weeks' pay to support exceptional life events, private medical insurance available after the first month of service at discounted rates
8. Workplace Pension
9. Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
10. RCVS and VDS support
11. Discounted Treatment for your Pet/s

To apply…

Want to know more, or do you have any questions you want to ask confidentially?

Then feel free to contact David in the resourcing team at [e-mail] or on 07780 436 395

To submit an online application, click Apply Now, upload your CV, and we'll be in touch.

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