Veterinary Surgeon

Linnaeus; Sutton; On-site; GBP 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A veterinary care provider in South London is seeking an experienced full-time Veterinary Surgeon. The role emphasizes high-quality patient care and teamwork in a well-equipped facility. Responsibilities include working with small animal patients, collaborating with a skilled team, and ensuring excellent client satisfaction. Salary offers up to £61,000 per annum, along with generous benefits such as 5 weeks holiday, CPD funding, and enhanced family leave. If you're caring, self-motivated, and passionate about animal care, apply now!

Benefits

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + birthday Leave

RCVS & VDS fees paid

External CPD funded (£2000 per year)

Wellness program including employee assistance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in small animal practice is essential.
• Applicants should demonstrate surgical and imaging skills.
• Must possess a compassionate and warm attitude.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient care in a team environment.
• Participate in case discussions and daily rounds.
• Manage patient hospitalization and intensive treatment.

Skills

Compassionate care

Team collaboration

Surgical skills

Imaging abilities

Education

Veterinary qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced Veterinary Surgeon ready for your next challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for a full‑time Veterinarian at Maven Veterinary Care, a multiple award‑winning 100% small animal practice with Gold Cat Friendly Clinic status and 5 Outstanding RCVS Awards, based in North Cheam, South London.

Five huge reasons why you should work at Maven

Award Winning Care

• 5 “Outstanding” RCVS Practice Standards Awards (Consults, Inpatients, Clients and Team and Environmental Sustainability) show our dedication to the highest quality contextualised care that our clients and team love!
• Practice standards Assessor – “Superb practice of the highest order, one of the very best I have visited”
• We are proud to be a flagship Gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic, Dog Friendly and RWAF Silver standard practice
• Vets Now provide out of hours care for our inpatients onsite, so our patients get the very best care without having to be transferred – ensuring we keep interesting medical cases in‑house.

Award Winning Facilities

• Recently refurbished exceptional facilities including dedicated ultrasound, xray, dentistry suites, with 2 large operating theatres.
• Large single site hospital with separate dog and cat waiting rooms and wards, with patient comfort and care in mind.
• Investors in the Environment Bronze 2024 – know you are caring for the environment while you care for pets.

Work‑life balance

• No out‑of‑hours or Bank Holidays!
• Three early shifts each week, finishing before 4pm – allowing you to do the things you want with your spare time!
• Infrequent weekends (1 in 8) and Saturday (1 in 8) shifts, with generous time off in lieu the following week.

Location

• Fantastic quick access to London, with trains, underground and 24‑hour night buses so you can enjoy shopping, museums, fantastic restaurants, the West End theatres and so much more!
• Love sport? You can enter the ballot for Wimbledon tickets and are very close to Epsom Downs Racecourse and Twickenham! For cyclists and walkers we are perfectly positioned near Box Hill and the Surrey countryside.
• Have a family? There are so many outstanding schools and healthcare options within easy reach. Chessington World of Adventures and Hobbledown farm are right on our doorstep. Hampton Court palace and Brooklands Museum are a great day out right on our doorstep.
• Nestled conveniently near (but not too near) Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, your dream holidays just became so much easier.

Teamwork

• Multiple certificate holders including medicine, surgery and ophthalmology, with an ethos of sharing and collaboration to get the best outcomes for our patients and progress our own skills.
• Case discussion and daily rounds for inpatients.
• Supported by a fantastic team of highly qualified and skilled nurses, care assistants and client care team.

Your role and responsibilities

Applicants must demonstrate experience in a small animal practice, be able to work well within a team and be able to focus on maintaining high levels of both patient and client care. Applicants will be warm, compassionate, self‑motivated, have a positive attitude and approach with our team, patients and clients.

Applications welcome to vets with at least 1 year practice experience post qualification and have medical, imaging and surgical skills.

The shift patterns are variable to support our commitment to a work life balance. The hours include both early (7.30am – 3.30pm or 8am – 4pm) and late (10am – 8pm) shifts plus 1 in 8 weekends (Saturday 8‑4 and Sunday 10‑2) and Saturday (8‑4) shifts. Our out of hours is managed by Vets Now onsite, meaning that patients can be readily hospitalised for intensive treatment and there is no out of hours or bank holiday to work. Our consulting appointments are 15 minutes long, with breaks and admin time built into the rota.

Salary up to £61,000 per annum, commensurate to experience.

Other benefits of being in the Linnaeus family include:

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded (£2000 per year)
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E‑car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.

Part of an amazing global family

Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Linnaeus is an equal‑opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail].