Veterinary Surgeon. 20-30 hours per week

Vets for Pets; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Vets for Pets in Hemel Hempstead is inviting applications for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly practice. This part-time role (20–30 hours per week) combines surgery and medicine in a busy small animal setting, with 20-minute consultations and dedicated admin time.

You’ll join a team of 11 colleagues, working alongside three vets, in a well-equipped GP practice with a supportive culture and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Personable vet with good clinical skills.
• Confident with routine procedures and consultations.

Responsibilities

• Balanced role with surgery and medicine in a busy small animal practice.
• 20-minute consultations with dedicated admin time.
• Build relationships with colleagues and clients.

Job description

Veterinary Surgeon. 20-30 hours per week.

Locally owned by Javier Bernal MRCVS, Hemel Hempstead Vets for Pets continues to grow and we now have an exciting opportunity in our established small animal practice for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our great team!

About Us

You will be joining a happy and friendly team of 11 clinical and non-clinical colleagues who genuinely enjoy working together with a very low colleague turnover rate. We look forward to welcoming a new vet into our practice. Hopefully you'll love it here so much you'll stick with us to! We share the same ethos of offering the best possible care and help drive the practice forward, building a great reputation within our local community and further afield.

You’ll work alongside a team of 3 vets including a certificate holder in orthopaedics. We deal with a wide variety of cases each day, and love to work cases to a high standard. The practice itself has all the equipment you’d expect from a growing GP practice and provides a spacious working environment including 3 consult rooms and a separate kitchen/office space for the team.

The role and you

This is a balanced role with surgery and medicine and as a solid GP practice we are looking for a vet who is personable with good clinical skills and confident with routine procedures and consultations. We allow 20 minutes for our consultations, as well as dedicated admin time throughout the day.

Communication is important to us, so we’re also looking for a personable vet competent in building relationships with colleagues and clients alike!

The hours required are part time, 20 to 30 hours per week with flexibility offered on which days are worked.

Our offer to you

• Salary from £45,000 - £75,000 DOE
• Excellent career development opportunities
• No OOHs or Sundays
• Varied caseload
• Contributory pension scheme
• Generous CPD allowance, which is strongly encouraged
• Fantastic team environment
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards including 20% off at Vets4Pets, Pets at Home and the Groom Room

And there’s more

As a standalone practice based in Hemel Hempstead, we’re in a great location with direct train routes into central London in under 30 minutes and a direct bus to Luton international airport within 25 min.

To find out more or to apply, simply contact Laura on [e-mail]

Location: HP2 5HD

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.