Veterinary Surgeon: Orthopaedics & Soft Tissue (Specialist or Residency-trained)

Grantavets; Linton; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private healthcare

Relocation support

Job summary

Grantavets is recruiting a Veterinary Surgeon specializing in Orthopaedics and Soft Tissue at our Linton referral hospital near Cambridge. You’ll join a small, dedicated team and operate in a centre with on-site CT and MRI, supported by specialist colleagues in neurology, internal medicine, oncology, cardiology and dermatology.

The role is full-time over a 4-day week, with a 1-in-4 weekend on-call arrangement. We offer pension, private healthcare and relocation support for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• RCVS or EBVS Specialist, board-eligible or residency-trained.
• Full-time role over a 4-day week; your fifth day is yours.
• Weekend on-call 1 in 4, shared across the surgical team.
• Relocation support if you’re moving to the area.

Responsibilities

• Lead orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeries for complex cases.
• Collaborate with a specialist team to discuss challenging cases.
• Provide high-quality pre- and post-operative care and assessment.

Skills

Orthopaedics

Soft tissue surgery

UK work eligibility

Education

RCVS Specialist

EBVS Specialist

Residency-trained

Tools

CT

MRI

Job description

• Veterinary Surgeon: Orthopaedics & Soft Tissue (Specialist or Residency-trained)

Veterinary Surgeon: Orthopaedics & Soft Tissue (Specialist or Residency-trained)

Veterinary Surgeon: Orthopaedics & Soft Tissue (Specialist or Residency-trained) Full time over a 4-day week · Linton, just outside Cambridge

Procedure We’re recruiting one surgeon, Specialist or residency-trained, to join a team of three: two soft tissue surgeons and one who splits their time between orthopaedics and soft tissue.

Indication Our surgical caseload is growing, and we want to keep giving every case the time it deserves.

Pre-op assessment (is this you?) Your focus is orthopaedics, but you’re happy to get stuck into soft tissue too. If TPLOs in the morning and a laparotomy after lunch sounds like a good day rather than a scheduling error, read on.

• You’re an RCVS or EBVS Specialist, board-eligible or residency-trained.
• You leave your ego at the scrub-room door, with colleagues and with referring vets alike.
• You like people as well as animals, enjoy some office chat
• You have the right to live and work in the UK.

Approach We’re an independent, vet-owned referral hospital that opened in 2024. We’re small enough that everyone knows everyone, and big enough to take on the complicated cases. Clinicians make the clinical decisions here. There’s no head office.

Findings

• A full-time role over 4 days. Your fifth day is actually yours.
• Weekend on-call 1 in 4, shared evenly across the surgical team.
• Specialist-led anaesthesia with dedicated anaesthesia nurses.
• CT and MRI on site, with board-certified imagers to discuss your cases with.
• Specialist colleagues under the same roof, from neurology and internal medicine to oncology, cardiology and dermatology, so tricky cases get a proper team.
• Room to grow. If there’s a service you’d like to build, we’d love to hear about it.

Closure

• Pension and private healthcare
• Relocation support if you’re moving to the area

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Prognosis Excellent, with the right candidate. We’d love to hear from you.