Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

VC Evidensia UK; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre, Hemel Hempstead, East of England

Salary up to £65,000 DOE plus a relocation allowance up to £3,000 and welcome bonus up to £4,000.

Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre has an exciting opportunity available for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our dedicated team, either on a Full Time or a Part Time basis. We pride ourselves on providing an excellent service to our clients and their pets and take care of a varied caseload.

You will have access to a varied case load with the opportunity to work cases up, with the support of experienced colleagues if required, ensuring that our high quality of client care is maintained. Our working pattern allows a good mix of consulting and surgical time. We can also provide you with the opportunity to pursue any specific interests.

Fix or flex – find your perfect balance

Our flexible approach to rota patterns can truly enrich your work life balance. We know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it easy for you to strike the right balance. Whether you need to do the school pick up, need reduced hours during school holidays or would simply like a more flexible rota pattern we can fix or flex our patterns to suit you.

This role is working up to 4 days per week with 1:4 Saturday mornings. There will be no out of hours, Sundays or bank holidays. We are very fortunate for being a Vets Now host practice. This means that all our in-patients are well cared for in our own premises by the Vets Now staff every night.

About our practice!

Barton Lodge is a long established, 4.5 vet, small animal practice situated in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. We are a short walking distance from the town centre that offers a variety of facilities close at hand, and also close to a lovely park for relaxation. Hemel Hempstead is only 30 minutes away by train from London, and 15 minutes from Luton airport.

We are a single site practice, and all our rooms are air-conditioned. We have access to several good referral centres although a lot of complex cases are managed at the clinic, including orthopaedics. Our up-to-date facilities include a dedicated operating theatre, 3 consulting rooms, large prep area, separate dog/cat wards, imaging/dental area with digital X-ray facilities (standard and dental), MyLab 25 Gold E-SAOTE ultrasound scanner, extensive in-house lab, ECG, and tonometer.

Join our established and supportive team

Our friendly team is made up of 4.5 Veterinary Surgeons, 4 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses, 2 Receptionists and 1 Office Staff. CPD is encouraged and well supported with an excellent CPD budget and additional staff benefits. We are a very friendly, close, and inclusive team that like to promote a supportive culture and discuss cases when necessary. We are very supportive of CPDs if you want to focus on a particular area of care.

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

1. Work-life balance
2. 6.6 weeks annual leave
3. Your birthday as a paid day off
4. Private medical insurance
5. Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
6. Cycle to Work scheme
7. Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
8. Non-accidental injury support
9. £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata
10. Certificate support
11. Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
12. Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
13. All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
14. All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
15. Infection Prevention and Control Programme
16. Quality Improvement Programme
17. BVA membership
18. VDS cover
19. RCVS fees
20. Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
21. Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
22. Discounted staff pet care

Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre, Hemel Hempstead

1 Midland Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5BH, United Kingdom

Speak to Michael Middleton from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.