Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

Vets Now; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 3,719,520 - 6,199,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Employee wellbeing programme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced maternity policy

Family-friendly policies

7 weeks annual leave

Birthday paid day off

Paid volunteering days

CPD allowance

ECC certificate support

Edge programmes

RCVS fees

Pension plan

Staff pet care discount

Death in service

Job summary

Vets Now Bournemouth is seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to work weekends in our emergency and critical care team. You’ll join a busy clinic with a varied caseload and a 6-week rolling rota, including Saturday and Sunday shifts.

Shift times typically include Saturday days and Sunday days/backshifts, with the opportunity to tailor the rota around your lifestyle while delivering exceptional patient care. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, ongoing training, and supported career progression

Qualifications

• Weekend shifts on a 6-week rolling rota.
• ECC experience or interest in emergency care.
• Passion for high-quality animal patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekend emergency veterinary care to patients.
• Assess, diagnose and treat critical cases with a team.
• Record-keeping and client communication.

Job description

Bournemouth – Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

Up to £45ph DOE plus benefits

Vets Now Bournemouth is a thriving clinic with an interesting caseload. Whether you are working a second job, looking to get more ECC experience, this is a great opportunity to further your own knowledge and work with a team who are passionate about progressing in the world of emergency and critical care.

Build your ECC career around your lifestyle

The weekend shifts available in this role include the following on a 6-week rolling rota, plus a fair share of bank holidays.

• Week 1: Off
• Week 2: Saturday day shift, Sunday day shift and Sunday backshift
• Week 3: Off
• Week 4: Saturday day and Sunday day shift
• Week 5: Off
• Week 6: Saturday day shift, Sunday day shift and Sunday backshift

Shift times typically include: Saturday day shifts 12.00-18.30, Sunday day shifts 08.30-18.30, Sunday backshifts 08.30-18.30.

As some of the available shifts overlap, how many of the available shifts to be worked in the rota can be discussed further, we will try to work around your lifestyle and clinic requirements.

Take control of your own career progression

With our excellent training and development opportunities, you will have a platform to thrive in an out-of-hours environment. Working in this ECC setting you will see a varied caseload which will sharpen and develop your veterinary skills.

We look after you, so you can look after them

At Vets Now we recognise that our people are what makes us. That’s why we are continuing to invest in first class reward and recognition benefits and initiatives.

• Private medical insurance
• Membership of employee wellbeing programme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
• Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
• 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
• Your birthday as a paid day off
• Paid volunteering days
• £1500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata
• ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
• Access to our Edge programmes
• RCVS fees, VECCS membership, VDS cover
• Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
• Death in service of two times annual salary

Give yourself the AdvantEdge

At Vets Now, we are passionate about training and the ongoing development of our employees. If this vacancy is of interest and you feel you would benefit from an enhanced induction into our business, then the below option may be perfect for you:

AdvantEdge – A programme for talented Vets that will fast track them into a successful emergency role. This programme includes 1 week of hands‑on practical training, followed by 20 hours of flexible case‑based e‑learning completed at your own pace. This blended approach is designed to help you start your career at Vets Now with confidence.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.