Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend

Vets Now; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing programme

Enhanced maternity policy including 6 

Family-friendly policies including p

7 weeks pro rata annual leave

Your birthday as a paid day off

ECC certificate support – financial &

Job summary

Vets Now Bournemouth is seeking a veterinary professional to join our busy ECC team on weekends. The role offers up to £45ph DOE plus benefits, with a six-week rolling rota and shifts designed to fit around your lifestyle, including weekend day and backshift coverage.

You'll work in an out-of-hours environment with a varied caseload, supported by ongoing training and development opportunities to advance your ECC career and clinical confidence.

Qualifications

• ECC experience preferred
• Willingness to work weekend shifts
• Interest in emergency and critical care

Responsibilities

• Provide ECC in out-of-hours setting
• Cover weekend shifts as per rota
• Support training and development within the ECC team

Skills

ECC experience

Job description

Up to £45ph DOE plus benefits

Pursue your passion at Vets Now

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 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
• 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 and 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.