Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend

Vets Now; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health

Wellbeing programme

Maternity pay

Family policies

Leave: 7 weeks

Birthday day off

ECC training support

Edge programmes

Pension

Pet care discounts

Death in service

Job summary

Vets Now Bristol is a busy emergency clinic offering weekend ECC shifts designed to fit your lifestyle. You will work two weekends of day shifts every four weeks plus bank holidays, with shifts such as 12.00-18.30 on Saturdays and 08.30-18.30 on Sundays.

This role focuses on advancing your ECC skills in a varied caseload within an out-of-hours environment. We provide extensive training and development opportunities, strong benefits, and a supportive team culture.

Responsibilities

• Work weekend day shifts within an ECC/emergency setting.
• Provide high-quality care and support to patients and clients.
• Collaborate with a passionate team to progress in emergency and critical care.

Job description

Vets Now Bristol 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 available shifts in this weekend role include workingtwo weekends of day shifts every four weeks, plus a fair share of bank holidays.

The shift times available typically include:

• 12.00-18.30 - Saturday day shift
• 08.30-18.30 - Sunday day shift

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.