Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

Vets Now; Herne Bay; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 62,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick pay

7 weeks annual leave

Birthday paid day off

Job summary

Vets Now Herne Bay is seeking a veterinary surgeon for weekend work. The role offers weekend rotations with Friday night through Sunday shifts, focused on emergency and critical care in a busy clinic.

Applicants should be qualified veterinarians with UK registration and ideally some ECC experience. The position suits flexible vets looking to advance their skills while maintaining weekday commitments.

Qualifications

• Qualified veterinary surgeon with registration to practice in the UK.
• Weekend availability is essential for this role.
• ECC experience is advantageous for handling out-of-hours cases.

Responsibilities

• Carry out weekend shifts in the emergency and critical care setting.
• Provide high-quality clinical care to emergency cases.
• Support the team with case management and client communication.

Skills

Weekend availability

ECC experience

Veterinary surgeon

Education

BVetMed or equivalent

Job description

Herne Bay – Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

Up to £45ph DOE plus benefits

Make your weekends work at Vets Now

Vets Now Herne Bay 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 the world of emergency and critical care.

Build your ECC career around your lifestyle

The available shifts in this weekend role include 2 weekends in 4, on a 4-week rolling rota (one weekend of Friday, Saturday, Sunday night shifts and one weekend of Saturday and Sunday day shifts), plus a fair share of bank holidays.

Typically, the shift times include: Friday night shifts 1800-0900, Saturday and Sunday night shifts 1900-0900, Saturday day shifts 1200-1930, Sunday day shifts 0830-1930.

How many of the available shifts to be worked in the rota can be discussed further. In this role, we can also possibly consider 1 weekend in 4, on a 4-week rolling rota, of either one weekend of night shifts or one weekend of day shifts. 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 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.