Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

Vets Now; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player in veterinary care is seeking a passionate Veterinary Surgeon to join their Southampton team on weekends. This role offers the flexibility to choose your shifts while providing an opportunity to enhance your skills in emergency and critical care. You'll be part of a supportive environment that prioritizes mentorship and career progression, ensuring you thrive in your veterinary career. With a commitment to employee well-being, the company offers a range of benefits including private medical insurance, generous leave policies, and a CPD allowance. If you're looking to make a difference in the lives of animals while enjoying a fulfilling work-life balance, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick pay

Family-friendly policies

7 weeks pro-rata annual leave

Paid volunteering days

£1500 CPD allowance

Death in service benefit

Discounted staff pet care

Vets Now For You – reward gateway

RCVS fees covered

Qualifications

• Qualified Veterinary Surgeon with ECC experience preferred.
• Passion for emergency and critical care in a veterinary setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide emergency care and surgical interventions on weekends.
• Work collaboratively with a dedicated veterinary team.

Skills

Emergency and Critical Care (ECC)

Veterinary Surgery

Team Collaboration

Mentorship

Education

Veterinary Degree

Job description

Southampton – Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

Up to £45ph DOE plus benefits

Make your weekends work at Vets Now

At Vets Now Southampton, you will benefit from an interesting caseload. Whether you are working a second job or looking to gain 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.

As a weekend Vet Surgeon at Vets Now Southampton, you will be supported by a dedicated team, where you will also receive mentorship.

Build your ECC career around your lifestyle

At Vets Now Southampton, how many of the available weekend shifts you work a month is up to you. We will work with you to find a rota that fits around your lifestyle and clinic requirements.

The available shift times include:

1. Week 1: Saturday night shift 19:00-09:00
2. Week 2: Saturday day shift 12:00-19:30, Sunday day shift 08:30-19:30
3. Week 3: No shifts
4. Week 4: Sunday day shift 08:30-19:30
5. Plus a fair share of bank holidays

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 that 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

We can also offer a place on our two-week programme, AdvantEdge. Designed for experienced Vets who want to refresh or cement their emergency and critical care knowledge and skills, AdvantEdge is available on all contract sizes, large or small.

Apply at Vets Now

To be considered for this role, please click apply. To get in touch with Angie in our Talent team to discuss further, please email [e-mail] or call 078 150 15538.

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.