Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend - Emergency Out-Of-Hours

Vets Now; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing programme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced maternity policy

7 weeks pro rata annual leave

Birthday paid day off

CPD allowance + paid hours

ECC certificate support

Vets Now For You discounts

Job summary

Vets Now Sidcup is seeking an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join our out-of-hours team. This role focuses on emergency and critical care with two rota options, including weekends, and attractive benefits designed to support a demanding ECC schedule.

We offer training, development opportunities and a supportive environment to advance your ECC career while maintaining work-life balance through flexible weekend patterns and well‑being initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in emergency and critical care is expected.
• Eligibility to work as a Veterinary Surgeon in the UK.
• Commitment to out-of-hours care and flexible rota options.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality emergency veterinary care during out-of-hours shifts.
• Assess and triage critical cases and stabilise patients for hospital care.
• Collaborate with ECC team and support staff to manage caseload.

Skills

ECC Experience

Emergency Care

Rotas & Scheduling

Job description

Vets Now Sidcup are welcoming out-of-hours (OOH) Veterinary Surgeon applications, from Vets with a passion for Emergency and Critical Care, to join their team. Vets Now is the UK's leading provider of Emergency Veterinary Care, with a nationwide network of out-of-hours clinics and 24/7 emergency hospitals. As part of Inspiring Vet Care, our teams make a difference to pets and their owners when they need us most.

Build your ECC career around your lifestyle

In this role, we have two rota options to choose from, both options also include a fair share of bank holidays.

Option 1

1 set of weekend days every 4 weeks (Saturday 12:00-19:30 and Sunday 08:30-19:30).

Option 2

1 set of weekend backshifts every other week (Saturday 17:00-23:00 and Sunday 10:00-21:00).

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

About

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.

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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.