Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend - Emergency Out-Of-Hours

inspiring vet care; Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 73,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing programme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced maternity policy

Paternity/adoption pay

7 weeks annual leave

Birthday paid day off

Paid volunteering days

£1500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours

ECC certificate support

Vets Now For You discounts

Pension 5%/Employer 3%

Staff pet care discounts

Death in service

Job summary

Vets Now Tunbridge Wells is seeking an Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Surgeon for weekend out-of-hours shifts. You will join a national network dedicated to emergency care, with rota options including Sunday backshifts 9am-9pm or 1 in 4 Saturdays and Sundays, offering a flexible schedule that fits your lifestyle.

We provide excellent training and development opportunities to sharpen ECC skills, along with a comprehensive benefits package and support for work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Passion for Emergency and Critical Care.
• Experience in ECC preferred.
• Willingness to work weekends and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide emergency veterinary care in out-of-hours setting.
• Manage varied caseload with team collaboration.
• Participate in training and development opportunities to enhance ECC skills.

Skills

Emergency & Critical Care

Job description

Vets Now Tunbridge Wells 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 weekend role, there are a couple of rota options available, which will also include a fair share of bank holidays.

• Option 1: Every weekend Sunday backshifts 9am-9pm
• Option 2: 1 in 4 Saturday day shifts 12pm-7:30pm & Sunday day shifts 8:30am-7:30pm

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.

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