Weekend Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

Coombefield Veterinary Hospital; Axminster; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading veterinary practice, providing essential out-of-hours care. This role offers flexible weekend hours, allowing you to engage in emergency veterinary work without the pressures of on-call shifts. With excellent facilities and a supportive environment, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and contribute to the well-being of pets in your community. The practice values its staff and offers a range of benefits, including professional development and well-being initiatives. If you're looking to make a difference in a friendly and dynamic team, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

CPD Allowance

BVA Membership

Company Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Pet Treatment

Access to Discounts with Retailers

Qualifications

• Qualified vet with a degree in veterinary medicine.
• Experience in emergency care and surgical procedures is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide emergency care and consultations during weekend shifts.
• Manage in-patients and perform necessary investigations or surgeries.

Skills

Veterinary Medicine

Emergency Care

Surgical Skills

Consultation Skills

Education

Veterinary Degree

Tools

Operating Theatres

Imaging Suite

In-house Lab

Job description

Three Counties Veterinary Emergencies, based at Coombefield Veterinary Hospital, Axminster.

Weekend Day OOH Vet

Rate of pay: £30-35 per hour depending on experience

Hours: 22 hours per weekend

We are excited to be expanding our OOH provision at Three Counties Veterinary Emergencies and are looking to recruit an extra vet for each weekend, to add to our existing weekend day team.

Working Hours: 7.30am-6.30pm Saturday and Sunday, plus 1 bank holiday per year. We can be flexible to the frequency of weekends worked. Holiday entitlement is paid as it accrues, as it is deemed that holiday will not be taken from shifts.

Join our friendly team:

This new role will be adding to our existing weekend day team, which consists of a vet, a nurse and an ANA Saturday and Sunday, plus a Saturday morning vet. This role would consist of taking handover from the night team who finish at 8am, followed by a mixture of consultations and procedures that are presented during the course of the weekend. The two weekend day veterinary surgeons will be responsible for the in-patients along with any patients that present, carrying out any investigations or surgery as necessary.

We have excellent facilities including 2 operating theatres, dental room, imaging suite, in-house lab with EPOC machine, cattery, kennels, isolation unit and pharmacy.

We expect this role to be attractive to vets who would like to add some OOH on top of an existing role, who are missing the excitement of emergency work, without the need for sole charge, on-call shifts or night work.

Because our people matter:

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

1. Wellbeing:
   • Private Medical Insurance
   • Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
   • Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
   • Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
2. Development:
   • £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
   • Certificate support
   • Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
   • Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
   • All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
   • All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
   • Infection Prevention and Control Programme
   • Quality Improvement Programme
3. Professional Memberships:
   • BVA membership
   • VDS cover
4. Colleague Benefits:
   • Company pension scheme, with contributions from IVC Evidensia
   • Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
   • Voluntary benefits: flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits
   • Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
   • Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice

Salary: up to £40,000 DOE