Lead Veterinary Surgeon | Up to £75,000 FTE DOE | Full-Time | Flexible Working | Future Partnership Potential
Are you ready to take the next step in your veterinary career and play a key role in shaping the future of a growing practice?
Biggleswade Vets for Pets is looking for a Lead Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly, experienced team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced vet who enjoys a mix of medicine, surgery, leadership and mentoring, and is looking for a role where they can truly make an impact.
As an owner-led practice, we're looking for someone who wants to be more than just another team member. We want a collaborative leader who is invested in developing people, driving clinical excellence and helping us continue to grow. For the right person, there is genuine scope for future progression, including potential buy-in opportunities.
Working alongside our Practice Owner, Sarah, an RVN with more than 20 years of experience in veterinary practice, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the direction of the practice while maintaining a hands-on clinical role.
We're looking for an experienced vet who:
This is very much a team-focused position. You'll be supported by an experienced and capable team while helping to develop both our people and our clinical offering.
Providing excellent patient care starts with giving our team the time and support they need to do their best work.
You'll benefit from:
We also work with a consistent team of regular locum vets who choose to return to the practice time and again, something we're particularly proud of.
You'll be joining a knowledgeable and supportive team that currently includes:
Our team brings a wide range of expertise, including:
We're passionate about developing our nurses and continuing to expand their involvement with Schedule 3 procedures, creating a collaborative and progressive clinical environment.
Our practice is fully equipped with:
We're also a Cat Friendly Practice with:
Why Biggleswade?
Located close to the train station with free on-site parking, our practice offers easy commuting and a fantastic work-life balance.
We're also happy to discuss flexible and part-time working options to create a rota that works for you.
If you're an experienced vet looking for a leadership role where you can mentor others, influence the future direction of a practice and become part of a supportive, owner-led team, we'd love to hear from you.
To find out more, contact Laura on 07790 372441 or email southvets@vets4pets.com.
Location: SG18 8TQ
Since 1991, when we were a wholesaler with a team of just 15, we’ve been focused on getting better every day. By putting pets before profit, working as a team and taking pride in everything we do, we’ve grown into a 451 store network with more than 8,913 colleagues working in our Stores, Grooming Salons, Distribution Centres and Support Office.
We are the UK’s leading pet specialist, providing pet owners with all their product needs, as well as our Vets for Pets practices and Grooming salons. We support our colleagues to work with pride and passion, to bring honesty and integrity to work every day, and to do it all with a sense of fun and fearlessness. We never shy away from having the important conversations and doing what we say we’ll do.
Our values and behaviours are practiced daily across the business and are what really makes us an enjoyable, exciting place to work. We're always striving to develop and reward our colleagues with an extensive in-house series of training programmes, wellbeing initiatives and a comprehensive benefits package. In 2018 we were delighted to be voted top 5 in the Great Place to Work UK’s Large category.
Our colleagues are central to the success of the business and are fully trained in pet care and dedicated to animal welfare. Pets are central to everything that we do and 93% of colleagues have their own pets too!
If you like the sound of life at Pets at Home, you can find out more on our dedicated careers site: https://www.petsathomejobs.com/
