Senior Vet required with a surgical bias to join a stable, growing team in a role that can offer a truly flexible rota – salary up to £65,000 (FTE, DOE)
“We are a diverse team and cater to different passions, with the space and facilities to really nurture our teams’ talents.” Karina (BVetMed MRCVS) Practice Owner, Vets for Pets Central Kidderminster
About us
Many members of our team have built their careers within the practice. Four of our nurses originally joined us as locums before becoming permanent team members, and our kennel assistant has progressed from a VCA to a student nurse. Our Practice Owner, Karina, is also a trained Mental Health First Aider, reflecting our commitment to the wellbeing and support of our team.
Practice Owner Karina is testament to the investment she puts into her teams’ progression and development. Initially qualifying as a nursing assistant in 2006 before qualifying as a vet from the Royal Veterinary College in 2017.
We are an approved training practice, and our Practice Owner/Veterinary Surgeon, Karina, is a Vet GDP Advisor.
About the role
We have a great relationship with the in-store Pets at Home team and have an incredible client base with a varied and growing case load including small furries, exotics and dentistry.
We’re a diverse team so depending on your own individual style, our consult times vary and breaks, and an hour lunch break are always included in the day. It’s important to us that our team feels included so we also hold a regular catch up after morning consults, with time to share thoughts and ideas.
This role will be key to the practice as a Senior Veterinary Surgeon you will mentor the junior members of the team ensuring clinical standards are maintained. Alongside this you will drive the surgy treatments within the practice.
There is no OOH with this role, and we make sure that appointments finish half an hour before closing so that we have time to catch up and still get away on time!
The benefits
As well as an exceptional working environment, we’re delighted to be able to offer
If you would like an informal chat, want to find out more about the amazing opportunity to join our team, or would like to apply please email Rach at northvet@vets4pets.com and someone will get back to you within 1 working day
We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!
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/
