Swindon Vets for Pets - Veterinary Surgeon (12-Month FTC, Part-Time)
Looking for a role where you can feel supported, valued, and part of a genuinely friendly team?
We’re excited to offer a 12-month fixed-term opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our welcoming team at Swindon Vets for Pets.
The Role
This is a part-time position (approx. 20–30 hours per week) with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Ideally, you’ll work across Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, with some Saturday mornings on a fair rota.
We’re open to discussing working patterns to find what works best for you.
About You
We’re looking for a Veterinary Surgeon who:
About the Practice
You’ll be joining a friendly and experienced team of 14, including:
We pride ourselves on creating a supportive environment where everyone works together to deliver excellent patient and client care.
Facilities
Our well-equipped practice includes:
We also have a comfortable colleague space, and a well-stocked team larder, because we know the little things matter!
What We Offer
Why Join Us?
At Swindon Vets for Pets, you’ll be part of a close-knit team that genuinely supports each other, where your skills are valued, and you can focus on delivering great care without feeling overwhelmed.
If you’re looking for a flexible role in a positive and supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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/
