Pets at Home

Veterinary Surgeon

Pets at Home  •  £70k/yr  •  England, GB (Onsite)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description

Voted Vets4Pets new practice of the year 2019, we at Nuneaton are proud to be a multiple award-winning GP standard practice under the Practice Standard Scheme as well as RCVS accredited, Silver accredited cat friendly status and RWAF accredited.

Growing all the time and seeing a variety of interesting surgical and medical cases you’ll be joining practice owners Melissa who has 13+ years’ experience, is a qualified Vet GDP advisor with an interest in every aspect of veterinary medicine, in particular soft tissue surgery and preventative medicine and Lucy (RVN) who has 22+ years’ experience with an interest in preventative care and anaesthesia.

Melissa and Lucy are also supported by Vicky our Practice Manager, she is one of our onsite Mental Health First Aiders, as well as another great vet and a great team of nurses, one veterinary care assistant and three client care advisors.

Ideally this is a full-time position with shift patterns of 9am-5pm and 11am-7pm, with 1 in 3 Saturday’s 9am-5pm but please still get in touch if you’re looking for something a bit more flexible, as we’re open to discussing alternatives.

We allow 20-minutes for our vet consults with the last appointment at 6.30pm to make sure we leave on time at the end of the day. Admin time and tea breaks are also built into the diary, along with a protected lunch break.

Due to the nature of this role, we are looking for an experienced vet with a broad range of GP skills, someone comfortable in sole charge and a great communicator and team player.

As well as working with our great team, we’re also offering the following benefits:

  • Salary up to £70,000 commensurate with experience
  • 5.6 weeks holiday
  • Life Assurance 4 x Annual Salary
  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Paid memberships (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
  • CPD encouraged and happy to support certificates or equivalent
  • Flexible working hours
  • No OOH
  • Relocation allowance can be discussed*
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Access to Colleague Assistance Programmes – Retail Trust, Port of Call and MHFA
  • Exclusive company discounts and rewards – including 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room and Vet Group

The practice itself is based in a thriving Pets at Home store, is a modern, purpose-built practice with all the equipment you’d expect as well as a Cryopen for Cryotherapy. The practice is based in Nuneaton which is close to Birmingham & Coventry cities and is only 56 minutes on a direct train from London Euston. We are also ideally located with great amenities right on our doorstep, plentiful parking, excellent public transport links, as well as just a short journey from major roads networks.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity, simply email EastVets@vets4pets.com or alternatively, apply below.

Location: CV11 4HR

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!

Pets at Home

About Pets at Home

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/

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Handforth, GB
Year Founded
1991
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