Enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated Vets, we need you at Biggleswade Vets for Pets. Come and join an incredible team, and practice!
About us
You will be joining a supportive experienced team made up of 4 Vets, 5 RVNs and 2 SVNs, alongside 4 Receptionists and 1 Veterinary Care Assistant. One of our Vets holds a certificate in ophthalmology.
We offer an air-conditioned and purpose-built practice with state-of-the-art equipment including tonometry, ultrasound, a k laser and digital x-rays. Alternative therapies offered and encouraged including Acupuncture.
The practice benefits from being adjacent to the A1, located just 40 minutes from the historic city of Cambridge and offers easy access to Luton Airport and direct train links into central London.
About you
The successful applicant will have excellent all-round General Practice skills including surgical and medical whilst also enjoying building relationships with patients, clients, and colleagues. We encourage regular CPD, and we are happy to support team members with their individual interests and additional certification.
You will need to be confident with some sole charge responsibility and enjoy the variety provided by clients and colleagues. We see a wide range of surgical cases including occasional orthopaedic cases. The team is split with 50% surgical bias and 50% medical.
We are offering a full-time role (37 hours) including 1:4 weekends working Saturday 8:30am – 6pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm. There is no OOH requirement with this role.
We can offer you
If you'd like any further information about this vacancy, the practice or our company please contact Lizzie from our Talent Acquisition team via email; eastvets@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation.
Alternatively, you can submit your application directly to us now and somebody will be in touch with you to discuss this further. We look forward to hearing from you!
Location: SG18 8TQ
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer!
Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so 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/
