Veterinary Surgeon – Full or part time
About us
Lenesa Govender, the lead vet and Practice Owner of Epsom Vets4Pets, opened the practice in 2016, bringing with her 18 years of experience as a vet, mainly in senior roles. Lenesa has a passion for learning and keeping her knowledge up to date and thoroughly encouraging and supporting the same in her hugely talented and caring team.
“I am very proud of the team I have, a caring, thoughtful and compassionate bunch where everyone enjoys coming to work every day. Our pet owners trust us with their pet, and I take that very seriously. This has built trust and respect from all our bonded clients.”
The team
You will be joining a fun, hardworking, dedicated team of 3 Vets, 3 RVNs, Practice Manager, 2 SVN, 2 VCA and 2 receptionists all trying to make a difference to our clients by offering exceptional patient and client care with community at our core.
We also have peripatetic orthopaedic and cardiac vets who visit which enables us to do more in depth surgery and work up cases within our practice, as well as also being an approved nurse training centre.
The practice
The practice itself is designed for more rewarding work. It’s equipped to a very high standard offers a range of state-of-the-art equipment including digital X-ray, ultrasound with Doppler, a growing orthopaedic kit and separate dog and cat wards, 3 consult rooms, theatre and a dedicated office/tea room.
There’s also plenty of onsite parking and is ideally situated close to the town centre and within a 7minute walk of Epsom train station.
You and the role
This rewarding position is full or part time 30-40 hours a week either 9am-6pm or 10am-7pm (across 4 days if preferred) and just 1 in 3 Saturdays. We don’t work on Sundays and there is no OOH, ensuring you can enjoy an excellent balance between work and home.
In joining our team and supporting a great community and client base, we are looking for an experienced vet with a broad range of GP skills. We are lucky to have a varied caseload including cats, dogs, rabbits and small furries, so you’ll be confident in all aspects of everyday small animal medicine and surgery.
The practice offers 15-minute consults as standard but 30-minute consults for puppy vaccinations and new clients
As well as strong clinical skills, we’re also looking for someone skilled in building strong relationships with patients and clients, as well as someone who thrives working as part of a great team.
The benefits
If you share our passion for delivering outstanding healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, simply contact Laura on WestVet@vets4pets.com or apply below.
Location: KT17 1HQ
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/
