An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time veterinary surgeon to join our fun and friendly team at Derby Kingsway!
"It has been an absolute pleasure working at Derby Kingsway. The working environment is amazing, and it truly has made a difference knowing that I would be able to share some laughs in the workplace every day as well as feeling cared for on a personal level. I could not speak more highly of Emma or the team."
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a veterinary surgeon to join our fun and friendly team at Derby Kingsway! This successful small animal practice is close to the A38 with good transport links to Nottingham, Burton and the Peak District.
Our modern surgery has been designed to industry leading standards, with state-of-the-art equipment and in-house laboratory facilities. We are a silver standard ICC Cat Friendly Clinic and are also rabbit friendly.
Our Partner, Emma Gilbert, is an experienced Bristol graduate and leads a supportive team of 3 other vets, 5 nurses, 3 client care advisors and a practice administrator.
About you
The ideal candidate to join our professional team will have good general small animal surgical and medical skills as well as a good knowledge of working up cases. You will be part of a team dedicated to providing superb standards of client and animal care.
This is a part time role working 15-30 hours per week including a shared weekend rota of 1 in 3 Saturdays, some sole charge but no OOH. Flexibility with full or part days to work but ideally to include a Friday.
As you would expect from the market leader in small animal veterinary care, we can offer:
If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and great customer service and would like to join our team, we would love to hear from 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; northvet@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: DE22 3FA
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer!
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/
