Veterinary Surgeon – Full or Part Time
Ipswich Martlesham Vets4Pets We have an unmissable opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to come and join our warm and friendly team, who were voted Pet Plan practice of the year 2021.
In addition to a rewarding role in a superb location, you can also expect to receive:
We can consider full or part time hours for the role including 1 in 3 Saturdays (with 2 weekdays off when you work Saturday). Full time hours would work a 4-day week and if looking for part time – hours and days to be discussed. We understand the importance of a work life balance and so there are no out of hours. We can also offer flexibility to do more weekends and less weekdays.
You’ll be a dynamic and proactive Veterinary Surgeon with solid surgical and medical skills. You should be a strong team player, who is keen to be involved and work alongside us. The key to your success will be your ability to embrace all aspects of the role, delivering excellent patient and client care and enjoy the variety the role will bring.
You’ll be joining our clinical team of 5 vets (2 are practice partners), 5 RVNs, 1 student nurse, 1 VCA and non-clinical staff. Ideally you’ll have at least 2-3 years’ experience. We can offer you a great team environment where everyone is always on hand to support each other. We regularly talk through our cases, learn new things from one another and have friendly debates.
Our well-equipped surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards and you’ll get use of our facilities including digital x-rays, ultrasound, endoscope, in-house lab, operating theatre, separate cat and dog wards and exotics ward. Procedures offered include usual routine surgeries, ex-laps and associated surgeries like splenectomies, gastrotomies, enterectomies etc. BOAS, TTA, TECA. A large percentage of our clients are insured.
We pride ourselves on in-house diagnostic work ups; we have a visiting internal medicine specialist to help out too and we do many skilled orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeries that we would love to teach others how to do.
We’re based inside a busy Pets at Home store on Beardmore Retail Park in Martlesham. We have food and clothes shops nearby and are 15 minutes from the local towns of Ipswich and Woodbridge. Our great location means we benefit from a good variety of cases and a loyal client base.
We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.
If you have any questions about the role or would like an informal chat, please contact Lizzie on southvets@vets4pets.com
Location: IP5 3RU
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/
