Job Description

Job Title: Veterinary Surgeon

Location: Palmerston Vets, Buckhurst Hill

Role Type: Permanent. Full or Part-time options available.

Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on experience

Some clinics feel busy.
Some feel calm.
A few feel like places where people and animals are genuinely known.

Palmerston Buckhurst Hill is one of the few.

This is a long-standing village practice with a London postcode and a neighbourly soul. Many of our clients have been bringing their animals here for years. We know their stories. We see their pets grow up, grow old, and everything in between. Our work is not about throughput. It is about care that continues. You will join a steady team who look after each other as well as their patients. Nurses, vets and care assistants work side by side. Cases are followed through. Handovers are personal. Inpatients are cared for in-house by people who know them by name. Leadership here is human.
Sarah, our Practice Manager, has been part of Palmerston for over two decades. She is a nurse by background and leads with warmth, fairness and quiet high standards. Her focus is simple. Support the team, grow their skills, and protect the kind of working day that lets people do good work without rushing past the heart of it.

The caseload is varied and satisfying. Surgery, consults, long-term care, and plenty of familiar faces. Out-of-hours emergencies are handled externally, so your on-call is for our own inpatients only and rarely disturbs your evening.

This role suits a Veterinary Surgeon who enjoys building real relationships, doing careful medicine, and being part of a team that still believes this work is about love as much as skill. We have a loyal client base and a team that has your back. This is a place for a vet who still believes in doing the job properly.

Your week

• Full time, average 41.5 hours
• Two Saturdays in six
• One night a week on call for inpatients only

What you bring

• Confidence in consults and routine surgery
• Comfort working independently with a strong team around you
• Kindness, care and steady hands

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• Accommodation provided if needed
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Recruitment referral reward scheme

Palmerston Vets is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best – care for pets.

We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose.

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Paige in the recruitment team paige.lyne@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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Salary Value: Up to £65,000 per annum;
Salary Description: depending on experience;