Veterinary Surgeon – Vets for Pets Thurrock
Lakeside Retail Park, RM20 3LP
Are you a passionate and dedicated Veterinary Surgeon looking for flexibility, clinical variety, and a supportive team?
Our thriving small animal practice in Thurrock is seeking a Full-Time Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly, forward-thinking team.
About Us
Located within Pets at Home, Lakeside Retail Park, we are a purpose-built, modern, and progressive practice equipped with:
We’re also excited to offer following services:
Our Clinical Director, with over 18 years of UK experience, with post graduate certificate in small animal surgery and advanced small animal orthopaedics, is passionate about mentoring and has successfully guided numerous vets through their professional development.
We are a proud VetGDP training practice, committed to supporting growth, confidence, and long-term career satisfaction.
You'll be working alongside a fantastic team made up of 4 vets, a clinical director, 3 RVNs, 3 SVNs, practice manager, practice director, reception manager and 4 client care advisors.
We also have both Practice Directors (Clinical and Management) on-site.
We value compassion, clinical excellence, and teamwork — all within a supportive and friendly environment.
The Role
What We’re Looking For
What We Offer
Interested?
For an informal and confidential chat, please contact Lizzie from our Talent Acquisition team at 📧 southvets@vets4pets.com Or simply apply now — we’d love to hear from you and discuss how we can tailor this role to suit you.
Join a practice where innovation, compassion, and work-life balance go hand in hand.
Be part of a team that values your growth, supports your development, and celebrates your passion for veterinary care.
Location: RM20 3LP
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/
