Pets at Home

Veterinary Surgeon

Pets at Home  •  Onsite  •  5 days ago
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Job Description

Broadstairs Vets for Pets is looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to join the team!

Broadstairs Vets for Pets is an established, RCVS-accredited small animal practice with over 20 years of serving the local community. We are looking for a Veterinary Surgeon with at least three years' experience who is ready for the next stage of their career.

Whether your interests lie in surgery, medicine, imaging or developing a particular clinical area, we will support you in pursuing your professional goals. We encourage further education, CPD and certificate development, while recognising that every clinician's career journey is individual.

As a practice, we are committed to continually investing in our people, facilities and clinical services. We are an ambitious practice with exciting plans for the future, and we want our team to grow and develop alongside us.

You will have the autonomy to manage your own cases while being part of a collaborative team who enjoy sharing knowledge, discussing cases and supporting one another.

This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week. Weekend commitments are negotiable.

Our opening hours are:

  • Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 7:00pm
  • Saturday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
  • Sunday: 10:00am – 4:00pm

There are no out-of-hours commitments, and we offer flexibility in working patterns because we understand the importance of achieving a healthy work-life balance.

Broadstairs offers the perfect combination of career and lifestyle. Situated on the beautiful Kent coastline, we are surrounded by award-winning beaches, coastal walks and a vibrant local community.

Whether your ambition is to develop advanced surgical skills, build confidence in medicine, work towards a certificate or simply enjoy practising high-quality first-opinion veterinary medicine within a supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

Our practice offers:

  • Separate cat and dog wards
  • Three consulting rooms
  • Two theatres
  • Dedicated prep and diagnostic areas
  • Fully stocked pharmacy
  • Ultrasound
  • Video endoscopy
  • Digital radiography
  • Full IDEXX in-house laboratory

We also perform a wide range of orthopaedic procedures in-house, providing opportunities to gain exposure to more advanced surgical cases.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary depending on experience
  • Company car
  • 5.6 weeks annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing after two years' service
  • Generous CPD allowance with encouragement and support for further education and certificate development
  • No out-of-hours commitments
  • Paid professional memberships (RCVS and VDS)
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Exclusive company discounts and rewards, including up to 20% off at Pets at Home

Join us at an exciting stage in our journey. We are building the next chapter of Broadstairs and are looking for people who want to grow with us.

Pets at Home

About Pets at Home

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/

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Handforth, GB
Year Founded
1991
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