Luton Vets for Pets is looking for a Vet to join the team!
We are a well-established (16 years) small animal practice looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to join us part-time or full-time.
You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive practice owned by 3 JVPs (2 Veterinary Surgeons and 1 Registered Veterinary Nurse). You will be joining our fabulous team consists of 4 Vets, 5 RVNs, 2 SVNs, 2 VCAs, a Practice Manager and 4 receptionists.
We offer the benefits of 20 minute consults with a 4 day week Mon-Fri, 8.30am to 7pm, with one day having early finish day at 5pm to maintain work-life balance. The weekend rota is 1:4 Saturdays, 9am to 4pm, and no Sundays. There is also no OOH or Sole Charge.
The ideal candidate will want to thrive as a general practitioner. We’re flexible with the level of your experience, so if you have many years’ experience, require more support or are just starting out we can be the practice for you. We have a GDP advisor who has a track record of helping vet progress their clinical skills in a very supportive environment with an experienced team. We encourage and support further education and certificates for all staff if they wish.
Our practice is RCVS accredited at General Practice Level. We have separate cat and dog wards, 4 consulting rooms, theatre, prep, diagnostic room and a fully stocked pharmacy. We are well equipped to help our clinicians diagnose and treat our patients with ultrasound, a video endoscope, digital x-ray, full IDEXX in house laboratory, K-Laser, blood pressure machine and a Multiparameter monitor.
Luton Vets for Pets is 10 minutes from the Luton International Airport so it’s always easy to go overseas on holiday. Closer to home, we’re under an hour from London by train, with the closest train station a short walk away.
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Luton Vets for Pets is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we celebrate the diversity of our team. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
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/
