Locally owned by Ben (MRCVS) and opened in 2013, we’re proud of our team and our low colleague turnover, and if you are looking to join a friendly practice with a great reputation in the local area, we have the role for you here at Winnersh Vets for Pets.
About us
Purpose built and recently extended to include an additional colleague room and separate office space for our valued team, our well-established practice based in the heart of the local community also boasts 4 consultation rooms including x-ray and dental x-ray, a large prep area and operating theatre and separate cat and dog wards.
The team
With a very low colleague turnover, you will be joining a friendly, longstanding team of 19 including 4 vets, 6 nurses, 7 receptionists, and administrator and Jen, our practice manager.
We do lots of routine surgeries and consults’ daily with one of our vets currently doing a certificate in internal medicine, one vet a certificate holder in ophthalmology and another vet very interested in orthopaedics’. We also have one vet and RVNs with a keen interest in rabbits and small furries meaning we have a varied caseload and plentiful learning opportunities for the whole team.
Your day
Our days are well structured, and we normally have 3 vets on each day with designated operating vets and consulting vets. The days are broken up into morning and afternoon blocks with consults given 15 minutes as standard and with catch ups and lunch factored in throughout the day.
The operating vet does their own admits and then solely surgery for the day with time factored in afterwards to write notes and catch up on admin.
We also hold monthly practice meeting and vet meetings are held every few weeks to catch up.
This is a part time working 2 days a week, 8:30am- 7pm ideally on a Wednesday and Friday but these days are not set in stone. Also including just 1:4 Saturdays from 8am to 5pm
About you
Due to the nature of this role, we are looking for a vet with a broad range of GP skills. Confident in all aspects of everyday small animal medicine and surgery, we’re also looking for a vet skilled in building strong relationships with patients and clients and who is a fun, friendly and versatile colleague who enjoys working in a team.
The benefits
Offering a salary of up to £60,000 FTE and dependent on experience as you’d expect, we also offer all the standard benefits (pension, healthcare, paid memberships etc.) plus a few more, including generous practice discount and exclusive lifestyle and shopping discounts (up to 20% off at Pets at Home). We share the bank holidays and the Christmas rota and also get 5.6 weeks holiday raising to 6.6 weeks after 2 years’ service.
We’re also ideally located and within easy reach of local transport, just across the road from Winnersh Triangle train station and have a large unrestricted car park for those driving to us.
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.
To find out more simply contact Laura on 07790 372441 or email southvets@vets4pets.com
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/
