Pets at Home

Veterinary Surgeon - full or part time!

Pets at Home  •  £37.50/hr  •  Onsite  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Are you looking a new Vet role with a competitive salary of up to £75,000 (DOE, FTE) excellent benefits, and opportunities for career growth? Join our dynamic team and take the next step in your career!

  • You will enjoy our recently refurbished waiting area and consult rooms and be part of our growth plan with our planned extension
  • You will have bring experience and skills to bring to the team and enjoy supporting those with less experience
  • This role is ideally for full time but we can consider full or part time between 20 – 40 hours
  • We are a dynamic stable team who support each other to reach our veterinary career aspirations
  • You will join a strong clinical team with a diverse range of interests including surgery and internal medicine
  • This role would be perfect for someone that has a surgical bias
  • You will be supported with CPD and certificates
  • 20 minute appointments for sick pet, initial vaccination and boosters!
  • No OOH, Sundays or Bank holidays
  • Saturdays are worked on a 1 in 4 basis and only for the morning (9am to 1pm)
  • Some occasional sole charge

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated veterinary surgeon to join our practice in Cannock. Whether you are an experienced surgeon or in your first few years of graduated practice, this is your chance to expand your skills in a supportive environment. Our practice features is owned and run locally by Sue, and an experienced team of 3-vets with a diverse range of surgical and internal medicine expertise ranging from 3 to 10 years qualified experience. There are also 3 RVNs, 1 SVN (2nd year) and a reception team of 5 to support you to be able to achieve your role.

About you:

The ideal candidate will be a down-to-earth team player looking to provide the very best veterinary care to our loyal clients. We are passionate about creating a fun and inclusive work environment and want any new team members to have the same ethos. You will be fully supported by a fantastic Nurse team who run their own clinics to keep you free to work up your cases.

About the role:

Our case load is varied from neutering and dentistry to soft tissue surgery and orthopaedics. Sick pet, initial vaccination courses and boosters have 20-minute appointments so there's time to examine your patient and write up any notes. Call time is allocated each day on the diary for you to report results and catch up with your clients. If you enjoy theatre work, we see a mix of cases each week including routine surgery, orthopaedics and soft tissue surgery. We run 20-minute consults and protect your lunch break so you always get to eat and relax.

This is ideally for a full time position of 40 hours per week but we know this doesn’t suit everyone so part time can be considered, we can also be flexible to accommodate a 4 or 5 day week. Weekends are Saturday mornings until 1pm and worked on a 1 in 4 basis and no OOH, Sundays or Bank holidays giving you a great work life balance.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive Salary of up to £75,000 DOE, FTE
  • Enjoy working in a friendly atmosphere with support from our Practice Manager
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Enhanced holiday of 264 hours per calendar year after 2 years of service.
  • Contributory pension scheme.
  • Team building events and social outings.
  • Paid memberships.
  • Generous CPD allowance with certificates encouraged and supported.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Exclusive group discounts including 20% across the Pets at Home Group, high street retailers, and gym memberships.

How to Apply:

If you believe this role is perfect for you, please contact Rach at Northvet@vets4pets.com.

Location: WS12 1LU

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!

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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