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 Graduate Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly and supportive team.
We have extensive experience supporting newly qualified veterinary surgeons, you’ll be supported by our Lead Vet and Joint Venture Partner, Dr Markus Karlsen, with regular clinical guidance, case discussions and protected mentoring time to help you build confidence and develop into the clinician you want to become.
From day one, you'll have the opportunity to gradually build your clinical independence within a supportive environment where questions are encouraged, learning is continuous and every member of the team is valued and supported. You'll be joining a close-knit team of experienced veterinary surgeons, registered veterinary nurses, student nurses and client care advisors who pride themselves on working collaboratively and supporting one another.
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.
This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week. Weekend commitments are negotiable.
Our opening hours are:
There are no out-of-hours commitments, allowing you to enjoy an excellent work-life balance.
This role offers exposure to a varied and interesting caseload, providing excellent opportunities to develop your medical and surgical skills. Our RCVS-accredited practice at General Practice Level is well equipped to support high-quality patient care, including:
We also perform a wide range of orthopaedic procedures in-house, providing opportunities to gain exposure to more advanced surgical cases.
Broadstairs offers the perfect combination of career and lifestyle. Situated on the beautiful Kent coastline, we're surrounded by award-winning beaches, coastal walks and a vibrant local community.
The practice is within short distance of the train station, with direct rail links to London, and is conveniently located for access to international airports—making weekends away and overseas travel easy.
Benefits
If you're looking for a practice where you'll be genuinely supported, encouraged to develop your skills and become part of a friendly, experienced team, we'd love to hear from you.
To apply, or for more information, please contact Lizzie at recruitment at southvets@vets4pets.com
Location: CT10 2RQ
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/
