Job description
Permanent Veterinary Surgeon - Gillingham, Kent
1. Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon or soon to be?
2. Are you looking to join an established small animal practice?
Are you looking for...
3. A great salary of up to £58,?
4. No OOH work?
5. A generous CPD allowance?
We are recruiting for a Permanent Veterinary Surgeon to join a charity hospital in Gillingham, Kent. This role is full time for 37.5 hours per week, along with 1 in 6 Saturday mornings. There will be time off in lieu of any weekends worked, offering an excellent work-life balance.
This is a large purpose-built hospital which offers all the latest technology. It is fully equipped with 5 consulting rooms, an operating theatre, separate dental and prep areas, imaging suit, digital radiography, ultrasound, endoscopy and much more including orthopaedic facilities.
This role offers a wide variety of cases daily along with support of a highly experienced team of Veterinary Surgeons and Nurses. All members of staff are offered the opportunity to work to their full potential and develop their clinical skill set medically and surgically.
Key details:
6. Type: Small animal
7. Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
8. Weekends: 1 in 6 weekends
9. OOH: None
10. Sole charge: None
11. Team: Large hospital team
About the role:
12. They are seeking a veterinary surgeon for the delivery of an efficient, professional and caring service to all the hospitals clients and to provide a high standard of customer service and clinical care whilst also promoting pet wellbeing and delivering preventive services
13. The hospital building is well equipped with plenty of consulting space allowing them to meet the demands of this busy small practice
14. The caseload is very varied on a day to day basis
15. They are a friendly welcoming team that are very supportive
16. They aim to promote a healthy life for all their pets by preventing, educating and treating sick and injured animals with passion and compassion
17. Responsible for managing cases cost-effectively, encouraging financial contributions from clients
About them:
18. As the UK's leading veterinary charity, with 48 pet hospitals, they strive to improve animal lives through prevention, education and treatment
19. Every year their dedicated vet teams carry out 2.7 million treatments on, pets
20. Their national network of around high street shops help us to provide these treatments through selling both donated and new goods
21. They believe that they work better together, so everyone from their vets, volunteers, shop teams and office support colleagues are driven into the help improve the lives of every pet
Package:
22. Salary: £44, to £58, per annum, commensurate to experience
23. Holidays: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
24. CPD: Generous allowance of £1, with 1 week to attend
25. Memberships: RCVS fees paid
26. Paid statutory holidays
27. Travel allowance
28. Life assurance 4x annual salary
29. Contributory pension scheme
30. Private medical insurance after 12 months service
Must haves:
31. RCVS registered and qualified or soon to be
32. Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
33. Have excellent verbal and written communication skills