Salary up to £70,000 Plus Relocation allowance up to £5000
Are you an experienced Veterinary Surgeon ready to step into a leadership role where your clinical insight, and strategic vision will make a real impact? Join Holly House vets as a Lead Veterinary Surgeon and help shape the future of our thriving practice. This position is for internal applicants only.
As the lead veterinary surgeon, you'll play a key role in leading our friendly, talented team, overseeing clinical standards, contributing to the practice's growth, and fostering a supportive and positive work culture. You'll also retain hands-on clinical time, striking a balance between leadership and doing what you love.
The position is 40 hours over 4 days per week on a rota basis, 1 in 6 weekends and the occasional on call shift with a share of the bank holiday rota, planned in advance.
We have 4 practices in the Leeds postcode, 3 in North Leeds and one in Ilkley, which will only require occasional holiday cover.
The role will work across surgical, medical, and emergency departments. Duties include consulting, client care, routine and complex procedures, triage, routine and complex inpatient care, and running diagnostic tests (lab/radiography/CT) across a range of species (cats/dogs/rabbits/reptiles/birds/small mammals).
Our Facilities and Environment
As a general practice with mid-tier referral, certificate holder led departments in surgery, medicine, dentistry and exotics we have a varied caseload and cases are worked up to a high standard. You would benefit from access to cutting-edge diagnostics such as CT, X-Ray, ultrasound, laparoscopy and endoscopy across our fully equipped practices. Our facilities include purpose-built consulting rooms, an isolation ward, and a spacious prep/theatre suite. We utilise multiparameter monitoring for anaesthesia and a ventilator to ensure the highest standard of care. Handling both first opinion and referral cases, our focus remains on delivering exemplary care to every species.
Location and Team
Conveniently located just off the ring road in north Leeds, near Roundhay Park, our practice boasts excellent transport links to the city centre. Our team comprises 19 vets, 19 RVNs (including our dedicated night nurse team), 6 SVNs, 4 VCAs, and 10 receptionists working to provide 24 hour wrap around care to our patients at our hospital, general practice clinics and exotics only practice. Having been open now for 30 years we have developed a range of annual team events and a full schedule of practice meetings as well as one to one career development and professional coaching available to all staff. Rotas are carefully crafted to consider work life balance and home time and breaks are prioritised.
Work-life balance
1. 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
2. Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
Wellbeing
3. Private Medical Insurance
4. Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
5. Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
6. Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
Development
7. £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
8. Certificate support
9. Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
10. Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
11. All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
12. All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
13. Infection Prevention and Control Programme
14. Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
15. BVA membership
16. VDS cover
Colleague Benefits
17. Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
18. Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
19. Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
20. Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
21. Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr