Large friendly team looking for small animal vet! We’re looking for an experienced vet to join our practice in Filton, Bristol.
The Practice:
Filton Vets for Pets has been locally owned by Michael Parry since 2003. To the benefit of our team and patients alike, the practice underwent a makeover and expansion in recent years, enhancing our wonderful working environment and now offering an excellent workspace and facilities including a lovely colleague room and separate offices, purpose built operating theatres and dental theatre, additional prep rooms and wards. The practice is also fitted with the excellent level of equipment you’d expect from a thriving GP practice, ensuring you have everything you need to provide the best standards of care to our patients
Our team:
For a small animal practice, you’ll be joining a big team! As well as Michael, you’ll be working alongside a team of 7 other vets and supported by a welcoming team of 25 in total, including our Head Nurse and nurse team, students, care assistants and non-clinical colleagues including our practice manager Karen who is also a trained Mental Health First Aider.
About you:
We’re looking for a proactive small animal vet with great communication skills, solid medical and surgical skills and ideally 3+ years of GP experience. This is a balanced role with surgery and medicine but for the right candidate, we’re in the unique position of being able to consider a consults only vet or a vet with a surgical bias, if that is your preference.
The role:
We can consider full or part time hours for this rewarding position, with no OOH requirements, and just 1 in 4 Saturdays (9:00 – 16:00) and no Sundays or Bank holidays giving you a truly great work/life balance!
The benefits:
1. Salary from £45,000 to £70,000 FTE, dependent on experience
2. Contributory pension scheme
3. Paid holiday of 28 days, rising to 33 days after 2 years of service
4. Generous CPD allowance
5. Support for certificates such as time to study, or designate cases of interest/relevance to certificate
6. Paid Professional memberships
7. Life assurance 4 x annual salary
8. No OOH
9. Cycle to work scheme
10. Colleague reward hub – exclusive offers and discounts online and on the high street, including 20% off at Pets at Home, Vets4Pets and the Groom Room
If that’s not enough, Filton Vets for Pets is based in an ideal location on the outskirts of Bristol yet is central for great transport links, a short walk from the local train station and with easy access to major roads including the M32, M4 and M5.
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.
Location: BS34 7BQ
Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so 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!