Are you a positive vet with a growth mindset, looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Senior Vet so if this a role that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
1. This is a fantastic opportunity for a vet with ideally over 3 years’ experience to join us in our stand alone practice and help guide and mentor junior colleagues
2. Your experience will be key in ensuring clinical standards remain high!
3. You will have complete clinical freedom
4. As a practice we are passionate all our colleagues achieve their career goals so we are happy to discuss and support certificates and CPD
5. Our colleagues well being is key to our happy, stable practice and to ensure this we are flexible on rotas and can consider full / part time – so please chat to us and lets see what we can do for you!
6. You will be supported in practice by our experienced clinical team
7. We are working towards being zero pain accredited and your support could be vital in achieving this
8. Paying up to £65,000
9. Get an extra day off for your Birthday!
10. No Sundays!
11. Enhanced holidays from day 1
About us
Halesowen Vets for Pets has been locally owned for over 8 years by practice owners Michelle and Ian who are both highly experienced surgeons, with Michelle already a certificate holder and Ian in the final stages of completion. Our vets are supported by a highly skilled nurse team lead by our Head Nurse who has been with us for over 5 years and a brilliant support team made up of a VCA, Client Care Advisors and our Practice Manager (RVN).
The practice
Based in the heart of the community, as a standalone site we see a varied caseload with a high proportion of insured clients. We are exclusively small animals predominantly cats and dogs with the very occasional rabbit and other small furry.
We are passionate about high quality care and service. We have all the usual equipment plus dental x-ray, laparoscopy, endoscopy, Kyon TPLO equipment, harmonic scalpel and K-laser. We aim to keep the majority of our caseload in house, but we are within 45 minutes of a quality referral hospital if needed. We would be keen to develop a candidate's own interests with certificates encouraged and funded.
We are currently working towards being a zero pain accredited practice, so an interest in being involved and promoting this would be advantageous.
What your day looks like
The clinic is open from 8am-7pm weekdays, 9am-1pm Saturday. Bank holidays are worked on a rota basis and we’re not open on Sundays. Our Saturday rota is 1 in 3, sole charge, consulting only.
Our diary is well managed. Each vet gets at least 1 op day per week. Our standard consult length is 15minutes, with 30minutes available for certain appointments. We have on the day and emergency appointments available and there is a catch up slot scheduled every 60-90 minutes and allotted time for phone calls.
We believe in a good work-life balance so we can accommodate a somewhat flexible rota, but generally you will have a set weekday off every week and get an early Friday finish 1 in 3. Leaving on time is prioritised so your day will always finish with time allocated to finish notes etc.
About you
Our ideal candidate would have a keen interest in SA veterinary medicine, and confidence with general routine surgery is a must. You are positive, with a good sense of humour and a growth mind-set and able to lead a clinical team. Michelle will be going on maternity leave later in the year so with support from Michelle, Ian and the practice manager you will help lead the clinical team and support our new graduate Vets.
Our offer
12. Salary up to £65,000 FTE based on experience.
13. Flexible hours
14. Generous CPD allowance including certificates – Encouraged and supported
15. Paid memberships
16. Enhanced annual leave from day 1 of 6.6weeks
17. Day paid leave for your Birthday
18. Enhanced pension contribution from employer
19. Contributory private Health Care
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!