Veterinary Surgeon
New Malden Vets, Kingston upon Thames
Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience plus a relocation allowance up to £2,000
We have a rare opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly team at New Malden Vets in Kingston-upon-Thames. The day-to-day duties include consultations, surgery (routine and more complex including enterotomies, cystotomies, caesarean etc) with dedicated admin time. We work to high general practice standards and have an interesting, varied caseload.
The Rota
Our full-time position is typically over 4 days with a mix of earlies and lates (1-2 per week) and 2 in 5 weekends (one full Saturday only). We have one duty night per week of inpatients. There is no out-of-hours. However, we know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it easy for you to strike the right balance. We would welcome both full or part-time applicants and are happy to be flexible and work together to find a rota that would work for you.
Want to know more about us?
We are based in a lovely part of the world on the SW London/Surrey borders close to Wimbledon and Kingston-upon-Thames. Our location gives easy, fast access to London (25 minutes by train) and access out of London by car on the A3 if you want to head to the coast. We strive for high standards of general practice and are lucky to have a wide range of equipment and services to offer. We have three (soon to be four consulting rooms), a dedicated prep room and theatre, a separate dental area as well as an x-ray, digital/dental ultrasound room, multiparameter anaesthetic monitors, bronchoscopy, and a full surgical kit. We have separate cat and dog waiting rooms and kennels which allows for minimal stress for all of our patients. Depending on your special interests, we are always keen to invest in more equipment.
Come and join our fantastic team!
We are a friendly team of varying experience, including 7 Vets, 9 Nurses, 2 Veterinary Care Assistants and 9 Receptionists. Our clinical team have a huge variety of interests from surgery to emergencies, cardiology to opthalmology and although we do not have any certificate holders, we encourage all our team to implement gold standard learnings into clinical practice.
We are proactive about encouraging CPD and sharing the knowledge with the team including clinical clubs which are lovely sociable Vet evenings where we share the most recent attended training. We aim to give every team member a great quality of life and learning/working experience feeling supported with an open, caring structure. We run a local dog show once yearly which is incredibly popular and much loved. Our culture is one of support and encouragement on every level to maintain our gold standard of care.
Because our employees matter
We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -
Work-life balance
1. 6.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
2. Your birthday as a paid day off
Wellbeing
3. Private medical insurance
4. Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
5. Cycle to Work scheme
6. Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
7. Non-accidental injury support
Development
8. £1250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro rata
9. Certificate Support
10. Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
11. Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
12. All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
13. All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
14. Infection Prevention and Control Programme
15. Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
16. BVA membership
17. VDS cover
18. RCVS fees
Additional
19. Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
20. Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
21. Discounted staff pet care
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, 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.