Overview
Weekend Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal position with Three Counties Veterinary Emergencies, based at Coombefield Veterinary Hospital, Axminster. We are expanding our out-of-hours weekend provision and are recruiting an extra weekend veterinary surgeon to join the existing weekend day team.
Role details: weekend day OOH vet, 20 hours per weekend (1 in 7 weekends), with shifts typically 7:30am – 6:30pm on Saturday and Sunday, plus 1 bank holiday per year. Frequency of weekends is flexible. Holiday entitlement accrues as it is deemed holiday will not be taken from shifts.
Responsibilities: the role will involve taking handover from the night team (finishing at 8am), followed by a mix of consultations and procedures presented over the weekend. The two weekend day veterinary surgeons and the existing team will be responsible for in-patients, investigations, and surgery as necessary.
Facilities: we have 2 operating theatres, a dental room, imaging suite, in-house laboratory with EPOC machine, cattery, kennels, isolation unit and pharmacy.
Team structure: this role is attractive to vets who would like to add some OOH work on top of an existing role, without sole charge, on-call shifts, or night work, and who enjoy emergency work in a supportive environment.
Salary & Benefits
Salary up to £40,000 DOE. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including wellbeing, development, professional memberships, and colleague perks.
Wellbeing
* Private Medical Insurance
* Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
* Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
* Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
Development
* £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
* Certificate support
* Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
* Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
* All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
* All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
* Infection Prevention and Control Programme
* Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
* BVA membership
* VDS cover
Colleague Benefits
* Company pension scheme with employer contribution
* Cycle to Work and Green Cars schemes, subject to eligibility
* Voluntary benefits portfolio to tailor to you
* Discounts/cashback with retailers
* Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
We are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging. As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
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