Summer 2025 Graduate Small Animal Vet at Broad Lane Vets, Coventry
All of our vets (whether a recent graduate or 30 years qualified) receive support tailored to their needs, along with a fantastic package of benefits. New grads have a designated VetGDP Adviser for the day-to-day, along with access to the well-regarded XLVets Small Animal Graduate Development Programme. Mentoring for more experienced grads is moulded to the individual's needs, with practical in-house scanning sessions, theatre scrub-ins, monthly clinical club discussion groups, or just regular one-to-one chats.
Our team of 15 vets includes several Certificate holders (along with a wealth of experience) covering imaging, surgery, medicine, dermatology, feline practice (being Gold Cat Friendly) and ECC. We recently extended our practice, providing dedicated areas for our 2 scanners and digital x-ray, plus a designated dental room with dental x-ray, and separate cat, dog and isolation wards. There's even a staff pet kennel area!
There is no night work as we've been using a local OOH provider for 20 years. Late evening shifts are shared fairly across the team and the Saturday rota is 1 in 4. An experienced colleague is always rota-ed alongside new/recent grads to provide hands-on support.
BENEFITS
Offering genuinely flexible working is a big part of looking after our team, so if you don't want a standard working pattern, just tell us what you do want and we'll see what we can do!
Our benefits include:
* New grad starting salary of £34k, rising to £75k dependent on experience/qualifications/skills/responsibilities (based on 41.5 hours per week full-time)
* Part-time and flexible working arrangements welcomed
* Overtime paid at £35/hour
* Enhanced Maternity Pay
* Standard CPD allowance of £2,000 and 5 days off each year (regularly stretched for Certs and some other courses)
* 6 weeks holiday per annum, plus 1 extra day for each year of service
* 1 paid Volunteering Day per year
* Enhanced sickness pay
* Vitality Private Medical Insurance
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Cost price own pet treatment
* BSAVA or BVA subscription paid
* RCVS retention fee and VDS cover paid
* Career breaks/sabbaticals/unpaid leave available
* Monthly team meetings
* Regular one-to-ones as requested/required
* Organised practice Summer and Christmas events, and we’re a social bunch, enjoying catching-ups for walks, meals, Escape Rooms, mini-golf etc
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