We have an exciting opportunity for a Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly, supportive team at one of our large, well-equipped modern surgeries in the Scottish Borders. The Scottish Borders is renowned for its beautiful scenery, wonderful walks and mountain biking trails. We are also only 1 hour from Edinburgh with the Borders Railway on your doorstep. Who we need: We need an enthusiastic small animal vet to join us for 12 months while one of our fabulous vets has her new baby The position would suit an experienced small animal vet or a confident recent graduate. What we can offer you: · Varied 1st opinion caseload. We have vets with interests in orthopaedics, exotics, internal medicine and behaviour. We also offer lap spays and acupuncture/physiotherapy. · 15 minute appointments for routine things, 30 minutes for euthanasia’s/ blood sampling etc. · Opportunities to consult and operate equally shared between the team. · Working day usually 8.30am – 6pm (8am start on operating day), and we nearly always get away for lunch and finish on time Our last consulting appointment is 5.30pm. · Support of an experienced and friendly team of vets, most of us have been with the practice for 4 years. · Really strong team ethos with an active social committee, we organise everything from cinema outings to zip-lining to stand-up paddle boarding · 1:3 Saturday mornings 8am – 12pm. · OOH provider in house at our Gala branch. This gives us good case continuity, and we have an excellent working relationship with our OOH team. There are occasionally opportunities to cover shifts for the OOH team if you would like to. · Full-time hours are 4.5 days a week which can be taken as a half day per week or a full day every fortnight. · 30 days holiday per year (pro rata for PT) · We have a salary scale in place for Veterinary Surgeons up to £60K · We are happy to help you find accommodation if you are relocating. These roles can be tailored to suit the right candidate with full-time or part-time options considered. You can contact colleague Helen if you have any other questions. Helen has been working as a small animal vet with Galedin for 6 years. We are happy to host you for a morning/day if you are interested so you can see if we would be a good fit. Benefits staff dogs welcome, staff discounts on products (cost price) and services (50% discount), bike to work scheme, enhanced sickness cover and income protection (after a qualifying period), enhanced maternity and paternity pay, opportunity to buy additional holidays, one paid days volunteering per year, life cover and healthshield cash plan.