Find your future
Here at Deepdale Vets, we are looking for an enthusiastic and caring Veterinary Surgeon to join our close-knit friendly team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity for somebody looking for a long-term commitment in a perfect location. You will have good communication skills and be able to provide excellent patient and client care.
As part of our team, you will be expected to have comprehensive experience of routine procedures and good knowledge of more complex standard procedures. An interest in developing an orthopaedic service would be encouraged, but not essential, as long as you are happy to support and mentor others and be committed to upholding our high standards of patient and client care. Ideally, this role will be based across both our sites, Letchworth & Deepdale.
We care about your work/life balance
We offer working patterns that flex with you and your lifestyle. Whether you are looking for rota hours to balance the school holidays, time to maintain a hobby or other interest or just looking to strike that balance between home and work life, we can offer flexibility that actually works for you.
The full-time position offers 40 hours per week over 4 days with a 1 share in the Saturday morning rota 9am-1pm. No bank holidays or out of hours requirement. We are happy to speak to part-time candidates looking for work around their lifestyle.
Want to know more about us?
We are situated in the green, leafy town of Potten, near Sandy and Biggleswade. If you enjoy getting outside for your lunch break there is a local cafe next door and plenty of fields and woodlands to amble through. We have toys for our Vets to play with - digital x-ray, ultrasound, tonovet, and lots of lovely Registered Veterinary Nurses to ensure we don't break them! We are also awaiting a new dental x-ray. Our premises is spacious and up to date, with a large waiting room, encompassing a pet shop area, an in-house laboratory including a recently acquired urinalysis machine, prep room, dental room, imaging suite, two operating theatres, kennels and separate cat ward. We work closely with our Letchworth clinic and many of their staff members spend time at Deepdale, there is an opportunity to spend some time at Letchworth too.
We need another Vet to complete our team and help us look after our wonderful clients. Across both sites, we have an ophthalmology certificate holder for those tricky eye cases. One of our vets has just started his exotics certificate while another is enjoying the challenge of a medicine certificate alongside an orthopaedic surgeon, dermatologist and physiotherapist. At Deepdale, we have a surgeon to tackle complicated procedures, including orthopedics and another colleague who has all but completed her dermatology certificate. We can't wait to find out what skills you could add!
Because our people 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:
1. Work-life balance: 6.6 weeks annual leave, your birthday as a paid day off
2. Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay, cycle to work scheme, initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, non-accidental injury support
3. Development: £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid 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
4. Professional Memberships: BVA membership, VDS cover, RCVS fees
5. Additional: Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers, pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer, discounted staff pet care
Up to £70,000 DOE
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