Are you looking for a practice where you can grow, learn, thrive and be your absolute best? Do you want to excel in the things that you most like about being a vet? Do you want to be somewhere where you are valued and listened to? The Neighbourhood Vet may be the place for you.
We have a unique opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our experienced team. What can you expect from us?
- Excellent Standard of Care: For every anaesthetic, we use the best drugs (only sevo gas) and everything has an IV placed and gets fluids. We use a range of anaesthetic monitors, we manually chart, we supervise, we train, we record incidents and we review our practice and process in a supportive way.
- Consultation and Surgery Time: We have 20 minute consultations as standard and ensure you have time for work-ups and surgery. We want you to have the time to give the care you want to give, in an environment that stimulates and supports you.
- Support and Mentoring: You can expect excellent support, enough consultations, dedicated surgery/procedure time, and lots of ongoing mentoring/support from team members with a wide range of experience.
- Team Culture: You can also expect a friendly, welcoming and open culture from top to bottom. We want humble, kind teammates, who enjoy their work, and can have a laugh.
Our Rota: We would welcome full and/or part-time applicants. Our full-time rota typically looks like: 4 weekdays (Monday - Friday) 3 x 11 & 1 x 4.5 hour shifts = 37.5 hours per week. 1:3 weekends which is 1 in 6 Saturdays: 8:30am - 3:00pm and 1 in 6 Saturdays and Sundays both days 9:00am - 7:00pm. To clarify this means working every third weekend; one weekend a ‘short’ Saturday and the following an ‘extended’ Saturday and Sunday. We give you an 11-hour day off in lieu in the week after you have worked a Sunday so all this averages to 40 hours per week.
About Us: What makes us unique is our team. We have grown our practice by focusing on looking after each other, then pets, then clients. You will be joining a fun and friendly team of 20 vets, 12 RVNs, 12 VCAs/SVNs and 24 reception/administrators. In May this year, we won IVC Evidensia’s Team of the Year which is a lovely acknowledgment for what we think is the best team around.
Certifications: We have certificate holders in Surgery (3), Medicine (4), Cardiology (2), ECC (1), and 1 studying for each of Dermatology and Ophthalmology. Additionally, we have visiting specialists in surgery and endoscopy.
Established Over 12 Years: We started as a single vet practice in East Dulwich, SE London 12 years ago and have now grown to have 3 practices (2 smaller sites located in Crofton Park and Penge and our main hospital at East Dulwich). The 3 locations all provide a wide variety of London clients which is what helps make our practice so interesting and fun.
Varied Caseload: We have a varied caseload with the 'normal' toys - Radiography, US and dedicated theatres at all three practices and dental radiography at East Dulwich and Penge.
We Value Our People: 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: 6.6 weeks annual leave, additional holiday entitlement for your birthday.
- 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.
- 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, RCVS fees.
- Additional Benefits: Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers, pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer, discounted staff pet care.
Salary: Up to £75,000 DOE.
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