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Excellent Vet opportunity to join a busy small animal practice in West Yorkshire

  • Location

    West Yorkshire

  • Sector:

    Veterinary Surgeon

  • Job type:

    Permanent Full-Time

  • Salary:

    Competitive salary up to £60,000 p/a reflective of skills and experience

  • Contact:

    Holly Walsh

  • Contact email:

    info@recruit4vets.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

    01423 701321

  • Job ref:

    JN-032025-31659

  • Published:

    2 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2025-09-27

​An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Veterinary Surgeon to join a wonderful team in West Yorkshire, under 30 minutes to Leeds and an hour from Manchester. The role offers a supportive working environment and a fantastic learning culture, with the team continually striving to provide the very best level of care for their patients.

Candidate Requirements:

  • Good basic surgical and consulting skills

  • Enthusiasm for learning and the passion and drive to provide excellent client and patient care

  • Enjoy having fun in an amazing team, despite what wonders this job can throw at us day to day!

  • The role would suit a Veterinary Surgeon with at least 2 years of experience who is eager to progress in their career and further develop their interests.

The Hours: This is a full-time (40-hour) role, 4-day weekday rota (same day off every week), with a Saturday rota of 1 in 3.No out of hours

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work alongside vets with a certificate in surgery, allowing for more complex soft tissue and orthopaedics to be completed in practice.

  • Utilise gold standard in-house facilities including digital X-ray, IM3 dental X-ray, ultrasound, laboratory, surgical suite, class IV laser therapy machine, and separate dog/cat/isolation wards.

  • Provide excellent client and patient care by working cases up to the gold standard.

What the Practice Offers:

  • Competitive salary up to £60,000 p/a reflective of skills and experience

  • Generous CPD, £2,000 per annum

  • Paid memberships – RCVS, BSAVA, BVA, VDS

  • Company pension scheme, income protection, and life insurance cover

  • Exclusive company discounts

  • 5 weeks holiday and birthday off

  • Great work-life balance with no Sundays and only 1:3 Saturdays

  • Same day off each week, allowing for better work-life balance

More About the Practice:

The practice supports all interests from diagnostic imaging and internal medicine to surgery. It is a busy, growing practice that has been open since late 2016. The team comprises 2 other vets, 3 RVNs, 2 SVNs, a VCA, 4 receptionists, and a practice manager. The practice is unique in that it provides a personal service to clients as a small, close-knit team, but it can offer advanced procedures that many other small practices cannot.

Location:

Located in a vibrant market town, on the River Calder and within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It is conveniently placed just four miles east of Halifax and 12 miles south-west of Leeds city centre, with regular direct and indirect trains to London.

Job Reference No: JN-032025-31659