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Permanent Large Animal Veterinary Surgeon - Kilkeel, County Down

Permanent Large Animal Veterinary Surgeon - Kilkeel, County Down

  • Location

    Kilkeel

  • Sector:

    Veterinary Surgeon

  • Job type:

    Permanent Full-Time

  • Salary:

    Competitive Salary and Benefits DOE

  • Contact:

    John Watchorn

  • Contact email:

    info@recruit4vets.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    JN -082022-26169

  • Published:

    11 months ago

  • End date:

    N/A

  • Expiry date:

    2023-09-22

  • Start date:

    ASAP

Permanent Large Animal Veterinary Surgeon - Kilkeel, County Down

Come to the beautiful Mountains of Mourne area and join our modern, friendly, and progressive 4 Vet, 2 nurses mixed practice in County Down.

Type: Large Animal

Location: Kilkeel, County Down

Practice Type: Part of a group

Role: This large animal role is as follows:

  • Across the year it is largely cattle work - 70% suckler and 30% dairy

  • Springtime (March-May) - 50% sheep/ 50% cattle (beef/cattle)

  • After May, sheep work is very infrequent

Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Weekends/OOHs: 1:4 OOH rota at the weekends with a small radius of cover

Skills/Exp: They are searching for a warm, outgoing, passionate, and inspiring Large Animal Veterinary Surgeon. They are based in the beautiful countryside of South Down, which gives you lots of options for enjoying time away from work. They’re a close-knit team who all chip in together to ensure that they hit the highest standards and have fun while they do so. As a mixed practice, it’s essential you understand the way of life of their pet owners and farmers. They’ll give you excellent backup and support along the way to achieve this.

Their team cohesion is strong and includes locals who know the area and its people. They’re passionate about the community, and all work together to ensure they provide not just a top service, but one catered specifically to neighbours and clients.

Salary: £35,000-£45,000 per annum with a view to becoming part of the practice management in the future

Benefits include:

  • 6.6 weeks paid holiday including Bank Holidays

  • Opportunity to buy and sell holidays

  • £1750 CPD Allowance per annum – more if a certificate holder

  • HealthShield – wide-ranging contributions to health and wellbeing treatments – from dentistry to sports massage

  • RCVS Membership paid

  • Two other membership subscriptions

  • VDS cover

  • Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay

  • Discounted Veterinary fees

  • My Benefits – various discounts including retail & gym memberships

  • Cycle to Work scheme

  • CPD/training support

  • Company sick pay

  • Colleague engagement survey

  • Annual pay reviews

  • Focus on employee wellbeing

  • Career progression opportunities.

Ref: JN -082022-26169

Interested? Click on the apply button below and we will be in touch with further details

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