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​Permanent Veterinary Surgeon, Hove

​Permanent Veterinary Surgeon, Hove

  • Location

    Hove

  • Sector:

    Veterinary Surgeon

  • Job type:

    Permanent Full-Time

  • Salary:

    Competitive salary (DOE)

  • Contact:

    Jonny Rawet

  • Contact email:

    info@recruit4vets.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

    01423 7012321

  • Job ref:

    JN -092023-29597

  • Published:

    7 months ago

  • End date:

    Ongoing

  • Expiry date:

    2023-10-06

  • Start date:

    ASAP

  • Client:

    ClientDrop

Permanent Veterinary Surgeon, Hove

Role: Veterinary Surgeon

Type: Small Animal Hospital

Location: Hove, East Sussex

Practice Type: Part of a group - This is a 2-site practice. The main site has 2-3 vets working supported by 3-4 vet nurses per day. The branch supports a smaller but tight-knit community and would be sole charge with 2 nurses supporting. 

Services/Facilities: Equipment includes in-house laboratory, digital x-ray, ultrasound machine, digital dental x-ray, and operating theatre. 

Team:Their team consists of 5 Vets (1 Certificate holder in feline medicine), alongside 7 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 1 Student Nurse, and an Animal Care Assistant. They also have ample support from their 5 support team members. They help theirr local Street Veterinary team, but it is one of their ambitions to do more within their community.

Role: This practice has a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Veterinary Surgeon to join the team.

Duties: To give you an idea of a working day they have 15-minute consultation time slots, dedicated operating days (at least 1-2 per week), care of inpatients, and regular client communication allowing for you to build your clientele. They ask that you work as part of the Veterinary and Vet Nursing team to provide gold-standard care to their loyal client base.

Hours:

  • Full-time hours will include 40 hours over 4 days per week 8:00 am until 6:00 pm Monday to Friday,

  • 1:4 Saturday mornings on a rota basis of 8:00 am until 12:00 pm.

  • No out-of-hours.

  • They offer flexible working patterns that flex with you and your lifestyle. Whether you are looking to flex your rota hours to balance the school holidays, fix to navigate the school runs or just looking to strike that balance between home and work life. They can offer flexibility that actually works for you. 

Salary: Competitive salary that is reflective of skills and experience.

The Package: They recognise that their people are fundamental to the success of their business. Investing in people, premises, and processes is at the heart of what they do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

Work-life balance

  • 6.6 weeks annual leave 

  • Your birthday as a paid day off

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

  • £1,250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata 

  • Certificate support 

  • Learning and development opportunities via the Group Academy

  • Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider

  • All Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding

  • All Vets get £1000 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

  • Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers

  • Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer

  • Discounted staff pet care

Ref: JN -092023-29597

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