Permanent Veterinary Surgeon - Maldon, Essex
Type: Small Animal
Location: In the beautiful Maldon area of Essex
Practice Type: Part of a group
Services/Facilities: They have in-house laboratory capabilities, and diagnostics, including ultrasound, digital x-ray, and multiparameter monitoring.
Team: Their fantastic team comprises 5 knowledgeable and friendly RVNs, 1 student RVN, 2 VCAs, 5 receptionists, and 2.5 veterinary surgeons – 1 of which is a year 2 graduate.
Role: Our client is looking for an experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic veterinary surgeon to join their team on a permanent basis.
Duties: They see the full spectrum of first opinion (predominantly dog and cat caseload, alongside some small furries and exotics) cases so vets can expect a surgical caseload to include but not confined to:
- Neutering
- Mass removals
- Dentistry
- Basic ophthalmic surgery
- Emergency surgery – such as pyometra, c section, foreign bodies, cystotomies
- Surgical and non-surgical wound management
Support: They work closely and in collaboration with a visiting certificate holder in small animal surgery (including orthopaedics) and can deal with a wide caseload in practice. Clinical freedom within your caseload is strongly supported, and they work together as a close-knit team. Regular clinical meetings and in-house CPD take place to ensure they are all working together to a high standard.
Hours:
- They offer flexible working patterns where available to help accommodate the busy modern world.
- Most vets work between 9 am – 7 pm, consolidating their working hours to fulfill a 4-day working week, and a 1:4 weekend rota (Saturday 9 am-6 pm and Sunday 10 am-4 pm).
- Bank holiday cover is shared amongst the team.
- They would consider a job share to accommodate part-time working.
- They do not require out-of-hours work and dedicate their out-of-hours emergencies to Vets Now.
Skills/Exp: Ideally, you will be a small animal vet who is confident with routine medical and surgical cases and looking to progress in your career. They actively encourage all staff to develop their own areas of interest including support and funding to study further if so desired!
Benefits they can offer you
- Attractive salary (dependant on experience/full-time equivalent)
- Pension scheme
- 224 hours of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays, based on a 40-hour week). Increasing to 264 hours after 2 years service
- Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day!
- PAH store staff discount, Vets4Pets staff discount, staff reward scheme
- VDS/RCVS/BVA fees paid
- CPD allowance
Ref: JN -112024-32223
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