Permanent Consulting Veterinary Surgeon

Consulting & Corporate
January 11, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Permanent Consulting Veterinary Surgeon

Company: Vet Seekers

Job description: Permanent Consulting Veterinary Surgeon – Batley, West Yorkshire

  • Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon or soon to be?
  • Are you looking to focus on consultations?
  • Do you enjoy exposure to more complex cases?

We are recruiting on behalf of a small animal hospital in Batley, West Yorkshire for a Permanent Veterinary Surgeon who is looking to focus on consultations. This role is part time for up to 3 days per week, along with 1 in 4 weekends. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

This is a purpose built, large and busy 24hr practice with state-of-the-art facilities. They provide OOH cover and additional support to 15 practices across the West Yorkshire region so referral work, ECC work and inpatient care, routine surgeries and consultations are all provided within the hospital. Ongoing clinical and management support is available. The practice is able to provide support for a bias or certificate in ophthalmology, dermatology or surgery. As this is a hospital, you will also see some ECC work.

Key details

  • Type: Small animal
  • Hours: Part time, up to 3 days per week
  • Weekends: 1 in 4 weekends
  • Sole charge: None
  • OOH: None
  • Branch work: None
  • Computer system: RX Works
  • Consultations: 15 minutes
  • Team: 14 vets, 12 RVNs, 7 SVNs and supportive non-clinical team

About them:

  • State of the art equipment with all the latest technology
  • Offers the opportunity to play an integral part in the future development of the practice
  • Bright spacious air-conditioned practice with modern facilities
  • Large team of highly experienced surgeons
  • Nurse training practice
  • Modern facilities with plan to extend practice further
  • Fully equipped with state-of-the-art equipment
  • Offers opportunity to expand clinical skill set and knowledge with complex cases
  • Practice provides clinical freedom for personal growth and development
  • They offer care for physical and mental health wellbeing

About you:

  • You will be forward thinking, ambitious and motivated vet
  • You will have an approachable, empathetic, and caring attitude
  • You will be passionate about all aspects of your veterinary work
  • You will be driven and ambitious
  • Ambition to study towards areas of special interest are welcome but not essential for the role
  • You will be able to establish good working relationships with clients and be confident in all consultations
  • You will contribute to the practice with ideas enabling them to stay at the forefront of clinical thinking whilst also maintaining the ethos of providing a high standard of clinical care to all pets
  • You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to develop a great rapport with both clients and staff
  • You will be a strong team player

Facilities:

The practice offers a wide range of modern veterinary services and facilities, including:

  • Emergency cover
  • ECG
  • Ultrasound
  • Tonopen
  • Orthopaedic surgical kit
  • Endoscopy
  • Operating theatres
  • X-ray
  • Nurse clinics
  • Isolation unit
  • Ultrasound
  • In-house laboratory
  • Dentistry
  • Separate cat and dog ward

Package:

  • Salary: £35,000 to £50,000 pro rata, commensurate to experience
  • Holidays: Generous annual leave
  • CPD: Generous allowance
  • Memberships: Professional fees paid
  • Workplace pension scheme
  • Certificates encouraged and supported
  • Private healthcare scheme
  • Exclusive colleague rewards including discounts with high street retailers and restaurants
  • Staff bonus scheme
  • Staff discount

Must haves:

  • RCVS registered and qualified or soon to be
  • Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

What happens next?

CLICK APPLY NOW or if you have any pre-application questions or if this role is not quite right for you, please contact the Vet Seekers team (details below) to discuss your veterinary career aspirations further.

Please quote job reference: 34986

T: 0333 014 7374

E: hello@vetseekers.co.uk

W: www.vetseekers.co.uk

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Please note: All communications and applications are treated in the strictest confidence. When it comes to your privacy, as an ethical veterinary recruiter we do not send your details anywhere without your permission.

Vet Seekers was established in 2016 and is a multi-award-winning specialist veterinary recruitment agency (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and acts as an employment business for the supply of locum and permanent staff for the veterinary industry across the UK and overseas.

Vet Seekers is fully compliant with GDPR, is ICO registered and our team are REC accredited. As a business, we take sustainability, environmental impact and our carbon footprint very seriously and have committed to plant trees for every permanent and locum veterinary superstar we find work for, as well as every referral we receive.

Refer: If this position is not for you but you know someone who could be interested, pass this advert on to them or ask them to get in contact with us. As a thank you, we will plant 50 trees on your behalf.

Thanks from the Vet Seekers team.

Expected salary: £35000 – 50000 per year

Location: Batley, West Yorkshire

Job date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:11:18 GMT

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