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Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

Employer
Acorn Veterinary Surgery
Location
Hove, East Sussex, England
Salary
Up to £68,000 DOE
Closing date
17 Oct 2024
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Sector
Small Animal
Job Type
Veterinary Surgeon
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Salary up to £68,000 (pro rata) DOE

Plus a £2000 Welcome Bonus

Acorn Vets have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Veterinary Surgeon to join the team. To give you an idea of a working day we have 15-minute consultations time slots, dedicated operating days (at least 1-2 per week), care of inpatients, regular client communication allowing for you to build your clientele. We ask that you work as part of the Veterinary and Vet Nursing team to provide gold standard care to our loyal client base.

Your Day-to-Day

Part-time hours will include up to 21.5 hours over 2 days per week 8:00am until 6:00pm Monday to Friday, 1:4 Saturday mornings on a Rota basis of 8:00am until 12:00pm. No out of hours.

Why Join Us?

Acorn Vets is a 2-site practice. The main site on Portland Road has 2 vets working supported by 3-4 vet nurses per day. The Hangleton road branch supports a smaller but tight-knit community and would be sole charge with 2 nurses supporting. Equipment includes in-house laboratory, digital x-ray, ultrasound machine, digital dental x-ray, operating theatre.

There are local attractions around both sites, a 5-minute walk from a beautiful seafront and a 10-minute drive to the South Downs. Hove is situated within Brighton and is a really fun place to live and work and has great transport links to London.

About the Team and Culture

We consider staff - change to ‘team’ wellbeing a priority as well as working with our staff - change to ‘team’ to create a good work-life balance which enables us to provide a great and friendly service to our clients, many of whom have been with the practice for several decades.

Our team consists of 5 Vets, alongside 7 Registered Veterinary Nurses and 2 Student Nurses. We also have ample support from our 5 support team members. We have an exceptionally supportive team in place, and should you pick Acorn as your next place to work, your well-being is one of our top priorities.

The Perfect Fit

We hope to find a vet who is as passionate about animal and client care as well as wanting to be part of a team as we all work closely together and help each other out. We ask that you must be confident to do some days sole charge at our branch practice. You must be registered with the RCVS, preferred 3ys+ qualified and it is essential that you have excellent communication skills. We are seeking a Veterinary Surgeon who is competent in all routine surgeries and ideally more complex ones too, although there is support available, potential for the right candidate to take on a senior vet role to assist the current Clinical Director.

Because our people matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

Work-life balance

*6.6 weeks annual leave

*Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

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

*£1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata

*Certificate support

*Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy

*Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider

*All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding

*All our Vets get £1250 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

Up to £68,000 DOE

Company

Acorn Vets has been providing compassionate and caring veterinary treatment for pets at an affordable price in Hove for more than 33 years. The practice was set up in 1978 under the Anicare logo and changed its name to Acorn in 2002, when the Hangleton branch was opened to provide our Hangleton clients with a more convenient local surgery.

2011 saw the total refurbishment of the Portland Road surgery, with a new sterile operating theatre, new kennels and waiting room.

We are proud to boast that most of our staff have been with us for more than five years and some have been here more than twenty five, so we like to think we know our clients well.

We offer our clients the best of both worlds - new, modern premises and familiar faces you know and trust.

Company info
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Location
49 Portland Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 5DQ
GB

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