Up to £65,000 depending on experience, plus up to £5,000 Welcome Bonus and up to £5,000 Relocation Allowance

Come and join our friendly and highly professional team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon to join our longstanding and established team. At Cliffe, the workload is equally shared covering consults, surgeries and the three branches to offer full clinical exposure and a varied working day. This is an opportunity to work amongst a supportive and encouraging team and to live and work in the beautiful South Downs. We are always very keen to invest in our employees and would endorse and support certificates and further postgraduate study if you have a chosen interest. Helping to teach and mentor our newer graduates is an important part of the role therefore we are looking for a vet with at least one to two years’ experience. A desire to consult and operate is preferred and a driving licence is necessary to travel between the local practices.

Your shift pattern

There is no out-of-hours on-call, but some weekend consults and inpatient care will be required on a rota basis (this is over 7 days) . We believe in providing a stable work-life balance to our team, so following a weekend on-call, you will have a 3.5-day working week.

Who we are

Cliffe Veterinary Group is a large mixed practice with dedicated Small Animal, Farm and Equine departments. We are a progressive, well-equipped (TTA, TPLO, ASIF, laparoscopy, digital radiography, dental x-ray, endoscopy, ultrasound/doppler to name a few), RCVS accredited practice with a varied surgical and medical caseload. We have a full-time laboratory technician who will run a very large range of diagnostics “in-house” to provide an exceptional level of care for our patients. We are located in the vibrant, historic market town of Lewes. We are just 10 miles from Brighton, one hour by train to London and a short drive or train of 30 minutes to Gatwick Airport.

A team dedicated to continuous professional development

We have an exceptional team at Cliffe Vets, and you’d be an integral addition. Our Small Animal team comprises 10 Vets, 11 Nurses, and 14 Support team members. We are a friendly and diverse team, with several of us who have been here for many years. Across the team we have one GPCertSAS and one CertAVP, plus another working towards a certificate in medicine. We are certainly a social and close-knit team that strives in our working environment one that is a pleasure to be a part of.

Because our employees matter

Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays

• 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 5 days 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 £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

Up to £65000 DOE