We are seeking an experienced full-time vet for a fixed-term maternity cover to join our team of 11 veterinary surgeons.

Location:

Vet 4 Life Surbiton: 40-44 Brighton Road, Surbiton, KT6 5PL

Vet 4 Life Teddington: 160 High Street, Teddington, TW11 8HZ

Vet 4 Life Shepperton: 7 Station Approach, Shepperton, TW17 8AR

Hours: Full time (38.3)

Your role and responsibilities

Applicants must have experience in working within a small animal veterinary practice, should be able to work well within a team, demonstrate leadership skills, and be able to focus on maintaining high levels of both patient and client care. You will be self-motivated with a positive attitude and have a warm and compassionate approach to our team, patients, and clients.

• Teamwork: Working within the team, to contribute your skills, efforts, and personal strengths to help ensure a harmonious team ethos

• Patient care: Providing exceptional levels of patient care.

• Client care: Providing exceptional levels of client service.

Rota

We are committed to maintaining a good work life balance. Hours include a 4-day week alternating between a week of early shifts (8:00 am - 5:30 pm) and late shifts (10:00 am - 7:30 pm) with 1 in 4 Saturdays (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) and 1 in 12 Sundays (10:00 am - 4:00 pm).

Benefits

• 5 weeks annual leave + bank holidays + an additional day off for your birthday

• Career development through the Linnaeus Veterinary Careers Framework, £1500 (not including VAT) + 5 days external CPD allowance, certificates encouraged, extensive free, Linnaeus provided, internal CPD and resources (i.e. Mars Veterinary Health Library with 2,000+ journals, 600+ textbooks and much more!)

• No OOH or overnight inpatient care which is managed externally by Vets Now

• Employer pension contribution

• RCVS and VDS fees paid for

• Staff discount

• 4 day working week with 1 in 4 Saturdays and 1 in 12 Sundays

• Enhanced sick pay.

• Life assurance

• Discounted gym membership at PureGym

• Enhanced equal family leave.

• Wellness program including employee assistance programme, eyecare voucher scheme, free annual flu jab and cycle-to-work scheme.

• E-car salary sacrifice scheme.

About us

Vet 4 Life is progressive and forward-thinking. We believe in supporting and investing in our staff, investing in our facilities, and ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very best, modern, first opinion care.

Our staff are friendly, experienced, and motivated, with career progression across all levels of employment encouraged by additional certifications. We are looking for people who share our vision and our culture.

Vet 4 Life is in the heart of the community. Each branch is settled amongst local businesses, cafes and restaurants, where we serve an established and loyal client base in the heart of the community. Public transport links are available at all branches.

Vet 4 Life is modern and well-equipped with on-site surgical, diagnostic, and dental facilities. Equipment includes digital x-ray, digital dental x-ray, endoscopes, laparoscopes, colour flow doppler ultrasound, k-laser, orthopaedic kit, tonopens and excellent in-house laboratory equipment; just to name a few! This will allow you every opportunity to work up and treat cases to your full potential.

We have numerous certificate holders in both medicine and surgery allowing you the opportunity to share knowledge and further develop your skills.

Our consultations run by appointment, with a minimum of fifteen minutes allocated per pet.

Vet 4 Life is silver accredited in the investors in the environment awards scheme, have GP status with the RCVS practice standards scheme and are cat friendly accredited. We are working towards practice standards scheme awards as well as dog friendly accreditation schemes.

We are a nurse training practice and have a graduate training program to support the next generation of vets and nurses.

We have approximately 40 staff members across our 3 sites and are very proud of our achievements and our reputation in the veterinary profession.