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Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

Employer
Usk Veterinary Centre
Location
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Salary
Up to £75,000 DOE
Closing date
7 Mar 2025
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Sector
Small Animal
Job Type
Veterinary Surgeon
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Find a supportive team and a world of opportunity at Usk

We are looking for a veterinary surgeon to join our passionate team. Our vets work across our main surgery and branches on a shared rota, with a mix of consulting, surgical and inpatient work. We have certificate holders in both small animal medicine and surgery, allowing us to not only diagnose and treat the majority of our cases in-house, but also provide support to other team members in their career progression.

Rota patterns that work for you

Typically, our full-time position is 40 per week, working between the hours of 8:30am and 7pm, Monday-Friday. We know that work life balance is important so we are open to discussing working days/hours that would suit you. Our weekends are shared between 6 veterinary surgeons leaving you to share a 1 in 3 rota. We do not run our own OOH surgery this is handled within a ten-minute drive to our local VetsNow. We are happy for full or part time applications.

Our people are at the heart

We are a two-site, small animal practice in the heart of Monmouthshire and our branch surgery is within a ten-minute drive away. Our Practice is set a stone throw away from Monmouthshire river which our staff and their dogs enjoy at lunchtimes. We are a five-minute walking distance into Usk Town and situated within the Brecon Beacons. The area offers an abundance for you to do in your downtime away from work. Cardiff and Bristol are both within a 45-minute drive.

We have our own laboratory for in house use, DR X-ray machine with SignalPet Use, Dental x-ray and separate Dental theatre along with our prep rooms and main Theatre, Ultrasound machine, endoscopy and Walk In Kennels.

Meet like-minded professionals

You will be joining a team of 6 veterinary surgeons, 10 nurses and 9 receptionists and practice manager. We pride ourselves on our longstanding team and we are committed to excellent clinical care and extremely high standards, with a silver level cat friendly status from the ISFM and RCVS PSS General Practice accreditation in our main Usk site.

Work-life balance

*6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays

*Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

Wellbeing

*Private Medical Insurance

*Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline

*Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

*Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing

Development

*£1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave 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

Colleague Benefits

*Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well

*Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria

*Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you

*Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers

*Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Up to £75,000 DOE

Company

Usk Vets was founded over 60 years ago and is part of the fabric of the local community. We have a strong team of vets and nurses dedicated to offering optimal treatment to all animals under our care. As a rural mixed practice, we have veterinary expertise with all creatures, and individual vets specialise in these different species.

We are proud that, unlike many of our professional colleagues, we run our own on-call service with our own vets. We feel this is a fundamental part of our duty of care to your animals - to provide a 24-hour service that, crucially, is able to maintain continuity of patient care.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01291 672637
Location
Port-y-Carne Street
Usk
Monmouthshire
NP15 1RZ
United Kingdom

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