Salary up to £72,000

Relocation Allowance up to £3,000

Castle Vets is a Small Animal hospital looking for an experienced individual to join our team of 8 vets. We offer a collaborative environment where we support individual interests, from medicine to surgery. We prioritize your professional growth and support your career goals. With a team that includes certificate holders in ophthalmology and diagnostic imaging, we offer fully funded certificate programs and will support your CPD schedule.

There is no sole charge as there are a minimum of 3 vets working each day, with at least 2 vets operating (2 separate theatres, plus separate dental and imaging suites). We have a large, experienced team who support each other sharing case knowledge and advice daily. We have 2 consult only vets so we would ideally be looking for a vet who also enjoys surgery. Flexible appointment length based on case requirements.

Rota patterns that work for you

The right person is most important so we will happily discuss full-time, part-time or flexible working hours. Full-time work is normally split over 4 long days or 5 shorter days. Shift patterns cover varying portions of our opening hours: 8-7pm. Plus Saturdays 8:30-1pm. There is no OOH/bank holidays- we are a VetsNow host practice so are lucky to be able to keep our inpatients on site, with dedicated care. This enables further skills sharing between the team.

We are passionate about work-life balance and run monthly wellbeing activities within the practice and also a monthly social activity outside of work. These have included activities such as a wellbeing breathwork session and a team doing the muddy dog challenge.

Join our RCVS accredited small animal hospital

We are an RCVS accredited small animal hospital and hold ISFM gold standard cat friendly status as well as the silver rabbit friendly award. The team are also currently working towards the dog friendly award.

We recently refurbished a number of areas within the practice, including our cat only dedicated side of the building. Why not come and have a look around? We have:

*Purpose-built building - separate dog and cat waiting rooms, kennels, prep areas and separate theatres

*On-site CT Scanner

*Video endoscopy

*Digital x-ray

*Dedicated Dental suite with new dental x-ray machine

*Colour flow doppler ultrasound

*Separate exotics ward.

*Oxygen kennels

*Slit lamp bio-microscope, Tonometry and cryotherapy

*Dedicated 'farewell' rooms

*Large on-site carpark for staff and clients

*Lunch area and separate Staff mindfulness room - with a do-not-disturb policy

We value high clinical standards within first opinion care and have a large client base of established loyal clients. Having the CT scanner enables us to keep more complex cases in house and work cases up to a high standard.

Be part of our dedicated team:

Castle vets has a great team culture and a strong knowledge sharing environment. We prioritise high standards of care for both our patients and our team. 1/3 of our team have been with us for over 14 years but we also take on new ideas.

Our Team:

*8 Veterinary Surgeons - 2 certificate holders, experienced vets and newer graduates with a variety of interests and skills.

Visiting orthopaedic and soft tissue specialist weekly.

*Team of 13 RVNs with students and ANAs alongside - over 200 years of experience.

We are a nurse training practice and have dedicated teams - ANA & Auxillary team, experienced receptionists and a dedicated insurance team, finance administrator and Practice Manager.

Because our employees 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, 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

Up to £72,000 DOE