Role

Westwood Vets is looking for an experienced vet surgeon to cover a 12-month fixed term contract. Ideally confident in both consults and routine surgeries as well as dentistry and some sole charge work when working Saturday shifts.

Hours

Working up to 40 hours per week across 4 days consisting of 10-hour days, with an hour for lunch and working 1:4 Saturdays. We would also consider a part time applicant and are able to consider flexible working hours. We aim to rota vets to have 2 days where they have ops time, and 2 consulting days. We aim to provide adequate admin time between consulting blocks. Most of our vets work between both branches, but this can be discussed..

Why us?

Veterinary Practice is a well-established practice with visible presence with branches in the rural village setting of Boston Spa and bustling town of Garforth. Both practices offer different capabilities, with most diagnostics performed at the Boston Spa branch and Dentistry at the Garforth surgery.

As a practice we strive to offer high quality care to all our patients, with a keen focus on diagnostic work ups and offering proactive preventative health care. We are a warm and friendly team with an excellent client base.

Westwood is a busy, first opinion small animal practice. We also work closely with Cats Protection Leeds, with set operating days dedicated to their charity work. Both practices have a designated operating theatre and prep area, with separate cat and dog wards as the Garforth surgery. The Garforth surgery has digital dental x-ray and excellent dental capabilities. We have a variety of equipment, including digital x-ray, ultrasonography at both practices, bronchoscopy, laparoscopy, in-house laboratory and laser. We also have capabilities for in-house orthopaedics, including MMP, and echocardiograms/ECG.

We are a stable team of; 9 vets, two of which hold surgery certificates and two others working toward their CertAVP. We have 9 RVN's with a variety of further qualifications including nutrition and surgery, and 2 student nurses. Many of the staff have been with the practice since qualifying, our practice manager and head nurse have both worked for the practice for over 40 years! Our Clinical Director was a new graduate at the practice, and we still have our 2016 and 2026 New graduate vets working for us.

Location

Boston Spa is a picturesque village on the border of North Yorkshire with a high street packed with delis and coffee shops and a variety of lovely walks for a lunch time stroll. The practice is well established in the community, and we like to get involved in local initiatives such as the scarecrow festival and charity Christmas tree events.

Garforth offers a more suburban feel with excellent transport links to the nearby Leeds and York by bus and train. The practice is situation in a busy retail park with excellent links to both the A1/M1 motorways.

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, 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

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 £65,000 DOE