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Senior Vet Surgeon - North West

Employer
Vets Now Ltd
Location
North West England
Salary
Salary up to £70,000
Closing date
2 Nov 2018
Phone number
01383XXXXXX

Job Details

Senior Vet Surgeon 

Total salary up to £70,000

Join us for a work life less ordinary

We have an opportunity available for an experienced Head Vet or ambitious Vet Surgeon to join us and lead the team in our Preston clinic on a permanent basis. There is scope for this role to be full time for the salary up to £70k or to work slightly reduced hours of 2 nights per week for a salary up to £65k.

We are committed to developing the next generation of Vet Surgeons. Our Senior Vets are integral to delivering that vision, leading from the front in creating a culture of continuous improvement and shaping the future of the veterinary profession. They nurture and support emerging talent and help shape the careers of future generations. We encourage our senior vets to be ambitious in their own journey too. Whether you want to take on advanced learning with an ECC certification or participate in clinical research, Vets Now will support you. 

Our supportive UK network of emergency clinics and specialty hospitals work in collaboration to ensure that we can offer the best emergency and critical care in the country. Whether it’s sharing best practice or seeking advice on a particularly complex case, you will never be alone at Vets Now.

What's in it for you?

Recognising hard work is really important to us. Our employees are our greatest asset which is why we offer a first class benefits and rewards package that includes:

  • 6.6 weeks annual leave​
  • Individual private healthcare insurance - From April 2019
  • Your birthday as a paid day off! 
  • Pension contributions
  • Professional membership fee's
  • Free holiday accommodation in Arran
  • 50% discounted staff pet care plan
  • Death in service of twice your annual salary
  • Membership of employee wellbeing programme
  • Company sick pay scheme
  • Company maternity, paternity and adoption pay scheme

As well as providing a competitive package of rewards and benefits, we also take pride in celebrating our successes. This includes hosting an annual awards ceremony for those who have exceeded expectations. Clinical staff are also encouraged to attend our annual ECC Congress, the largest in the UK, which features an array of internationally accredited speakers, delegates and exhibitors.  

People are at the heart of what we do

That’s why we take a pioneering approach to people development. We have cemented our commitment to continuous development by heavily investing in CPD, ECC certification and coaching to give our staff the springboard they need to take their career to the next level. 

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Company

Vets Now provides this trusted service to more than 1000 veterinary practices across the UK — from 55 dedicated out-of-hours clinics and three 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. In total, we treat around 100,000 small animals every year — and during seasonal holidays, like Christmas and Easter, our highly-skilled staff answer around five queries an hour from worried pet owners. So whether you’re in Aberdeen, Belfast or Portsmouth we’re there for you and your pet when you need us most.

We’ve also pioneered other ways to help pets, pet owners and the veterinary profession, such as our comprehensive referrals service and providing our staff with industry-leading training and development opportunities. We also support the pet blood transfusion charity, Pet Blood Bank UK. Meanwhile, our three hospitals — in Glasgow, Manchester and Swindon — are home to some of the UK’s leading specialists in the field of emergency and critical care and provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Company info
Location
Vets Now Support Office
Penguin House
Castle Riggs
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8SG
GB

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