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Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon - Colchester

Employer
Colne Valley Veterinary Practice
Location
In East Anglia, close to London and also to the gorgeous Suffolk and North Essex coast
Salary
Salary will be favourable and commensurate with experience
Closing date
12 Mar 2019
Phone number
01206XXXXXX

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Job Details

We are seeking an experienced clinician for a full-time role.

We are a busy and well equipped small animal practice. 

We have a good throughput of both medical and surgical cases and the successful candidate will be able to work up their cases to a high standard within a friendly and supportive environment.

The Practice
Our practice is situated in a large and purpose-built premises and to all intents and purposes, we are a single centre practice. We like to practice to a high standard and so we are well equipped and are always happy to invest in equipment that will improve our services to our clients.

We have a very low turnover of staff with a large majority of our staff having been with us for more than ten years. We believe this is because we offer such a good working environment. It also means that we have an experienced and very friendly team that are happy to welcome and support new members of staff.

We place a lot of importance on a good work/life balance. Our vets all work a four day week with the same day off each week. We also give an additional Friday off every six weeks. Our full-time vets work a one in six weekend rota with no Sunday consulting. Our out of hours cover is outsourced to Vets Now.

The Role
We are looking for a general small animal practitioner, able to carry out all aspects of veterinary practice encountered in the small animal field.

Successful Candidate
We are looking for a candidate with excellent communication skills and with some experience of small animal practice in the UK. We would like to find somebody who is happy to work as part of a team  and if you are looking to settle in a pleasant part of England, then all the better (although if you are simply looking for your next job, then that's ok too).

The Package
With a four-day working week, we offer twenty days holiday each year in addition to bank holidays. We also give four days of CPD allowance to our full-time vets but if you were to undertake your CPD in your own time then these four days can be taken as additional holiday. Our CPD budget is unlimited within reason. If there is course that you feel will improve your development as a veterinary surgeon then we are happy to fund it.

We are a profitable practice and we pay favourably. Salary can be discussed and will be commensurate with your level of experience.

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Company

The Colne Valley Veterinary Practice was founded in 1947 and was initially based in a small building behind a house in Military Road in Colchester. In those early days there were two vets and their practice treated both large and small animals. The Practice steadily grew until it occupied not just the buildings behind the house but the house itself.

In 1995, we ended our services for large animals and concentrated entirely on domestic pets. We are now classed as a 100% small animal veterinary practice and we are an accredited small animal general practice  in the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons practice standards scheme.

By 1998, we had outgrown our Military Road home and we moved our main premises to a new purpose built site on Maudlyn Road in Colchester. This is where we continue to be based today. Our building is large and well equipped with five consulting rooms and a large dispensary. We have excellent surgical facilities and we are very well equipped with diagnostic tools such as an x-ray machine, an ultrasound machine and several endoscopes (cameras that allow us to look into animals' lungs, stomachs and intestines.)

We also have a well-equipped practice laboratory. Our building has separate kennel rooms for cats, dogs and exotic pets. In short, we enjoy working in a large, comfortable and well equipped veterinary practice.

We have five full-time veterinary surgeons and four part-time veterinary surgeons working at the practice. In addition, we employ nine qualified Veterinary Nurses (six of whom are full-time.) We are a vet nurse training practice. We have a full time kennel maid. We have a practice accounts manageress, nine part-time receptionists and four cleaners.

Our practice is constantly evolving and adapting to take onboard new ideas and to take on new challenges. All our vets and nurses regularly attend courses and meetings to keep up to date with new techniques and ideas in the veterinary world. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01206 794695
Location
Off Maudlyn Way
The Hythe
Colchester
Essex
CO1 2GU
GB

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