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Veterinary Surgeon - Highbury, London

Employer
Goddard Veterinary Group
Location
Islington, London (Greater)
Salary
Great Salary plus excellent benefits; up to 6 weeks holiday , £2000 CPD , Certificates Supported.
Closing date
6 Aug 2019

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Sector
Small Animal
Job Type
Veterinary Surgeon, Surgeon
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time, Part Time

Job Details

Are you looking for a role with a great work life balance, supportive colleagues, lovely clients happy to do their best for their pets, all in a leafy suburb in London? Would you like every Friday off plus a half day Wednesday? Look no further!

We are looking for an experienced vet to lead the team at our lovely Highbury branch. Situated in an affluent leafy suburb, 30 seconds from Canonbury overground and just 10 minutes’ walk from Highbury and Islington. This is a great opportunity to run your own branch supported by amazing colleagues, including our resident cat whisperer Lauren! The branch is very cat friendly and the patient mix is around 60% feline.

The role is 3 and ½ days a week (half day Wednesday and every Friday off) with alternate Saturdays. There are no nights but we would love you to support our hospital colleagues at our RCVS accredited tier 3 hospital in Wanstead on a 1:8 Sunday day time rota. Wanstead has fantastic facilities including a state-of-the-art CT, excellent ultrasound, scopes, dental x-ray and an array of specialists and provides a great environment to develop your ECC skills. The branch role is sole charge but is fully supported by the Wanstead team.

Our ideal candidate is someone with at least two years’ experience and has a passion for all aspects of first opinion veterinary practice and fostering strong relationships with their clients.

In return we can offer an excellent salary and plus a generous CPD allowance. The Goddard Veterinary Group sees CPD as an investment in the individual as well as for the practice, and is also keen to fund and support study for certificate qualifications.

We have other great benefits; including increasing holiday allowance (up to 6 weeks! Pro rata), BUPA private health insurance as well as cash back / refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropody fees etc., plus generous shopping and leisure discounts.

If you are interested in this rewarding role and working with a well-established independent family-run business apply now!

Company

Goddard Veterinary Group offers opportunities to all levels of talent within the veterinary industry — we care for our people as much as we do for our pets. If you are a strong team player looking to share our philosophy of practising to the highest clinical standards and providing excellent client care, then why not get in touch? Goddard Veterinary Group was born in 1952 and since then we have grown our business across London with 44 neighbourhood practices, three 24-hour hospitals, our own nursing college, and expanding contact centre.Goddard Veterinary Group

We have a great reputation for looking after our staff; over 20% of our team have been with us for 10 years or more and we are proud of our many 5-star employee reviews on Indeed. At the heart of it all, we really value our team. We have created a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views and we have run many virtual Town Hall meetings throughout the pandemic giving us the opportunity to run live polls and Q & A sessions, ensuring we are making the right decisions for our people. All our senior managers are Mental Health First Aid trained and we offer Wellness Plans for all our new starters, so you know you are in good hands.

We are a forward-thinking organisation with big ambitions. We have developed our own successful contact centre to help ease reception pressure in our busy clinics and allow us more time to chat with our clients about their needs. This year we have a big programme of refurbishments and we are continually reviewing our clinics’ equipment needs to help make them the best they can be.

The bright lights of the city are easily accessible from all our locations, giving you the opportunity to enjoy London at its fullest, whether that be a stroll in leafy parks, meeting people in buzzing bars or having a night out in Theatreland — working with Goddard Veterinary Group can open many doors, in more ways than one. 
 

Company info
Website
Telephone
02085060703
Location
Goddard Veterinary Group
Claygate House
Manor Road
Woodford Green
Essex
IG8 8BX
United Kingdom

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