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Veterinary Surgeon - London

Employer
Celia Hammond Animal Trust
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
1 Sep 2021

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CELIA HAMMOND ANIMAL TRUST Registered Charity 293787

Celia HammondThe Celia Hammond Animal Trust (registered charity number 293787) opened the country’s first low cost neuter clinic in Lewisham, London in 1995 to try to solve the huge animal welfare problems in London. CHAT has been providing a low cost neutering service for Londoners for over 25 years, helping the most vulnerable low-income pet-owners, who include some of the poorest and most disadvantaged in London. We wanted to provide affordable neutering for everyone and to assist other charities.

In 1999 CHAT opened a Veterinary Hospital and Rescue Centre in Canning Town, East London as the welfare problems in this area were overwhelming. Our role has changed over the years and now, although we still provide low cost neutering for cats and dogs, our main role is to assist those pet owners who cannot afford private veterinary treatment and yet do not qualify for treatment elsewhere.

Celia Hammond pic 2Due to the increasing volume of our work we are looking for an additional vet and nurse to join our amazing, dedicated and supportive team at Canning Town, where we have orthopaedic and soft tissue certificate holders. Referrals to CHAT would give you the opportunity to provide life-saving treatment for beloved pets whose owners have financial constraints and may be having to consider putting their pets to sleep as they cannot afford treatment.  We also have a rescue service for sick and injured strays from the streets which are mainly reported to us by the public.  These animals are treated with the same level of veterinary care as any of our private patients. We have a non-euthanasia policy unless the animal is hopelessly sick or injured and beyond any veterinary help.  If this sounds rewarding, this could be the opportunity you are looking for.

CHAT is unique in that we recognise it is not only people on benefit who struggle to pay for private veterinary treatment, many low income pet owners are in financial difficulty for numerous reasons but are not eligible for RSPCA/PDSA or other charity assistance and find it impossible to afford private veterinary treatment. Even those on benefits cannot always be treated by the major charities as they are often on the wrong benefit, live in the wrong postcode or the charities are simply unable to accept more patients.

Celia Hammond pic 3CHAT has constant requests for assistance with varied challenging and unusual cases, normally seen at referral centres. Often these are in such a state of neglect that they would never be seen in a first opinion practice. Such work is extremely rewarding and we have many great success stories. We routinely accept emergency referrals such as blocked bladders, pyometras, foreign bodies and caesarians, many of which would be euthanased if we were unable to accept them. Clients have to accept that if they want to use our services they must agree to have their pet neutered.  As well as providing a full range of medical and surgical veterinary services, including orthopaedics, CHAT responds to urgent calls from the public, the Police, Council departments, hospital social services, etc where people face eviction, sectioning, hospitalisation, arrest or hoarding situations.
Many of our clients are elderly or disabled and, if they are not on benefit, CHAT is the only way most pensioners are able to afford to keep their pets. Often their pet is the only companionship an elderly person has and the importance of this cannot be overstated.

In addition to our support for the community and the authorities, CHAT runs a TNR (Trap, Neuter and Return) project operating across London, controlling numbers of feral cats humanely, where they are being fed and have shelter. We receive calls every day reporting groups or colonies of feral cats. Once trapped they are health–checked by our vets, receive any necessary treatment, and are neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and given flea treatment. Those cats that cannot be returned after neutering are rehomed on farms and stables.

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OUR WORK Rescue kittens at Celia Hammond Animal Rescue Rescue kittens at Celia Hammond Animal Rescue

Celia Hammond Animal Trust operates throughout London and the South East helping stray, abandoned and unwanted animals.

OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

  • To provide care and refuge for cats and kittens both feral and domestic and for those animals which on the basis of age, temperament or appearance would not normally be taken in elsewhere
  • To promote the welfare of animals through example and education
  • To humanely reduce the population of dogs and cats, both pedigree and mongrel in the UK by neutering, as opposed to the current situation where hundreds of thousands of healthy but unwanted or stray animals are being destroyed simply because there are not enough homes to go around
  • To provide low cost neuter/vaccination clinics for animals belonging to people on benefit or those unable to afford private veterinary fees
  • To provide low cost treatment in our clinics for sick/injured animals whose owners do not qualify for help from the major charities but who cannot afford private veterinary fees
  • To operate a rescue service for animals, both domestic and feral, in emergency situations through calls from the public, local authorities and the police
  • To provide long and short-term sanctuary accommodation and rehoming facilities for rescued animals
  • To investigate complaints of cruelty and neglect and to take appropriate action

The Trust has a strict non-destruction policy unless animals are suffering with a terminal illness or are hopelessly injured and beyond any veterinary help.

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