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Veterinary Surgeon - Godalming, Surrey

Employer
Milford Veterinary Hospital
Location
Milford, Godalming
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
2 Feb 2022

Job Details

We are looking for an experienced out of hours Veterinary Surgeon with strong surgical skills who is used to being in sole charge and capable of meeting the challenges of an out of hours role. You will be working with a dedicated out of hours veterinary nurse. The shift starts at 7pm in the evening, there will be a patient handover from the day vet and a chance to admit patients from member practices. You will see less patients than in a typical out of hours position because we aim to give extremely high standards of care. There is back up available for busy times with opportunity for rest breaks and we would expect you to be able to sleep most nights. We cover emergency work for 12 to 13 full time vet equivalents. The night shift ends at 8.30am. At weekends, there are some day shifts available from 8.30am to 7.30pm. Saturday shifts involves a small number of consultations from 9am to midday, thereafter you will concentrate on emergency work.

We are a friendly RCVS accredited small animal hospital and have been awarded outstanding in all 6 practice standard awards. We work to extremely high standards of patient care with separate cat and dog wards. We have in house laboratory and laparoscopic equipment, we also have flexible bronchoscope. We run a cardiology referral service therefore have excellent ECG ultrasound and X-ray equipment. You will be working with an experienced dedicated out of hours nurse.

Ideally you will already have had experience working in an out of hours or emergency critical care role and will be committed to offering gold standard care to patients, clients and member practices.

Benefits (subject to pro rata):

•             5 weeks paid holiday not including bank holidays

•             5 days paid CPD leave

•             £1250 CPD Allowance per annum

•             Private Medical Insurance

•             VDS Membership paid

•             BVA Membership paid

•             Service based holiday entitlement increases

•             Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, surrogacy pay

•             Enhanced paternity pay

•             Birthday leave

•             Discounted veterinary fees

•             My Benefits - various discounts including retail & gym memberships

•             Cycle to Work scheme

•             Pension

•             CPD/training support

•             Paid bereavement leave

•             Company sick pay

•             Employee opinion survey

•             Free uniform in a number of roles

•             Annual pay reviews

•             Social events

•             Sponsorship for overseas employees

•             Academy & Leadership courses

•             Focus on employee wellbeing

•             Relocation packages

•             Career progression opportunities

•             Free flu jabs

As a BAME and LGBT+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long term health conditions, and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch.

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Company

We are lucky enough to have excellent staff, all dedicated to animal care. Each member of staff has their own particular area of interest. We have six vets, eight qualified nurses, one trainee nurse, two animal nursing assistant, four receptionists and a practice manager.

Milford Veterinary Hospital is your friendly veterinary hospital in Surrey offering:

We are a vet practice serving clients in Godalming, Guildford, Farnham, Haslemere, Witley and surrounding areas of Surrey. We open in the evenings to suit commuters in the region and also on Saturday mornings.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01483 414747
Location
37 New Road
Milford
Surrey
GU8 5BE
GB

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