Graduate Veterinary Surgeon

The Role

Due to our ever-growing caseload, we are looking to find a New Grad Veterinary Surgeon to join our wonderful team at White Cross Vets in West Derby.

We are a small animal practice offering an enthusiastic New Grad role of 40 hours a week, with a working pattern of 4 days per week, between the hours of 08:30 and 19:00 with a share of Saturday mornings. Time is given back for weekend work. There is no out of hours required for this role and there is a mixture of surgery and consults each day. Duties and requirements include; to provide high quality clinical care to all pets, provide an outstanding client experience and help to create and maintain an efficient clinic and to uphold and adhere to the White Cross Vets Principles both within the clinic and when representing White Cross Vets externally at all times.

About Us

The practice is ideally positioned with good transport links, allowing the ability to explore the city or surrounding countryside and coastal areas.

We are well equipped with dental radiography, digital X-ray, ultrasound, comprehensive in-house haematology, and biochemistry, multi parameter monitoring, bair-hugger, ecg, tonopen, diamond burr and dental drill.

About the Team and Culture

You will be working alongside an experienced and highly supportive team of 3 other vets with varied interests, including ophthalmology, medicine and surgery. We are also lucky to have the support of 5 highly skilled RVNs with a wealth of experience. We actively encourage career progression and further studies such as certificates and have two team members who are currently undertaking certificates.

We’re a supportive and friendly team who have regular social meetings outside of work. We are proud to be involved in collecting for homeless charities (for both dogs and humans) and for local food banks. Several team members are also involved in octopus for a preemie crochet charity. Several team members also attend fitness classes together.

Applicant Requirements

We are looking for somebody fun, compassionate and professional with a desire to work towards our high standards. We want someone who wants to get stuck in and learn new skills.
You will relate to our core principles of quality, integrity, responsibility and growth, fitting seamlessly alongside our friendly practice teams as you work with the team to provide a quality experience for pet owner and pets alike. You must have strong communication skills, the ability to work well in a team, passion to deliver great clinical quality and fantastic client service and a desire to care for pets as if they were your own.

In return we can offer you a great work life balance in an experienced, friendly, and supportive team!

Further team member benefits enjoyed include:

•  Enhanced holiday entitlement and increasing holiday based on length of service
•  CPD paid days and allowance
•  Private Medical Insurance
•  VDS Membership paid
•  BVA Membership paid
•  VDS cover
•  Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
•  Extra day of holiday for your birthday
•  Free preventative veterinary care for your pets
•  Various discounts including retail & gym memberships
•  Five days to volunteer for a charity of your choice
•  Practice social events
•  Contribution towards a Fitbit and weekly challenges
•  Cycle to Work scheme
•  Pension
•  Paid bereavement leave
•  Service-related company sick pay
•  Sponsorship for overseas employees
•  Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
•  Relocation packages
•  Free flu jabs

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ 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. Please quote BH6402 when you apply. 

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