Veterinary Surgeon

Our progressive and friendly team here at Kingsway Veterinary Group are looking to welcome a Veterinary Surgeon to join us on a full-time basis. The role will include a good mix of consulting and operating with consultations being 15 minutes long. You will be joining an experienced and clinically strong team and be fully supported by multi-disciplinary certificate holders. We refer a limited number of cases due to the expertise within the team so if you enjoy working up your own cases and seeing things through to completion this is the perfect opportunity for you
 
Rota: Working 40 hours per week across 4 days between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm. Our out of hours rota consists of working 1 week in 7 on call ONLY between the hours of 5pm and 8.30am when working on call in the evening you are not required on the dayshift rota. You are required to work 1 Saturday morning in 7 from 8.30am – 1pm and 1 weekend in 7 on call. 
 
Salary: up to £50,000 DOE plus benefits including up to £5,000 welcome bonus and up to £5000 relocation bonus  

About Us

We are an expanding Veterinary Hospital who has been providing veterinary care for over 80 years, successfully combining a traditional ethos of care with progressive modern medicine. Kingsway is proud to be a referral centre for cardiology and soft tissue surgery. We have an in-house laboratory, ECG, digital x-ray, rigid and flexible endoscopy, ultrasound with colour flow Doppler, 24-hour on-site nursing care, CPD and further qualifications encouraged. At Kingsway we take pride in caring for staff, as well as patients, ensuring a good work-life balance so there is time off to experience the delights of the Dales on the doorstep.
 
Our team consists of 7 vets, 10 RVN’s, 2 SVN’s plus supportive administration team including Clinical Director Beth Laycock and Practice Director Susan Pearson. The team are down-to-earth and friendly and look forward to welcoming a new member of staff to the team. You will be supported by multi-disciplinary certificate holders. We encourage our team to be supportive of each other and look out for one another. Our Nurses are on site every day and night taking great care of our inpatients as we are pleased to offer our own out of hours.

Applicant Requirements             

We are looking for an experienced small animal Veterinary Surgeon who is a great team player with a caring manner. The successful candidate will also be a great communicator both with the team and clients. We actively encourage further development and provide a supportive environment to nurture your interests. Our ideal candidate demonstrates effective team-working abilities, good time management, with a focus on providing gold standard veterinary care. Susan Pearson our fantastic Practice Director is happy to have an informal chat with any candidate who may be interested in finding out more about the practice in the first instance, please don’t hesitate to ask and this can be arranged 

Work-life balance

• 5 weeks annual leave
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support 

Development

• £1250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro-rata 
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees  

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

 
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 use BH6702 as a reference when applying for this role. 

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