The role:

We are seeking a Lead Veterinary Surgeon to join our small, friendly practice in Surrey Quays, South London.

This role has fantastic potential and lends itself to the successful candidates’ area of interest with the opportunity to influence clinical direction. 

If you’re a certificate holder (or working towards one) you would also have the opportunity to take internal patient transfers from across our Central London regions.

We are seeking someone with exceptional communication skills alongside an interest in managing a small team made up of our wonderful HRVN and SVN, and developing a clinic to its full potential.

This role works for our 4-day week (09:00-19:00) with 1:3 half or 1:6 full weekends. 

Full-time salary package up to £72,000 per annum depending on experience to include:

• - 5 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays
• - 4-day working week with 1:3 Saturdays or 1:6 full weekends
• - 4 weeks' paid sabbatical (after every 5 years of service)
• - Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• - £1,500 CPD Allowance plus 3 days CPD leave (FTE)
• - RCVS, BVA, and VDS fees paid
• - Certificate funding 
• - Vehicle allowance or company vehicle
• - Accommodation allowance
• - Fair share of the bank holiday and on-call rota 
• - Access to Wellbeing support and EAP programme
• - Access to a wide range of discounts for days out, high street, and holidays
• - 100% attendance bonus schemes
• - 1-day' Pet'ernity Leave

Branch Partnership opportunities within this practice are also available where you can own part of the clinic, and have complete clinical freedom whilst receiving full support from the wider Medivet network.

We can also support Certificates of Sponsorship for a Tier 2 (General) Visa if you meet the criteria and are eligible to register as a Veterinary Surgeon with the RCVS upon arrival in the UK.

Branch:

Medivet Surrey Quays is equipped with one consult room, theatre, x-ray, and dentistry facilities. Here, you will have a steady and interesting caseload, working collaboratively with the team to continue the welcoming and dedicated approach to our client care.

We work collaboratively with our local sister clinic, Southwark. It’s also very well situated to our Camberwell 24-Hour Hospital where our hospital vets are always on hand to support and can provide advanced surgical procedures for your patients if required. 

We have a dedicated night team at Camberwell to provide out-of-hour care, and we have an ambulance service in the region to support with hospitalisation of patients. 

Not familiar with the area? Surrey Quays is just south of the River Thames with Surrey Quays and Canada Water Overground Stations, and Canada Water Tube which is on the Jubilee Line.