About Us

Blue Cross animal hospital Grimsby provides veterinary treatment for pets of clients whose financial circumstances do not allow them to afford private veterinary fees. The range of work carried out is the same to that in private practice, we pride ourselves on offering an excellent, round the clock level of care to our patients and their owners. Our facilities including digital X-Ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, multiparameter anaesthetic monitors, infusion pumps, bear huggers, large inpatients facilities with separate cat, dog, small animal, and isolation wards.

The Role

We are recruiting for Veterinary Surgeons in our Grimsby animal hospital, we have one full time permanent role, one full time 12-month fixed term contract and one part time (24 hours per week) 12-month fixed term contract available.

Are you looking for the opportunity to work in a modern hospital with active encouragement to pursue your interests, supported by managers who are visible and approachable, fantastic RVNs and a big team that enjoys working together?  Are you looking for a better work/life balance with support from an excellent, well-structured organisation?

We hold monthly clinical governance discussions and have developed an award-winning set of clinical guidelines to assist our vets in decision making. High standards are important to us and so is the ability to discuss cases openly where lessons have been learnt, within a safe, non-judgmental environment.

Successful Candidate

We are looking for permanent and fixed term contract Veterinary Surgeons with a caring attitude to animals and owners and will be able to communicate well with colleagues and clients. Our hospital sees a high caseload of emergency and critical care cases, both surgical and medical, so it is desirable that you have some small animal experience.  The role will be on a shared OOH rota with sole charge required for night and weekend shifts with time off in lieu like for like on a rolling rota.

What is required?

We are looking for people with the following:

•  Member of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons  
• Demonstrable small animal or mixed practice experience  
• Sole charge experience  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

It would also be great if you had:

•  UK small animal or mixed practice experience  
• UK driving licence

The Package

• Salary from £40,661 - £62,279 plus £2,500 Recruitment Allowance per annum (pro rata for part time)
• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – pro rata for part time
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Holiday exchange & enhanced parental leave
• Annual volunteer days
• Long service awards, starting from 5 years
• Huge range of discounts across high street stores, insurance services & more

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

To apply for this role, please click the apply button to complete the online application process.