Senior Veterinary Surgeon

County Vet Group are looking for a Senior Veterinary Surgeon to join their dedicated, friendly and supportive team.  All clinical interests are welcome. We are managed at a local level by our Clinical Director of 16 years, maintaining a family feel where patients and our people are at our heart of everything we do.

If you are curious to find out a little more about the clinic take a look at  https://vimeo.com/810192028/5830043e98?share=copy 

We are a great place to work and have a career..  Some of our incentives include:

• Competitive salaey, dependent on experience and qualifications
• Relocation Package can be considered for those moving to the area
• Tied into a Learning Agreement/Certificate costs with your current employer? Let us know, we can help!
• With visiting specialists from Orthopaedic to Soft Tissue to Cardiology, we have access to our Groups Support Clinical Hub Network of advanced practitioners to help increase the clinical knowledge of our Vets
• Access to Vet Oracle, our Vet-to-Vet Telemedicine service
• CPD and certificate financial support available and encouraged
• Key working groups on initiatives such as Menopause within the workplace and our EDI strategy across our group

Who are we?: Based in Newcastle under Lyme, close to the town centre, we have a caseload that allows our teams to develop! The team at Friarswood comes with a varied skill level, where everyone really has the chance to shine. Where required, we make use of visiting specialists to keep the experience in-house with an aim to grow and develop talent within our own team. This also helps keep our clients bonded and allows us that continuity of care.

County Vets are part of our leading Veterinary Group, CVS. We aim to provide the best clinical care as well as providing a great place to work. Our Veterinary professionals are given the freedom to make the best clinical decisions for their patients whilst sharing best practice. We are clinically focussed, fostering a collaborative approach and creating supportive working environments to be able to achieve career aspirations. With a network of 500 practices across the UK and Australia, once you join us we will be able to satisfy your career, development and professional goals!

We have laparoscopic kit, brand new digital x-ray, dental x-ray and lots of other bits and bobs to make day to day life and work up of your cases easier. All supported by an experienced and supportive nursing team. Our wider team consists of cert holders in medicine along with vets and nurses working on their certifications. We have Vet who has just completed a medicine certificate and another Vet who is half way through completing a dental certificate, so we are able to provide you with support in those areas. 

Development of our people is important and we'd be keen to support you with any areas of interest, anyone looking at or working on a surgical certificate would complement the team very well.  We are blessed to be supported by an OOH provider and have no Sunday or Bank Holiday working.

Our Rota and working options: Our vacancy is currently full time, but happy to discuss part time arrangements or FTC. Our full time vets prefer working 4 days a week but we are open to ideas that suit you! An hour for lunch and some admin time is given daily. Our vets do work Saturday mornings on a rota basis. We do also have an option for a Vet to work between our Sandbach and Alsager practices which would offer variety and a good mix of working at different sites with different people.

You will receive a comprehensive Benefits package which includes; paid professional fees, CPD allowance, option to purchase up to an additional 2 weeks of annual leave per year, annual salary review, Health Shield cash plan, voluntary private medical insurance, Save as you Earn Scheme (SAYE) which allows you to buy CVS shares at a discounted rate, discounted treatments and products for your pets, and much more… Click here to see a full list of our benefits - https://www.cvsukltd.co.uk/careers/colleague-benefits/

Want to check things out before applying? Pop in for a cuppa, tell us when suits you. Feel free to get in touch with Ashley on 07909620283 or Isabel on 07974 219337.

To apply, click Apply Now, upload your CV and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.

CVS is committed to being a fully inclusive place to work where all our colleagues are encouraged and supported to be themselves, where difference is celebrated and where everyone feels able to deliver their best. We are also determined to build a workforce that is more representative of our diverse communities and the people we provide our services to.

routeto: david.vaughan@cvsvets.com