Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon - Salary up to £60k and 4-day weeks!

We are looking for a Vet Who Loves Building Relationships & Tailoring Care. This vacancy is based at our Longwell Green branch but will include some shifts at our Keynsham and Brislington branches. This is a full-time position, offering a 40-hour week across 4-days with a dedicated day off, ensuring a good work-life balance - we can also accept and consider part-time applications. Minimum two years experience is required. Shifts: 8:30am–6:30pm or 10am–8:00pm, with either a 30-minute or 1-hour lunch (depending on candidate preference). Weekends: 1 in 4 Saturdays (8:30am–5:00pm)

We know that being a vet is about more than just medicine—it's about the relationships you build, the trust you earn, and the difference you make in both pets' and owners' lives. If that resonates with you, we'd love to chat!

We're incredibly proud of our team here. We have multiple certificate holders across imaging, medicine, surgery, and ophthalmology, and we're also a teaching site for final-year vet students from the University of Bristol. We place a strong emphasis on clinical improvement and inclusive team culture, where everyone supports each other to deliver outstanding patient care. We have inpatients overnight but no OOH. Vets are on call for inpatients, currently 1 in 8. Call-outs are rare as caseload is limited to post-op analgesia for stable patients.

Our main site is Longwell Green, with two branch surgeries:

Keynsham – where most of our ophthalmology work is carried out, supported by a fantastic operating microscope

Brislington – a consult-only site with an experienced vet who has a strong interest in dermatology

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

- Providing excellent veterinary care to a variety of patients across our three branches.

- Sharing the in-house on-call rota (1:8) for inpatients only – this is a very quiet rota.

- Participating in the Saturday rota (1:4) from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.

- Actively engaging with our team of certificate holders in diagnostic imaging, medicine, and surgery to enhance your own skills and development.

Our benefits package includes: 

• Salary up to £60K DOE 
• Professional memberships funded (RCVS & VDS).
• CPD and further studies encouraged. Your learning and clinical growth us important to us!
• Up to 9 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays (or equivalent) with our Buy/Sell holiday scheme - allowing you to purchase an additional four weeks of annual leave.
• Long Service Holiday - Receive an extra days leave each year in your first 5 years at CVS.
• Maternity / Adoption Pay – 10 weeks full pay and 10 weeks half pay.
• Paternity Pay and Shared Parental Leave.
• Cycle to work scheme, saving 25-39% on a bike and accessories!
• Discounted pet treatments.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 365 days a year helpline to support you and your immediate family when you need it the most.
• Health cash plan to claim back costs incurred of health and wellbeing.
• Discounted UK gym membership with Gym Flex.
• Internal career progression and transfers available – with a network of over 500 practices, we can support you should you need to relocate.

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.

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