Permanent Veterinary Surgeon

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  • Widnes, Cheshire
  • £63,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Permanent Veterinary Surgeon - Widnes, Cheshire
  • Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon or soon to be?
  • Are you looking for a new opportunity in Cheshire?
We are recruiting on behalf of a first opinion practice in Widnes, Cheshire for a Permanent Veterinary Surgeon to join their team. This role is full time for 40 hours per week over 4 days, along with 1 in 3 Saturday mornings from 9am to 12pm. Part time hours can be considered. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.Key details
  • Type: Small animal
  • Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week over 4.5 days
  • Weekends: 1 in 3 Saturday mornings, 9am to 12pm
  • TOIL: Half day on Friday after working a Saturday
  • Sole charge: None
  • OOH: None
  • On-call: None
  • Branch work: N/A
  • Computer system: Merlin
  • Team: 7 vets, 7 RVNs and a supportive non-clinical team
The role
  • The role offers a varied caseload with a mixture of consultations and surgeries
  • The role offers no OOH or on-call, ensuring a healthy work-life balance
  • The position offers the opportunity to provide mentoring and coaching to other vets within the practice
About them
  • The practice is home to 7 vets, 7 RVNs and a supportive non-clinical team
  • They offer a wide range of modern veterinary services and diagnostics, including digital x-ray, ultrasound, 6 consult rooms, 2 theatres, an in-house laboratory and separate cat and dog wards
  • They have the facilities and caseload to support clinical development
  • They have a supportive and friendly team
  • They can offer support for areas of special interest, along with funding for certificates
  • They offer a great bonus package in addition to salary
  • Two of their vets are certificate holders
Team culture
  • They understand the importance of the roles that RVNs play within the practice and actively encourage the development of skills and knowledge whereby the nurses offer nurse clinics where they can advise and educate clients and use their own initiative whilst assisting the vets
  • They pride themselves on a supportive team culture and they value each and everyone's roles within the practice
  • They understand the difficulties that the vet industry can face and support each other to provide a positive and encouraging work environment
  • Investing in their people, premises and processes is at the heart of what they do
About you
  • You will have a good level of experience both in medicine and surgery
  • You will have excellent communications skills and client facing skills
  • You will have a positive attitude and show empathy to both clients and team members
  • You will encourage ongoing development of the team
  • You will be a team player and be able to work in a collaborative manner
  • You will be confident in all areas of first opinion practice
  • You will have a certificate or be interested in pursuing one
Package
  • Salary: Up to £63,000 per annum, commensurate to experience
  • Holidays: Generous annual leave, increasing with service and birthday off
  • CPD: Generous allowance
  • Memberships: RCVS, VDS and BVA fees paid
  • Relocation support
  • Medical insurance
  • Workplace pension
  • Family friendly policies
  • Employee wellbeing programmes
  • Ongoing learning and development platforms available
Must haves:
  • RCVS registered and qualified or soon to be
  • Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
What happens next?CLICK APPLY NOW or if you have any pre-application questions or if this role is not quite right for you, please contact the Vet Seekers team (details below) to discuss your veterinary career aspirations further.Please quote job reference: 38536T: 0333 014 7374E: hello@vetseekers.co.ukW: www.vetseekers.co.uk#Seekers1Please note: All communications and applications are treated in the strictest confidence. When it comes to your privacy, as an ethical veterinary recruiter we do not send your details anywhere without your permission.Vet Seekers was established in 2016 and is a multi-award-winning specialist veterinary recruitment agency (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and acts as an employment business for the supply of locum and permanent staff for the veterinary industry across the UK and overseas.Vet Seekers is fully compliant with GDPR, is ICO registered and our team are REC accredited. As a business, we take sustainability, environmental impact and our carbon footprint very seriously and have committed to plant trees for every permanent and locum veterinary superstar we find work for, as well as every referral we receive.Refer: If this position is not for you but you know someone who could be interested, pass this advert on to them or ask them to get in contact with us. As a thank you, we will plant 50 trees on your behalf.Thanks from the Vet Seekers team.

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