Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

Overview

Salary up to £70,000 depending on experience plus a relocation allowance up to £5,000 and welcome bonus up to £5,000. Bridge Vets are looking for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join their fantastic team!

Responsibilities

• Your day-to-day will see you cover a mix of consulting and surgery duties across our well-established sites in the Aberdeen area. Our ideal candidate is a confident vet who is used to working as part of a fast-paced team, there will be an element of sole charge required.

Work-life balance

We care about your work/life balance. We offer flexible working patterns that flex with you and your lifestyle. Whether you are looking to flex your rota hours to balance the school holidays, fix to navigate the school runs or just looking to strike that balance between home and work life. We can offer flexibility that actually works for you.

Position details

The position is for 40 hours per week, with a 1:5 share in the Saturday rota. Absolutely no OOH!

About Bridge Vets

Bridge Vets is made up of 4 first opinion, small animal branches and a sister practice Aberdeen Veterinary Referrals. We are dedicated to making our practice a happy place to be for our team.

Equipment and development

We have the usual range of Veterinary equipment - Ultrasound, Digital main and dental xray, one consulting branch and 3 other branches with multiple consulting rooms, theatre, x-ray, a separate prep area and blood machines. We are always looking to expand and are happy to invest in further equipment if you have a specialist interest.

Meet the team

We are an 11-vet team with 13 registered veterinary nurses across the Bridge brand, supported by our fantastic team of 10 student nurses/veterinary care assistants. We have an internal medicine certificate holder and we also have a Vet with a particular interest in exotics. If you have a particular interest in a certain area, we are happy to support a certificate.

People and benefits

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

• Work-life balance
• 6.8 weeks annual leave
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
• Wellbeing
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support
• Development
• £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme
• Professional Memberships
• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees
• Additional
• Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

Up to £70,000 DOE

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