Graduate Veterinary Surgeon

The Role
Small Animal Graduate Veterinary Surgeon position based in Blackpool, Lancashire.
Your normal hours of work are 38 hours per week, 4 days a week. Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 7pm. You will also be required to participate in a weekend rota and an out of hours on-call rota which will include working on weekends and bank holidays, once you are ready for this, with call outs paid on top of your salary.
Our standard consult length is 15 minutes for vaccines, 20 minutes for sick consults and 30 minutes for euthanasia's, second opinions and first-time skin or ear consults. As a new graduate, this would be 20 minutes for vaccines, 30 minutes for sick consults and 40 minutes for the euthanasia's, second opinions and first-time skin or ear consults. This will allow you to get settled in the routine of consulting, allowing ample time for work ups and build that important relationship with the clients and patients.
Salary
The salary for this role is £34,000 for year 1 increasing in year 2.
About Us
We are located on the Fylde Coast, close to Blackpool, Preston and Lancaster. Just over an hour to the beautiful Lakes District, an hour to Manchester Airport and just over an hour to Liverpool. There are a lot of options sports wise, several cinema's and plenty of nice pubs and restaurants, and choice of nightlife.
We provide acupuncture, K-laser, basic endoscopy, and staged dentals with dental radiography at both our sites, as well as top of the line multi-parameter anaesthetic monitoring. We have monthly visits from a Cardiologist and have access to Specialist Surgical services for those cases we would like to refer, but that can't travel. Our Head Vet is a CertAVP and does most of our ultrasonography in-house, but we have access to more advanced ultrasonography support.
About the Team and Culture
We have a supportive, blended international team of 9 Vets, 13 RVNs, 2SVNs and 5 ANAs with a various experience levels. We provide our own OOH service for our clients, and we see a great variety of cases. We try to pick fun things to do for our team bonding, like an escape room, curling, quiz nights or our Christmas Party at a Gin Experience!
Our Clinical Director and Head Vet are both VetGDP advisors, and ready to support you. The whole Vet team takes a collaborative approach and we all learn from each other. We have regular 121's, Professional Development Meetings, and the protected team meeting time. As a new grad in our practice, you would have regular time off the rota for your development and support time, to prioritise your learning. Once you feel ready to join us on the on-call rota, we would start this with back up from either the CD or Head Vet.
Applicant Requirements
We are looking for a new Graduate Veterinary Surgeon, eligible to register with the RCVS.
Because our employees matter
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
•6.6weeks annual leave
•Your birthday as a paid day off
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
•Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
•All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
•All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
•Infection Prevention and Control Programme
•Quality Improvement Programme
Additional
Excellent employee benefits are not new to us. We believe that people can only do their best work when they feel comfortable, nurtured, and valued.
No financial tie in
6.6 weeks holiday every year, plus 1 day's birthday leave
Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
Health and wellbeing – you’ll get free eye tests and discounted gym membership
Pawsome benefits and rewards scheme, plus discounted pet care
Employee Assistance Programme - We all have times in our life when we need a little extra support. That is why we are here to help.
Professional memberships – IVC Evidensia cover the cost of your RCVS renewal fees and other memberships.
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch and quote reference BH11428.
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