Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon
Orchard Vets, Romsey
Salary up to £65,000 DOE plus up to £5,000 Relocation Allowance
Flexible Working Pattern
Find your people and build your career with Orchard Vets
This is an exciting and rare opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to join a long-established practice in Romsey. You will have access to a varied caseload with some consulting work and some surgical days. We have varied consulting times throughout the day, with 15-minute consults and built-in admin/catch-up time. Typically, you will have one surgery day per week, but a consulting-only role is also possible or surgically biased candidates can also be considered.
Our team is really what makes us
You will be joining a friendly, supportive team that consists of 6 vets, 7 RVNs, 1 SVN, 1 ACA and 6 supporting team members. Our motivated Nurses have great availability for nurse consults and nurse-led initiatives, freeing our Vets to focus more on their own clinical caseload. We are supportive of individual interests and encouraging of ongoing development, we have a certificate holder in Ophthalmology as well as two (almost) Certificate holders in Advanced Veterinary Practice and Emergency Medicine and Surgery.
We also get together as a team and offer activities/events throughout the year such as our Christmas party, practice bake off, sunflower growing competitions and Easter egg hunts!
Flexibility? It’s what we do –
This is a Full or Part-time position. We operate on a 5-week rolling rota with a mixture of shift matters such as 4x10hrs or 3x 8.30am-7pm and 1 or 2x 8am-2pm. Saturday mornings are 1in5 and there is no OOH. Flexible working is absolutely considered therefore we are happy to discuss a rota pattern that would suit you.
Welcome to Orchard Vets
Orchard Vets are situated in the beautiful quiet town of Romsey with a lovely, loyal client base. You are a short drive away from both country life and city life, so we are well placed for many events and activities. We are a first opinion, Cat Friendly Silver Status practice and we are well equipped with on-site diagnostic potential including digital x-ray machine offering dental radiography, ultrasound, in-house blood analysis including an Idexx Imagyst as well as also having K-Laser. We have 4 consulting rooms, separate cat and dog wards, a dedicated dispensary and a large prep room with a separate theatre.
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
6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
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
£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 £1000 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
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.
Please quote BH10766 when you apply.
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