ABOUT US

All of our vets - whether recent grad or 30 years qualified - receive support tailored to their needs, along with a fantastic package of benefits. New grads have a designated VetGDP Adviser for the day-to-day, along with access to the well-regarded XLVets Graduate Development Programme. Mentoring for more experienced grads is moulded to the individual's needs, with practical in-house scanning sessions, theatre-scrub-ins, monthly clinical club discussion groups, or just regular one-to-one chats.

Our team of 15 vets includes several Certificate holders along with a wealth of experience, covering imaging, surgery, medicine, dermatology, feline practice (being Gold Cat Friendly) and ECC. We recently extended, providing dedicated areas for our 2 scanners and digital x-ray, plus a designated dental room with dental x-ray, and separate cat, dog and isolation wards. There's even a staff pet kennel area!

There is no night work, as we've been using a local OOH provider for 20 years. Late evening shifts are shared fairly across the team, and the Saturday rota is 1 in 4. An experienced colleague is always rota-ed alongside new/recent grads to provide hands-on support.

BENEFITS

Offering genuinely flexible working is a big part of looking after our team, so if you don't want a standard working pattern, just tell us what you do want, and we'll see what we can do! Our benefits include:

• Experienced vet salary of up to £75k dependent on experience /qualifications /skills /responsibilities
• Flexible working - we'll consider requests for anything from 4hrs to 41.5hrs (FTE) per week!
• Overtime paid at £35/hour
• Standard CPD allowance of £2,000 and 5 days off each year (and often stretched)
• Additional CPD funding and paid leave (15 extra days) for Certificate study, with pay rise upon successful completion
• 6 weeks holiday per annum, plus 1 extra day for each year of service
• 1 paid volunteering day per year
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Compassionate/bereavement leave (including for pet loss)
• Vitality private medical insurance
• Health Cash Plan membership
• Workplace pension (NEST)
• Cost price own pet treatment
• BSAVA or BVA subscription paid
• RCVS retention fee and VDS cover paid
• Career breaks/ sabbaticals/ unpaid leave available
• Monthly team meetings
• Regular one-to-ones as requested/required
• Summer and Christmas practice "do's" as well as regular team and social events