Flexible hours in an award-winning practice?  If that sounds like your dream role we’d love to hear from you! One of our vets is moving overseas, so here at Vets4Pets Trowbridge, we are looking for an experienced small animal veterinary surgeon who is keen to become a part of our great team that offers (crucially) a high ratio of nurse to vet support allowing our patients the best care possible and will allow you, as the vet, to work up your cases to the best possible level without constraint.

The practice 
Based in a well-established and thriving Pets at Home store for nearly 10 years, we have a large and loyal client following which provides a large breadth of case material across a range of small animal species. We’re a modern, purpose-built and fully equipped practice with digital x-ray, dental x-ray, laparoscopy, ultrasound, full in-house lab, separate dog, cats and exotics kennel wards and fully equipped operating theatre. 

At Vets4Pets, you will of course receive help from the support centre but what truly makes it special is that we are a locally owned practice supporting our local community. This gives all our practice owners the opportunity to put their stamp on their practices and shape the care we deliver with full clinical autonomy.

We are growing all the time and seeing a variety of interesting surgical and medical cases, because of this we are now looking for a veterinary surgeon to join our existing team of 3 veterinary surgeons, 8 qualified veterinary nurses, 1 trainee veterinary nurse, 1 veterinary nursing assistants and 4 receptionists all supported by the clinical and admin Team Leaders.

What makes this role different for you 

Matt, our practice owner, has a wealth of knowledge in medicine with over 21 years qualified experience and he is supported in practice by the Head Vet (also full-time) who has 24 years of experience. This offers you an amazing and somewhat unique supportive environment to learn a multitude of new skills and knowledge. Matt is also very passionate about the development of his team so highly encourages all his colleagues to undertake training, so you will be given a generous CPD allowance and the opportunity to have certificates funded! 

The practice runs on 3 vets per day, offering lots of support with 2 vets consulting and 1 vet dedicated to surgery. The position will be part time hours or even weekends only and with no OOH, we hope you’ll enjoy a rota that suits your lifestyle.

As a practice we understand that work life balance is important to you, so we offer this role with a flexible rota if desired, as well as 15-minute consults as standard with “catch up” time built into the diary. You will have a protected lunch break and dedicated admin time for your telephone calls etc.

Our offer
In addition to a rewarding role in a superb location, that offers a slice of rural living and is commutable from some lovely south west towns you can also expect to receive:

• Salary up to £65000 (fte) commensurate with experience
• 6.6 weeks holiday 
• Enhanced sick leave pay
• Life Assurance 4 x Annual Salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Paid memberships (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
• Dedicated and generous CPD allowance including 5 paid days to attend as a minimum
• Funding and support towards Certificates available
• Flexible working hours
• No OOH
• Relocation allowance up to £2000*
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Colleague Assistance Programmes – Retail Trust, Port of Call and MHFA
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards – including 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room and Vet Group
• First day at School leave, Flying the nest leave and new roost leave. 
• Compassionate Leave Day if you lose a pet
• Extended compassionate leave for family bereavement
• Birthday leave

What you can offer us
Sharing our passion and commitment for high standards, will ensure you thrive within this role. With a confident and capable approach, the team would love someone who could bring new ideas and ambition to the team, as they are always looking for ways to improve. As a Practice we are inclusive, embracing a supportive and non-judgemental environment. 

You will ideally have experience in surgery and be willing to undergo further training so you can help drive us forward as a team and a practice as a whole.

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

If you would like to hear more, simply contact Laura on 07790 372441 or email westvet@vets4pets.com

Location: BA14 0RQ

*Direct applicants only

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!