In Patient Veterinary Surgeon
Job Title: In Patient Veterinary Surgeon
Salary: £42-55k per annum (depending on experience)
Location: Dewsbury
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 3-days per week (7.45am-8.15pm) Mon-Fri plus 1 in 4 weekends
Your role and responsibilities
We are looking for a Vet with an interest in medicine and in patient care to support continuity of care for our hospitalised patients. This involves examination, making care plans and communicating with clients, as well as liasing with other vets in the team when imaging, investigative or surgical procedures are required. This role would suit a recent graduate as it creates an opportunity for development with support of more experienced colleagues. A key part of the role is also overseeing handover of patient care to the night team. The role may also involve seeing some emergencies if required.
Benefits
· 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
· RCVS & VDS fees paid
· External CPD funded (£1k per year)
· Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
· Career progression opportunities
· Staff discount schemes
· Life Assurance
· Enhanced sickness pay
· Enhanced equal family leave
· E-car salary sacrifice scheme
· Workplace pension
· Wellness program including:
o Employee assistance program
o Eyecare voucher scheme
o Free annual Flu jab
o Cycle to work scheme
o Trained mental health first aider team on site
· Recruitment referral reward scheme
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone. For more information, click here.
About us
Calder Vets Dewsbury is a 24/7 Tier 3 Veterinary Hospital. We welcome referrals from across Yorkshire and we are proud to provide our own 24-hour on site emergency care through our dedicated ECC night team. We offer a high quality primary care service, including consultations, preventative healthcare, vaccinations, routine, non-routine and laparoscopic surgery, dentistry, and imaging (x-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, CT, visiting MRI). We are also able to offer middle tier referrals in soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology, exotics and dermatology and we have our own state of the art rehabilitation centre with physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and laser therapy.
We have a fantastic team across all 11 of our sites, and we all support each other. We often discuss clinical cases and get involved in social events. We have a large Vet team and are supported by experienced and dedicated nursing and front of house teams. 6 of our Vets are working towards certificates in Surgery, Imaging, Dermatology, Medicine, ECC & Ophthalmology.
Our ethos is clinical excellence, and we try and live by our Core Values. Client and patient care is at the heart of what we do, and we are proud to be a Cat Friendly Clinic. We run on 15-minute consults as a minimum. Together, we are working towards becoming accredited as Investors in the Environment at Bronze level. Some things to know about us:
· Our ethos is clinical excellence
· Client and patient care are at the heart of what we do
· We are committed to supporting each other
· We prioritise mental health and wellbeing with a team of trained Mental Health First Aiders in the practice
Part of an amazing global family
Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 85,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Team.
Linnaeus is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.
Job Type: Part-time
Salary: £42,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Day shift
- DEWSBURY: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
- Bachelor’s (preferred)
- Veterinary experience: 1 year (required)
- RCVS (required)