Weekend Veterinary Surgeon

Your role and responsibilities Village Vet Hampstead has a new fantastic opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to cover our Saturday and Sunday shifts. As the Weekend Vet you will be working alongside our weekend hospital team to ensure the smooth running of the hospital, and help to develop excellent client relationships, increase revenue and provide gold standard care. Responsibilities

• Patient/Clinical Care – Working to a high level of clinical care within a team. Village Vet prides itself on working to a very high standard of care and supports RCVS Practice Standards Scheme
• Client Care – We strive for exceptional levels of client service and satisfaction
• Teamwork – Working within your team, and the wider hospital teams, to contribute your skills, efforts and personal strengths to help ensure a harmonious team ethos at all times
• Management team – You will be fully supported and developed to allow you to grow and achieve your full potential.

Village Vet Hampstead is a 24-hour RCVS accredited small animal hospital which provides gold-standard care for its own patients as well as providing out of hours and emergency cover to over 32 primary care clinics and a specialist referral clinic in the North London area. It is an amazing place to see a unique caseload surrounded by like-minded staff who want to provide the very best care. We have a team of dedicated vets and nurses and allied support from our neighbouring referral arm; London Veterinary Specialists (located just across the square). The dynamic team currently consists of over 15 veterinary surgeons with varying degrees of experience from certificate holders to junior doctors, over 13 RVNs, 3 student nurses, 7 Pet Care Assistants and a well-staffed reception, admin and support staff team. Rota: 20hrs/week – Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 8 pm. Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmes
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme
• Wellness programme including:
• Employee assistance programme
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme.

About Us “To be recognized as an exceptional and trusted provider of primary veterinary care to our patients and clients within the communities that we serve. Every patient, every client, every visit”. Village Vet is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary group with small and medium-sized Primary Care practices, four large 24-hour hospitals, and a referral center. Village Vet is based in London, Hertfordshire, and Cambridge. We believe in supporting and investing in our staff, investing in our facilities, and ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very best, modern first opinion or specialist care. Our staff are motivated and encouraged to gain additional certifications across all levels of employment and we offer career progression within our group. We have a strong recognizable brand, and we are looking for people who share our vision and our culture. We have over 400 staff members across our 32 sites and are very proud of our achievements and our reputation in the veterinary profession. 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 Program that is available for everyone.