Senior Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

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Salary up to £70,000 DOE Plus up to £5000 Relaction Allowance

White Cross Vets have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly team on a permanent basis. This role is based at our new purpose-built practice in Sale. If you have a particular interest, we will always try to tailor your days to what you enjoy the most!

Rotas that work for you

Our people are at the heart of everything that we do, that's why we know that work-life balance is vital in supporting our people to be their best selves. Our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours offers a balance that truly flexes with you and your lifestyle no matter what stage you are in your career.

Our standard full-time pattern is 40 hours per week. The practice is open Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30am and 7.00pm. We are currently, temporarily closed on a Saturday, until further notice. There is no OOH requirement.

Sale is a flexible working practice, as our teams work-life balance and wellbeing is always top priority at White Cross Vets, so if this is of interest and you want to work with a practice that has won the coveted White Cross Practice of the Year Award, we'd love to discuss the specifics further with you.

Want to know more about White Cross Sale?

Sale is a new, purpose-built practice with great facilities including 4 consult rooms, cat ward, dog ward, isolation ward, operating theatre, digital x-ray, dental x-ray, ultrasound, and brand-new laparoscopic equipment. We are also a training practice and so would encourage anyone who has a desire to become a clinical coach.

We have achieved the IVC Evidensia patient safety award, we are an ISFM Cat Friendly Clinic and one of our nursing team has a keen interest in behaviour and has undergone further training, so we are keen to develop this service at clinic level.

Come and join our friendly and supportive team!

The team at Sale are extremely hard-working but we also love to have a laugh whilst we work. We have regular funded team days out doing activities such as escape rooms, kayaking, axe throwing and crazy golf to name just a few! We also hold monthly wellbeing afternoons where we have watched movies, a Mario Kart tournament, yoga session, a baby shower and played various board and card games. We are a clinically progressive practice who hold monthly team meetings and encourage input from all team members, we take into consideration any suggestions that are put forward.

Because our people 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

*7 weeks holiday including bank holidays

*Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

Wellbeing

*Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

*Up to 4 days of paternity leave for new pets

*Cycle to Work scheme

*Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership

*Non-accidental injury support

*Private medical insurance

Development

*£1500 CPD allowance with 5 days paid CPD leave 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

*Infection Prevention and Control Programme

*Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

*VDS cover

*RCVS fees

Additional

*Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers

*Pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer

*Five days to volunteer for a charity of your choice

*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.

£45,000 - £70,000 a year

Up to £70,000 DOE