Lead Veterinarian

Job Title: Lead Veterinary Surgeon

Location: Village Vets, Hampstead Hospital, London

Role type: Permanent

Salary: From £75,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Hours: Full-time 42 hours per week. 4-day week and 1 in 4 full weekends with time back in lieu.

Join Village Vet Hampstead as a Lead Vet and play a pivotal role in shaping outstanding veterinary care!

You’ll be part of a passionate team committed to delivering the highest standards of service and outcomes for our patients and clients. In this leadership role, you’ll line manage a team of 4 vets within a wider group of 12, including 2 fellow Lead Vets, a Clinical Director, and our dedicated night team.

This position offers a balanced mix of clinical and protected management time, allowing you to lead by example while supporting team development and practice performance. You’ll champion clinical excellence, foster a collaborative and respectful culture, and ensure exceptional patient care through empathetic leadership.

Working hours: Full-time across a 4-day week, including 1 in 4 full weekends. You’ll have a fixed day off (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday), with some shifts finishing at 8pm.

Why join us:

• Hampstead is a fantastically well-equipped 24hour hospital, you will have access to a CT scanner, full dental suite, fully kitted out ICU, endoscopy, ultrasound and much more.
• Specific areas of interests encouraged and supported; you will be working alongside certificate holders in Surgery, ECC, medicine, exotics and diagnostic imaging.
• Along with our primary care clinic, the Hampstead practice also receives internal and external surgical referrals and serves as the 24-hour emergency clinic for many North London vet practices. Additionally, Hampstead sees a very high emergency caseload and would be a great environment to develop an interest in this area. An imaging interest would also compliment this position very well.
• We have an experience dedicated night team on site, making this a day only position, with no nights or on call.

What we are looking for:

• MRCVS minimum 5 years’ experience and confidence in small animal general practice.
• Existing line management experience desirable
• Commercial understanding beneficial but support can be provided to help build experience in this area.

Benefits

• Certifications encouraged and funding available 
• 5 weeks' holiday + bank holidays + birthday leave 
• RCVS and VDS fees paid 
• £1500 allowance for CPD in addition to access to incredible resources from Linnaeus
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program 
• Career progression opportunities 
• Staff discount schemes 
• Enhanced parental leave and sick pay
• E car salary sacrifice scheme 
• Enhanced equal family leave 
• Wellness program including: 
• Employee assistance program 
• Eyecare voucher scheme 
• Free annual flu jab 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Recruitment referral reward scheme. 

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please reach out directly to Natalie Shoemark nataliejay.shoemark@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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