Lead Veterinary Surgeon

Job Title: Lead Veterinary Surgeon 

Salary: Up to £67,500 per annum, depending on experience.

Location: Gables Vets, First Lane, Hessle, HU139HD

Job Type: Permanent, full-time (flexible working patterns can be discussed) 

Hours: 40 hours over 4-5 days with a 1:3 Saturday rota (8.30am-1pm), no nights, we have a dedicated night team!  Bank holidays on a rota (TOIL).

We are seeking a Lead Vet to line manage a wonderful team of up to 6 vets, with the support of a Practice Manager, and Clinical Director. The role will have a clinical focus, with 1 days per week admin time.

Why join us?

This role is based entirely at the Gables Veterinary Centre, allowing you to provide excellent continuity of care for your patients.

• You’ll work alongside a highly skilled and supportive team, including certificate holders in orthopaedics, Surgery, CT, medicine. Our dedicated 24-hour nursing and veterinary teams at the central hospital ensure a genuine work–life balance and continuous patient support.
• Our facilities include:  Dental suites equipped with dental X-ray, Ultrasound, digital x-ray, Imagyst AI cytology.
• With access for internal referrals for CT, endoscopy, orthopaedic surgery, stem cell therapy and more at our central hospital. Cases will be referred back to you allowing case continuation.
• As a collaborative and knowledge-sharing team, we regularly discuss clinical cases and hold monthly team meetings to support professional development and communication. We actively encourage and support certificate study, and we welcome discussions around any specific clinical interests you wish to pursue.
• We also prioritise the wellbeing of our staff, offering a wide range of initiatives designed to support both physical and mental health, including:
• Personalised rotas to maximise work–life balance, Mental health support and access to counselling services, Stress management resources

At Gables vets we champion our primary care vets and the fantastic service we offer for routine and first opinion caseloads. We try to keep as much of our caseload in house to provide clients with consistent care across the group. We work closely with Wicstun, to run additional in-house CPD events.

The Gables Veterinary Centre based in the wonderful city of Hull which was city of culture 2017. We have excellent travel links, access to good schools and beautiful countryside. Hull is a modern city steeped in years of history and there is lots to do locally whether you enjoy the great outdoors or prefer the hustle and bustle of the city.

What we are looking for?

• RCVS registration and a minimum of 5 years general practice experience.
• Existing line management experience is desirable but not essential, there is development support into leadership for the right person.
• A passion for leading and encouraging team development. GDP advisor or desire to become a GDP Advisor.
• Ability to perform routine neutering (cats and dogs of all sizes) without support – including FLANK cat spays 
• Ability to perform abdominal ultrasound, TFAST and AFAST imaging without support 
• Ability to perform exploratory laparotomies, splenectomies, GDVs, gastrotomy and enterotomy without support 
• Confidence with routine consults in 15 minutes and routine dental cases.

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• CPD allowance and 4 days each year to attend events plus Linnaeus CPD Programme (including certificate holder level CPD)
• 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
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

Gables Veterinary Centre is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.   

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best – care for pets.  

We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose. 

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Paige in the recruitment team paige.lyne@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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