Lead Veterinary Surgeon - Brook Green, West London

Brook Green is a supportive and exciting first opinion practice with a friendly team who will help provide excellent contextualised care for our patients and clients.

Our newly refurbished Brook Green clinic in the heart of West London, are looking for an engaged and motivated Lead Veterinary Surgeon to provide excellent, kind and personal clinical care to the pets of Brook Green (W6).  

At Village Vet, we encourage you to develop your skills and follow your interests, so if you want to take on a certificate, this will be supported. We really want our practices to be a place where you can enjoy being a vet and work up your cases as much as possible, so we are always open to innovative ideas on how to achieve this, whether that involves further training or investing in new kit. We also benefit from a peripatetic surgeon (CertSAS), visiting a neighbouring practice which allows us to keep our orthopaedic cases in-house. For those tricky cases and overnight care, we are supported by our 24-hour hospital in Hampstead and a network of referral centres including London Vet Specialists, Davies and NDSR.  

We schedule our days to include a mix of consults and surgery so you will have the opportunity to practice and hone your skills. We have time built into the day to catch up on admin, make phone calls and have a break. Our weekend rota is just 1:4 consulting shifts only (total of 5 hours) We are open to offering a 4 or 5 day week, whichever suits you better.

The role would involve managing an experienced team and a great step if you are looking for more responsibility in your career. You would be closely supported by your regional operations and Clinical director in all matters to help your growth in the role.

Responsibilities 

·       Patient/Clinical care - Delivering a high level of clinical care to standards in conjunction with the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme 

·       Client care - The delivery of client satisfaction to an exceptional level as defined by Village Vet. This includes making all your interactions with clients fully focused on delivering value, exceptional service and warmth to the clients 

·       Teamwork– Working within the team, to contribute your skills, efforts and personal strengths to help always ensure a harmonious team ethos. 

Benefits 

•                 Village Vet bonus scheme 

•                 Great rota 

•                 Certifications encouraged and funding available 

•                 5 weeks' holiday + bank holidays + birthday leave 

•                 RCVS and VDS fees paid 

•                 External CPD funded 

•                 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. 

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. 

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 70,000 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. 

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. 

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk