Veterinary Surgeon

Job Title: Veterinary Surgeon 

Salary: Up to £58,000 (Dependent upon experience) 

Location: Village Vets Cambridgeshire 

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time 

Hours: 42 hours a week – 4 day week with 1 routine day off, with 1 daytime weekend in 4. Friday off after working the weekend. Predictable pattern of weekly working. 

Are you passionate about delivering high standard clinical care, while building lasting relationships with clients and fellow colleagues? 

Village Vet has an exciting opportunity for a veterinarian with at least 2+ years' experience to work at our Cambridge sites, primarily based at our Whittlesford and Royston practices but may be expected to cover other sites. Sharing your time between Whittlesford, covering consults and op days and working to provide a high quality primary care general practice experience for our patients and clients. Royston is our smaller branch site, which is sole charge but works closely with both the experienced Whittlesford team and our 24hr hospital at Milton. 

Village Vet provide first-class veterinary care to the pets of Cambridge, Whittlesford, Royston and surrounding villages. Our friendly team have established a loyal client following in the heart of the community in the south of the Cambridge region. 

Responsibilities 

• Patient/Clinical care: Working to 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 always ensure a harmonious team ethos 

• Management Team: You will be fully supported and developed to allow you to grow and achieve your full potential 

Benefits 

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave 

• RCVS and VDS fees paid 

• CPD £1000 allowance with 5 days to attend CPD courses 

• Access to an extensive range of clinical and non-clinical learning and development programmes 

• Career progression opportunities 

• Staff discount schemes 

• Life Assurance 

• Enhanced sickness pay 

• Enhanced equal family leave 

• E-car salary sacrifice scheme 

• Wellness program including: 

• Gym membership discount 

• Employee assistance program 

• Eyecare voucher scheme 

• Free annual Flu jab 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Recruitment referral reward scheme 

Village Vet Cambridgeshire 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