• Veterinary Surgeon

    Location: Walter Leigh Way, Leigh Hours: Full time Practice: My Pets Vets Salary: £60,000, Up to and Depending on experience Practice Details My Pets Vets

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Job Title: Veterinary surgeon

Salary: Up to 60,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: My Vets Pets – Manchester (Leigh)

Job Type: Full-time, permanent

Hours: 4 days (8.30am – 6.30pm) and one in five weekends (8.30am – 6.30pm) followed by a three-day working week with no solo working. 

Your role and responsibilities

Due to our continued success, we are looking to welcome an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to the team at our busy first opinion My Vets Pets Veterinary Hospital. 

We would welcome any certificate holders or Individuals working towards or looking to start a certificate will find us an experienced, forward-thinking, friendly and encouraging team who are constantly striving to improve standards for our patients, their owners, and our colleagues.

There is the opportunity for flexibility in your working hours so please talk to us about your requirements if you feel we may be the right fit for you.

The post includes rotating through our theatre and inpatient teams as well as consulting (15 minutes as standard) shifts.

As a busy hospital practice, there is the opportunity for flexibility in your position – for example the possibility of biasing your work towards inpatient care, orthopedic surgery, or a consulting-only position.

There is no out-of-hours work as our patients are cared for by our own team of night vets and nurses enabling us to work up our cases thoroughly.

You will be working alongside our experienced and hands on nursing team many of whom hold further qualifications.

Benefits

  • 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
  • RCVS and VDS fees paid
  • External CPD funded
  • 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
  • Employer contribution pension scheme
  • 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.

About us

The practice is friendly, forward thinking and encourages career progression through various CPD avenues, many of our current staff have or are participating in certificates and further training.

Here is a bit more about us:

RCVS accredited hospital status 

24 hour onsite care with dedicated OOH night team 

No OOH

Able to work up both medical and surgical cases to  a high standard 

Only 30mins from central Manchester and Liverpool train station & airport

Nurse training center

Gold cat-friendly status

silver rabbit-friendly status

Onsite hydrotherapy and rehabilitation centre with physiotherapist

Class IV laser therapy

15-minute appts

7 consult rooms  separate dog/cat/rabbit/ICU and isolation kennels

You will be joining an enthusiastic team of 15 vets  to continue to develop and grow our well-established  practice.

We would love to hear from you, please contact vicky.tanday@linnaeusgroup.co.uk if you have any questions about the role or to apply, please complete the application form below.

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 [email protected]

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