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Veterinary Surgeon
Location: 26A Cambridge Road, Milton, Cambridge Practice: Village Vet (Milton) Salary: £45,000 - £68,000 per annum, Depending on experience Practice Details
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We have a fantastic opportunity for a hospital based Veterinary Surgeon to join our Cambridge Milton team. This dynamic and exciting role will include consulting, surgery and hospital days. You will work closely with our existing team, including our OOH team, vet24, to provide around the clock care of an outstanding standard for a primary care practice. We have medicine and ECC certificate holders, and a reputation for excellent diagnostic imaging. We are well equipped to perform routine and ECC surgery, having also established a laparoscopic spay service over the last year or so. We have vets working towards surgery and cardiology certificates and work very much on an evidenced based, continuing learning approach as a team.
Milton is just north of the city of Cambridge and is performing at very high standards of care as well as being well equipped to maintain these high standards. A committed, stable, experienced and highly skilled team of permanent vets and nurses focus on ECC for our 5-site practice, as well as serving around 20 other local practices overnight and at weekends. The case load and capability is outstanding for a primary care practice. This role would find you working closely with this excellent team and provide a supportive and safe environment to develop your area of interest in companion animal medicine and surgery. This fantastic role would suit a veterinary surgeon with a minimum of 2 plus years' experience.
Village Vet Milton is one of the very few practices in Cambridgeshire accredited by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a Tier 3 Hospital. Our vets and nurses offer a comprehensive range of ECC veterinary services with a fully dedicated OOH team and a commitment that ‘it’s not out of hours for us’ !
With multiple certificate holders, including 3 x Advanced Practitioner ECC vets, this team boasts career development and will invest in you. Winners of the 2023 team 'Quality' award across the entire Linnaeus estate, this practice is a progressive, exciting, and brilliant place to be.
Rota: 42 hours over 4 routine weekdays, regular routine day off. Predictable pattern of rota, usually working 8.30-7pm. 1 in 4 weekends, with an additional day off the week beforehand and afterwards. This allows 2 x 3 day weeks, and 2 x 4 days weeks in a 4 week cycle.
Our Vision:
'To be recognised as an exceptional and trusted provider of primary veterinary care to our patients and clients within the communities that we serve. Every patient, every client, every visit'.
Village Vet is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary group with small and medium-sized primary care practices, four large 24-hour hospitals and a referral centre. Village Vet is based in London, Hertfordshire and Cambridge. We believe in supporting and investing in our staff, investing in our facilities and ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very best, primary care or specialist care. Our staff are motivated and encouraged to gain additional certifications across all levels of employment and we offer career progression within our group. We have a strong recognisable brand and we are looking for people who share our vision and our culture.
Benefits
- CPD budget and support for additional learning and certification
- Bonus scheme
- RCVS fees paid
- VDS membership
- Pension scheme
- Employee assistance programme for 24/7 wellbeing support
- Dedicated line management with a development pathway
- Vast Linnaeus free CPD including monthly film readings/journal clubs
- 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
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.
To apply, please complete the quick application form below. Alternatively, for more information, please contact Jimmy at jimmy.mcdowell@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
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]
