Mixed Veterinary Surgeon

New or recently qualified additional Vet required to join great team of 8 vets and practice that enjoy providing high standards of care for their patients. Mixed SA/farm 75/25% practice. Good work-life balance, 1 in 7 rota nights/weekends (1^st and 2^nd on-call so great support).  4.5-day weeks (and 1 in 7 weeks are 4-day weeks).

Location

Coastal West Dorset, 2 miles from the beach at West Bay, 10 miles from Lyme Regis, 15 miles from Dorchester, 20 miles from Weymouth.

There are lots of holidaymakers who come to this area as it really is beautiful – with beaches, coastal walks/cycling, lovely places to visit and plenty of hills and picturesque countryside too. Bridport is a bustling market town with a market twice a week and a leisure centre with swimming pool. There are various events on through the year.

You get to enjoy driving around this lovely area whilst out on house/farm visits and admire the views!

The Practice

• We are proudly independent!
• Friendly, supportive, great team of people – our team is a great asset
• Approx 75% SA, 25% farm animal (a few horses/donkeys) Currently 3 Directors who run an independent practice and 5 assistant vets, with a wealth of experience who enjoy working with each other and genuinely support each other
• Fabulous nurse team - all RVNs
• Great reception and support team who really care
• We enjoy showing off our team with our up-to-date website
• We are a busy practice with a great variety of cases and lovely clients
• Purpose-built spacious practice on one site, which extended in 2012. We have a lot of space inside and out. Separate staff and client car parks
• We have a great reputation locally and acquire new clients through local recommendations
• Open 8.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm Saturday
• We have RCVS Tier 2 PSS for small animal and farm animal
• Our aim is to excel in patient and client care and communication as well as look after each other
• We all enjoy doing our best and performing high standards of care. We strive to improve whenever we can. We discuss any interesting/difficult cases and learn from those that haven’t gone so well in order to improve
• We hold regular meetings for the whole team and within each department
• We have our own IT support so that any problems get fixed quickly

Small Animal:

• We have 4 consulting rooms
• We have a spacious prep room with several work stations, dog, cat and isolation wards, 2 theatres (1 dental theatre including dental x-ray), imaging room (digital x-ray, ultrasound and rigid endoscopy), piped oxygen
• Lots of other equipment: BP Doppler, ECG, in-house blood machine, microscope, orthopaedic equipment, infusion pumps, etc
• We are cat friendly (International Cat Care Silver level Cat Friendly practice) with separate waiting areas for dogs and cats with stands for cat baskets and a separate cat ward (see our virtual tour on our website)
• We see quite a few holidaymakers over the summer months and associated coastal problems such as dogs falling from local cliffs, dogs swallowing fish-hooks and Adder bites

Farm Animal:

• Dairy, beef, sheep as well as other species and small holders
• CHECS/SAHPS herd/flock accreditation schemes, BVD ‘Stamp it out’ and Red Tractor Health Schemes
• There is some TB testing, but it is minimal because we have a lay2 TB testers (ATTs)
• Interherd use and 2 Easi-scanners
• Farmer training and meetings

The Role

• Full-time Veterinary Surgeon, average 37 hours/week (plus on-call)
• 15 min consultations
• Combination of consultations, surgical mornings, farm calls and house visits
• We encourage you to take your lunch break and finish on time whenever possible
• 1 in 7 1^st on call and 1 in 7 2^nd on call, for weekday nights and weekends (new grad – no on-call for the 1^st 6 weeks)
• Back-up from 2^nd on-call vet and nurses available
• 4.5-day week (1 afternoon off each week Monday to Thursday for 6 out of 7 weeks, then 1 in 7 weeks (after a weekend 1^st on call, 4-day week with no weekday nights on call (all 5pm finishes) and a long weekend off Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
• Every week has minimum of two 5pm finishes
• Friday night on-call is only for the 2 vets working that weekend (so if you’re off for a weekend, you finish Friday 5pm)
• Last consult is 5.45pm every weekday
• Week after 1^st on call weekend, 4-day week, finish 5pm Thursday, long 3 day weekend off.

Successful Candidate

We are looking for an enthusiastic vet who wants to work in a progressive mixed practice.

We would like a team-player, as well as someone who can work well on their own, to high standards.

We would welcome someone who wants to be part of a happy team and feel appreciated.

We would like someone who enjoys seeing clients, communicates well and wishes to offer an excellent service to them and their pets/herd/flock.

The Package

• Excellent salary package, commensurate with experience
• RCVS, BVA and VDS membership
• Access to practice memberships as well as practice library eg ISFM, BCVA, BSAVA
• Business and CPD mileage at 45p/mile
• Landline phone rental
• Mobile phone provided
• 5 days funded CPD (interests are encouraged), up to £1250
• Pension (auto-enrolment) 3 % employer and 5 % employee contributions
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and day off in-lieu of a bank holiday worked 1^st on call, half day off in lieu of bank holiday 2^nd on call) Equivalent to 5.6 weeks hol (+ bank hols)
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme 24-hour helpline see www.healthassuredeap.com
• Regular staff and vet meetings, case discussions and clinical governance
• Discounts for staff pets
• Flu jab annually (optional)

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