Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon, full or part time 
Gatehouse Vets Haworth, Bradford 
UP to £70,000 DOE (pro rata for part-time), up to £5000 relocation allowance, welcome bonus of up to £5000 (pro rata for part-time), plus sponsorship available if required

 
A Vet Surgeon role that you can make your own 

We’re looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to work between all three of our sites, you’ll be spending most of your time at our Haworth branch. We can offer a well-balanced caseload between surgery and medicine. We can weight your caseload towards your own clinical interests and we’re happy to offer financial support towards further certificate study. You’ll be in an environment that ensures your Professional and personal development.  If you are a passionate vet surgeon and would like the opportunity to work up your own caseload plus be able to carry out many of the procedures in-house this could be the perfect role for you. 

Work-life balance that works for you

Our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours truly tips the scale of your work-life balance. We know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it brilliantly easy for you to strike the right balance. Whether you are looking to fix or flex your work patterns, we can find the right solution for you. A typical full-time role would involve working 40 hours per week over 4 weekdays along with our 1:4 Saturday rota. There’s no out-of-hours or on-call required! 

About us

Gatehouse Vets is a wonderful three site group. We have fantastic facilities such as digital x-ray, in house lab equipment, dental x-ray, operating theatre, prep cat ward and dog kennels. We are a training practice, and all our surgeries are part of the practice standards scheme, achieving outstanding awards. Our practices are well-equipped, and we boast an individual species wards. We are big on personal development and currently have a Veterinary Surgeon with a certificate in feline medicine and another with a fear Free certificate. We fully encourage development and can offer certificate support. Our experienced nursing team also boast certificates in Emergency and Critical Care, Advanced Feline Nursing, Dentals and Exotics.
Listen to what our team have to say about life at Gatehouse here!
 

A fantastic location that offers the best of both worlds

Haworth is a charming small village located in the Pennine hills of West Yorkshire, whilst still being well connected to city life with direct transport links to Bradford Leeds and Manchester. Made famous by its former residents, the literary Bronte sisters whose famous works include Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. The Keighley Worth Valley steam railway also stops at Haworth on its journey between Keighley and Oxenhope, taking in the beautiful countryside, excellent shops, restaurants and accommodation. 

Because our employees matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

Work-life balance

• 7.6 weeks annual leave
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support

Development

• £1200 CPD allowance 5 days paid pro rata
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

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