Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon
Midforest Vets, New Forest
Salary up to £66,000 DOE plus benefits

Join an established Small Animal Practice

We are looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our supportive team at Midforest Vets. Midforest Veterinary Practice has been established 35 years ago, with 2 branches, our larger site in Totton & Lyndhurst. Depending on your preference, we would be open to you working at Lyndhurst or Totton or both.
You will have a nice mix of consulting and operating. There will be occasional times of sole charge, so a Veterinary Surgeon with confidence, good communication skills and a team player is a must.

Clinical freedom with Midforest Vets

We encourage our Veterinary Surgeons to have clinical freedom, case independence, and continuity with an interesting and varied caseload. You’ll work in a supportive team environment, and we would happily support and encourage you in developing your own clinical interests and career advancement. We of course have the various in-house diagnostic equipment to aide you, along with a local IVC referral centre.

Rota Patterns that work for you

Typically, the full-time position is 40 hours, Monday – Friday, with Saturday mornings on a rotation. TOIL is given work during the week for working on a Saturday. There is no on-call as our OOH is covered by VetsNow. Our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours truly tips the scale on your work life balance. We know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it 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. We would welcome both full and part time applicants.

Join our supportive and experienced team

You will be joining our experienced team of 5 Veterinary Surgeons, 5 RVNs, 1 SVN and 5 receptionists/administrators. You will also be supported by our dedicated Practice Manager. You will be encouraged to work up your own cases and we have 2 excellent referral hospitals nearby for help with complicated cases. The opportunity for CPD and further learning is important to us, therefore we actively encourage and support this.

About us

Maintaining a good working environment for all staff is of high importance to us. We are right next door to the beautiful New Forest with its wild ponies, amazing footpaths and village pubs. You’d be close to both Bournemouth and Southampton cities. From Southampton you can easily get a train to the beautiful city of Winchester and it’s an hour’s train ride from Southampton to Central London. Don’t forget you also get the rest of the South coast to visit and explore. There are some wonderful local schools near us and in Southampton city, so it’s a great place for family life.

Because our employee's 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

• 6.6 weeks of holidays
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• 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

• £1,250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro rata plus additional day for management training
• Certificate support
• 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 £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund

• Professional Memberships
• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Relocation allowance up to £2000
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch.
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