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Form of workSalary: Up to £60,000 (D.O.E.)
Location: Alder Vets, Guildford
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 4-day week (40 hours) 1 in 4 Saturdays, no OOH
Are you looking to work with a progressive, forward-thinking, and motivated team?
Is work-life balance and job satisfaction important to you?
Look no further! We are looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly and supportive team!
Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join our amazing team here at Alder Vets. The ideal candidate will be confident in both general surgery and medicine but full support from the team and CD is always available, case discussions are encouraged to ensure our patients receive excellent clinical care. Someone who is friendly, with good communication skills and keen to be part of a great team is essential. A Certificate holder would be preferred but non-certificate holders will also be considered for the role (salary to be reviewed)
We currently have some exotic caseload, with the capacity to grow and develop this discipline if you wish.
Alder Veterinary Practice is a small animal veterinary clinic based in Guildford, where we pride ourselves on providing the highest standard of veterinary care in a professional and friendly environment. Following a £1.4m investment, Alders is the flagship primary care practice for Linnaeus.
- Delivering a high level of clinical care to standards in conjunction with the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme
- The delivery of client satisfaction to an exceptional level as defined by Alder and Croft Vets. This includes making all your interactions with clients fully focused on delivering value, exceptional service, and warmth to the clients
- Teamwork Working within the team, to contribute your skills, efforts, and personal strengths to help always ensure a harmonious team ethos.
We provide an excellent rota which gives our associates a great work/life balance. If you would like to work in a great practice with a good range of equipment and a fantastic team, then we would love to hear from you. We also have a gym/swimming pool next door - and we get discount!
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + 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
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
About us
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.
Alder and Croft Vets is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary clinic with small and medium-sized primary care practices. 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, modern first opinion 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 are looking for people who share our vision and our culture.
At our specialist clinic, we are proud of our advanced facilities which include. Separate dog, cat & exotic wards, 2 theatres, imaging suite, dental suite, large consult rooms including cat only, digital radiography, endoscopy, ultrasound, and in-house blood analysis and dedicated staff room.
Our team have a wide range of interests including feline medicine, internal medicine, pain management, teaching, surgery, behavioural cases, sustainability, laparoscopy, and ophthalmology with access to peripatetic orthopaedic vets and a visiting cardiologist.
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.
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.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Lissa in the recruitment team lissa.semerdak@linnaeusgroup.co.uk or call 07523268918
