Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

Kernow Vet Group; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary practice in the City of London is seeking a dedicated vet to join their team. This full-time role offers the chance to perform a variety of surgeries and consultations while maintaining high standards of care. Enjoy a supportive team culture and a work-life balance with flexible scheduling. Competitive salary and benefits, including CPD support and additional leave, are provided.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private medical insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension contributions

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in veterinary surgery, including routine and complex procedures.
• Ability to conduct consultations with clients effectively.
• Strong teamwork skills and commitment to high standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Conduct surgeries and consultations in accordance with high practice standards.
• Maintain an organized and effective working environment.
• Participate in ongoing professional development and team training.

Skills

Surgery

Consultations

Team collaboration

Job description

New Malden Vets, Kingston upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames, London

Salary up to £65,000 DOE plus Relocation Allowance up to £5,000

Are you searching for a career where every day feels rewarding and meaningful? At New Malden Vets, we have the perfect opportunity waiting for you.

Our renowned veterinary practice is a haven for animal enthusiasts, we are proud to say that we offer an exceptional work environment that nurtures both professional growth and personal fulfilment. The day-to-day duties include consultations, surgery (routine and more complex including enterotomies, cystotomies, caesarean etc) with dedicated admin time. We work to high general practice standards and have an interesting, varied caseload.

Work life balance that flexes with you

Our full-time position is typically over 4 days with a mix of earlies and lates (1-2 per week) and 1 in 4 weekends (one full Saturday only). We have no out-of-hours. However, 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. We would welcome both full or part-time applicants and are happy to be flexible and work together to find a rota that would work for you.

Join us in a lovely part of the world – easy access to/from London

We are based in a lovely part of the world on the SW London/Surrey borders close to Wimbledon and Kingston-upon-Thames. Our location gives easy, fast access to London (25 minutes by train) and access out of London by car on the A3 if you want to head to the coast.

Our facilities including Gold Standard ‘Cat Friendly Clinic‘ status

We strive for high standards of general practice and are lucky to have a wide range of equipment and services to offer. We have four consulting rooms, a dedicated prep room and theatre, a separate dental area as well as an x-ray, digital/dental ultrasound room, multiparameter anaesthetic monitors, bronchoscopy, and a full surgical kit. We hold Gold Standard ‘Cat Friendly Clinic‘ status and have separate cat and dog waiting rooms and kennels which allows for minimal stress for all of our patients. Depending on your special interests, we are always keen to invest in more equipment.

Join our fantastic team

We are a friendly team of varying experience including 4 Vets, 2 Clinical Directors, 1 Practice Manager, 5 RVNS, 2 Students, 1 VCA and 7 Receptionists. Our clinical team have a huge variety of interests from surgery to emergencies, cardiology to opthalmology and although we do not have any certificate holders, we encourage all our team to implement gold standard learnings into clinical practice.

We are proactive about encouraging CPD and sharing the knowledge with the team including clinical clubs which are lovely sociable Vet evenings where we share the most recent attended training. We aim to give every team member a great quality of life and learning/working experience feeling supported with an open, caring structure. Our culture is one of support and encouragement on every level to maintain our gold standard of care.

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 annual leave
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
• 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

• £1250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro rata
• 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 £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional

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

14 Burlington Road, New Malden, Kingston upon Thames, KT3 4NY, United Kingdom

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, 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.

Any questions before applying?

Speak to Michael Middleton from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.