Description
ECC Veterinary Surgeon - West Midlands
- Salary up to £66,000 DOE
- 6-week rolling rota with 3 weeks off
- Combination of day, evening and night shifts
- Enhanced sickness pay and equal family leave
A great opportunity has arisen for an Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Surgeon to join the team at a stunning, purpose-built veterinary hospital in the West Midlands. They are one of the leading small animal referral centres in the world, having been delivering the highest possible standard of pet healthcare for over 30 years.
Their vision is to provide an unrivalled clinical, patient, client and team experience that is recognised for excellence across the world. They can offer exciting opportunities for vets who share their commitment to excellence and a desire to provide world-class care and customer service. With the benefit of superb imaging and anaesthesia facilities, as well as specialists working in every discipline, they provide a truly rewarding working environment. Their service teams include Orthopaedics, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Oncology, Soft Tissue Surgery, Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency and Critical Care, Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Diagnostic Imaging and Physiotherapy.
In-patient care is a priority and includes 24-hour veterinary and nursing cover, with support from a team of emergency vets and Interns. The hospital facilities are of the highest quality, including on-site Siemens 64-slice CT, Siemens 1.5T MRI, two in-theatre mobile image intensifiers, two digital radiography rooms, ultrasonography, electro diagnostics, video endoscopy and an extensive range of advanced surgical equipment.
This role will provide you with a unique opportunity to provide emergency care for a wide range of cases from local primary care practices and deliver exceptional inpatient care to emergency cases requiring prolonged hospitalisation and to critical cases. You will be supported by a dedicated team of Emergency nurses and night nurses, as well as their ECC specialists.
You will be working on a 6-week rota with a combination of working day, evening, and overnight shifts, as well as 3 weeks off built in to allow a great work life balance.
The rota consists of:
Week 1: Monday-Sunday - 7am-5pm shifts
Week 2: Off shift
Week 3: Monday-Sunday - 4pm-2am shifts
Week 4: Off shift
Week 5: Off shift
Week 6: Monday-Friday - 12pm-10pm shifts
The successful applicant would ideally have at least two years' experience in small animal practice and share their values of providing the best possible levels of care. There will be ample support and great case exposure for those interested in enrolling on a certificate or plenty of scope to develop your skills further.
Role:
- Salary up to £66,000 DOE
- 6-week rolling rota with 3 weeks off
- Combination of day, evening and night shifts
Benefits:
- 25 days per annum plus bank holidays plus birthday day, pro-rata for part-time
- External CPD funded
- Certificate support
- Internal CPD opportunities
- Career progression opportunities
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- Bonus scheme
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee assistance programme for 24/7 wellbeing support
- Enhanced sickness pay and equal family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Wellness program, including gym membership discount, eyecare and free annual Flu jab
- Staff discount schemes
If this sounds like the role for you, please contact Will on 01904 570056 or email me at w.kovach-ward@purovets.com
To view all our vacancies, please visit www.purovets.com
And don't forget, if this position is of no interest to you but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on our details. We offer £250* for every successful candidate referral. *Terms and conditions apply.
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