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Veterinary Surgeon
Location: Palmerston Veterinary Hospital, 93 Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex Salary: £65,000 per annum, depending on experience
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Job Title: Veterinary Surgeon
Location: Palmerston Vets, Buckhurst Hill
Role Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, average 41.5 hours a week. 2 in 6 Saturdays with 1 night per week on call for inpatients only.
Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on experience
We are looking for a confident Veterinary Surgeon to join our well-equipped Buckhurst Hill clinic in East London!
At Palmerston Veterinary Group, we are proud to be a long-established and trusted name in veterinary care across Essex and East London. Since opening our first clinic in Buckhurst Hill in 1986, we have built a reputation for delivering expert, compassionate, and personal care to pets and their owners in the local community. This is a full time GP Vet position with our wonderful Buckhurst Hill team, whilst we are searching for a full time team member here, we also welcome applicants who are interested in joining our Romford clinic, where we can accommodate part-time hours.
You will be welcomed by the entire team, including Sarah, our Practice Manager -'I have been part of the Palmerston Veterinary Group team for 23 years. I am a qualified veterinary nurse but have been Practice Manager for the past 8 years. I have 4 adorable rescue cats at home. Team culture and wellbeing is important to me and the leadership team. I enjoy working with the line managers to ensure that we are all having positive talks, a growth mindset, collaborating, engaging the team so they all have job satisfaction and providing them with the skills to develop and reach their full potential."
Why Join us
- Become part of a progressive team, we are very supportive of development within the team and always welcome conversations around additional qualifications.
- An interest in Surgery, Medicine would be welcomed and supported, we also welcome discussions around interests in other disciplines.
- Buckhurst Hill is a short walk from the central line, you can be in Central London in 25minuets!
- We have a very loyal and established client base and offer an interesting GP caseload.
- Inpatients are cared for on-site at Buckhurst Hill by the nursing team, offering fantastic continuity to patients and clients. OOH’s emergencies are covered by Forest Vets nearby, meaning the on call rota is for inpatient emergencies only and is very rare!
- We are very proud of our fantastic nursing team who are very pro-active and love what they do.
What we are looking for:
- Confidence with routine surgery and consults
- Ability to work in a sole charge Vet environment (with the support of our nursing and CCA team)
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- Accommodation provided if needed
- RCVS & 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
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
Palmerston Vets is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.
At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best – care for pets.
We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Paige in the recruitment team paige.lyne@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
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Part of an amazing global family
Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
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 for all our associates.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
