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Salary: Up to £65,000 Negotiable and dependent on experience

Location: Alder Vets, Guildford

Job Type: Permanent. Full-time.

Hours: 40 hours per week over 4 days, 1 in 4 Saturdays (8am-4pm) No OOH

Alder Veterinary Practice is seeking an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join our amazing team!

If you are ready to enhance your skills and thrive in a state-of-the-art clinic with outstanding equipment, Alder Vets is the ideal destination for you.

Alder Vets is a purpose-built clinic, equipped with modern cutting-edge facilities, including diagnostic imaging, digital radiography, laparoscopic spay kit, endoscopy, ultrasound, and in-house blood analysis, fully operational orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery suite with huge potential for expanding our surgical caseload (we have a peripatetic orthopaedic surgeon who is very happy to teach and support and a soft tissue cert holder who is also keen to teach and develop), inpatient care, and dentistry with room to grow other services such as exotics, diagnostic imaging, and feline medicine (with our dedicated cat waiting area, consult room, and procedure suite).With the majority of our clients carrying insurance, you'll have the opportunity to elevate case management to exceptional standards.

Our ideal candidate will be confident in both general surgery and medicine, but you’ll have support from us, our excellent nursing team with years of experience, and the wider Linnaeus team, if needed. The most important thing is that you’re friendly, empathetic, and have excellent communication skills.

We strongly believe in investing in our staff, too. Career progression and CPD (including certificates) are encouraged and funded for all staff. If there is an area or discipline, you’d like to explore, we’re keen to develop this.

On top of this, we have an excellent rota which gives our associates a great work-life balance. 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

Alder Veterinary Practice is the flagship primary care practice for Linnaeus. Following a £1.4m investment, we now have a cutting-edge practice to help us achieve our goal to provide an exceptional service to every patient, every visit. We are a VetsNow host providing inpatient emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year enabling continuity in cases and patient care.

We were incredibly proud to have been shortlisted for the BVHA Practice Design Awards 2023 in association with The Veterinary Edge. This recognition is a testament to our commitment to providing a state-of-the-art environment for both our clients and their beloved pets. Alongside this, we are proud to be an accredited silver-level (now aiming for gold!) Cat-Friendly Clinic and members of the ISFM (International Society of Feline Medicine) and are working towards an Investors in the Environment (iiE) accreditation.

We are situated at the heart of Queen Elizabeth Park, offering the perfect blend of fitness, relaxation, and convenience all in one location. You can take a stroll in the park, grab a cup of coffee, and take care of your grocery shopping. Sports enthusiasts will appreciate the proximity to Surrey Sports Park, a facility with an Olympic-sized swimming pool, climbing amenities, and home to the Surrey Scorchers basketball team. Additionally, there's Guildford Spectrum, where you can explore activities such as ice-skating or watch the Guilford Flames ice-hockey team in action.

We actively work to foster a kind, caring team spirit with regular social meetups and getting involved in events to support the local community.

Being part of 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 have an informal chat to discuss this further, please get in touch with Lissa at [email protected] or call 07523268918

Salary Value:£65,000 per annum;

Salary Description:Salary up to and depending on experience;

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.

Why Linnaeus?

-    We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets

-    We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet

-    We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion

-    We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.

We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or for more information or please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]