Posted:
8/21/2024, 3:41:32 PM
Location(s):
Scotland, United Kingdom ⋅ Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom ⋅ City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom
Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary
If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.
Job Title: Veterinary Surgeon
Salary: £60,000 (dependent on experience)
Location: Greenside, St Boswells
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time 4 day working week (Working two days until 5.15 pm & two until 7.15 pm)
We welcome discussions regarding the ideal rota for you and can be flexible.
Your role and responsibilities
The right candidate for the role will be an enthusiastic, friendly Companion Animal and Large Animal Veterinary Surgeon, with good communication skills. This is a very rare opportunity for a vet to join our super friendly, family feel practice where we pride ourselves on providing a good work: life balance along with lots of on-the-job support for our colleagues.
We are looking for a lovely person to join our close-knit team. We take a fair share of ops and consulting but with preferences and special interests well understood and encouraged. We have a very open and honest management style and encourage regular feedback from our associates to get the very best working environment for everyone.
Greenside Vets is a mixed practice with a solid farm base and an ever-expanding quality companion animal. The role will be primarily small animal but with farm on-call. component. Our main site is well equipped including; a DR x-ray, new ultrasound, dental x-ray, bronchoscopy, gastroscopy, and multi-parameters. We have a growing orthopaedic caseload and perform some more advanced soft tissue procedures in-house too.
Our purpose-built Large Animal unit includes two Easi-scan ultrasound scanners, bull and tup fertility testing equipment and in-house hospitalisation facilities including a calf warmer alongside all the usual equipment. Our large animal caseload does not include equine and is mainly beef and sheep with minimal dairy work, some camelids and goats are seen too. We have pool cars meaning no smells in your own vehicle!
Our out-of-hours work is well supported with a dedicated nurse on call with the vet to assist where required. Our nurses expect to be called in! We have no routine weekend consulting and we give you Friday off after your weekend on call.
Benefits
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
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
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.
About us
We have a wonderful team at Greenside Vets and any new associate joining the team would be warmly welcomed. We are a friendly, enthusiastic, dedicated team who likes to enjoy social events together when we can.
Our team is supported by a large Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs), Patient Care Assistants (PCAs) and front of house team. As Veterinary professionals, we enjoy our working days together and are very supportive of each other. We have team members with lots of different interests and fully support ongoing study. Greenside Veterinary Practice is based in St Boswells in the stunning Scottish Borders, which is only 45 minutes from Edinburgh and an hour from Newcastle; all the access but without the price tag for property and with a wealth of amazing outdoor pursuits on your doorstep.
If you would like to apply for this position or discuss in more detail please contact [email protected]
Please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
Salary Value:£60,000 per annum;
Salary Description: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]
Website: https://linnaeusgroup.co.uk/
Headquarter Location: Solihull, Solihull, United Kingdom
Employee Count: 1001-5000
Year Founded: 2014
IPO Status: Private
Industries: Health Care ⋅ Veterinary