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Our Village Vet Whittlesford Hospital have a new position for a Veterinary Surgeon to join their day team on a 1 year fixed term contract.

Village Vet Whittlesford is our flagship hospital supporting the Cambridge area. The state-of-the-art building, completed in 2013, provides an exceptional environment for our clients and staff. Built on the site of our old practice, we maintain a local focus and are committed to serving our community as well as providing support and referral facilities to the wider area. The hospital provides a full range of services from routine preventative health care to advanced surgery and medicine. Our great team of Vets, Nurses and Receptionists are dedicated to providing a high level of compassionate care for your pets. Our team has established a trusted reputation in Whittlesford and surrounding areas in Cambridge.

Village Vet Whittlesford will consider a full-time or part-time rota. This role is responsible for delivering clinical care to the hospital's patients and making all interactions with clients fully focused on delivering value and exceptional service. We can offer flexible hours and permanent or fixed-term contracts.

Village Vet Whittlesford is a well-established, purpose-built small animal hospital. Our facilities are modern and well equipped with full digital diagnostic facilities, an on-site laboratory, full operating theatres, and separate dog and cat hospital wards. We have a very experienced and empathetic team of vets, nurses and support staff, many with extra qualifications, to ensure that clients receive the best care available. We take pride in our excellent reputation for friendliness and a high level of expertise. Meet some of the existing team here and see what they have to say about being part of the Village Vets team! Why do our vets love working at Village Vet Cambridge? on Vimeo

Responsibilities:

• Patient/Clinical care Working to a high level of clinical care within a team. Village Vet prides itself on working to a very high standard of care and supports RCVS Practice Standards Scheme
• Client care We strive for exceptional levels of client service and satisfaction
• Teamwork Working within your team, and the wider hospital teams, to contribute your skills, efforts and personal strengths to help ensure a harmonious team ethos at all times
• Management team: You will be fully supported and developed to allow you to grow and achieve your full potential.

Benefits

• Village Vet Bonus Scheme
• 5 weeks' holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmes
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance programme
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

About us

'To be recognised as an exceptional and trusted provider of primary veterinary care to our patients and clients within the communities that we serve. Every patient, every client, every visit.

Village Vet is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary group with small and medium-sized first opinion practices, four large 24-hour hospitals and a referral centre. Village Vet is based in London, Hertfordshire and Cambridge. We believe in supporting and investing in our staff, investing in our facilities and ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very best, modern first opinion or specialist care. Our staff are motivated and encouraged to gain additional certifications across all levels of employment and we offer career progression within our group. We have a b recognisable brand and we are looking for people who share our vision and our culture. We have over 330 staff members across our 32 sites and are very proud of our achievements and our reputation in the veterinary profession.

At 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.

Salary Value:£60,000 per annum;

Salary Description:Up to, 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]