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Board Certified Soft Tissue Surgeon

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced soft tissue surgeon to join Northwest Veterinary Specialists.  The applicant needs to be a board certified (ECVS/ACVS/RCVS) surgeon. The position will be a purely soft tissue surgery role and the successful applicant must be keen to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. 

This exciting role will require the candidate to:

• Provide clinical services as a specialist consultant in soft tissue surgery cases.
• Work with the surgery team for the development of the soft tissue service
• Support and develop the surgery team, in particular by supervising and teaching residents, interns, and nurses
• Work collaboratively with all other services and foster good interdepartmental relationships
• Demonstrate professional standards that will advance patient care.
• Contribute fully to an equal share of the out of hours rota with time off in lieu following weekend cover.

Northwest Veterinary Specialists is a leading referral-only specialist small animal hospital in Cheshire.  We are a true multidisciplinary hospital with departments in orthopaedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, neurology, internal medicine, oncology, anaesthesia and diagnostic imaging.  Each of the clinical disciplines is staffed to European Diplomate or RCVS Specialist standards.  We run European approved residency programmes in small animal surgery, neurology and oncology.  The hospital is equipped to a very high standard and provides excellent inpatient facilities with qualified RVNs and veterinary interns on-site 24/7.  Imaging includes computed radiography, fluoroscopy (C-arm with digital subtraction and road-mapping), ultrasonography and on-site MRI and CT.

Benefits 

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and 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 
• 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 

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.  

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Sian Emery; [email protected]

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]