Inpatient /Medical Veterinary Surgeon

Job Title: Inpatient /Medical Veterinary Surgeon

Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum FTE (dependent on experience)

Location: Calder Vets (Wakefield)

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time (Part-Time applications welcome)

Hours: 3 days per week (7.45 am-8.15 pm) Mon-Weds plus 1 in 4 weekends. (Opportunity to be full-time if preferred).

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Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a Vet with an interest in medicine and inpatient care to support the continuity of care for our hospitalised patients. This involves examination, making care plans and communicating with clients, as well as liaising with other vets in the team when imaging, investigative or surgical procedures are required. This role would possibly suit a recent graduate with an interest in medicine as it creates an opportunity for development with the support of more experienced colleagues. A key part of the role is also overseeing the handover of patient care to the night team. The role may also involve seeing some emergencies if required.

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

Calder Vets Dewsbury is a 24/7 Tier 3 Veterinary Hospital. We welcome referrals from across Yorkshire and we are proud to provide our own 24-hour on-site emergency care through our dedicated ECC night team. We offer a high-quality primary care service, including consultations, preventative healthcare, vaccinations, routine, non-routine and laparoscopic surgery, dentistry, and imaging (x-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, CT, visiting MRI). We are also able to offer middle-tier referrals in soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology, exotics and dermatology and we have our own state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre with physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and laser therapy.

We have a fantastic team across all 11 of our sites, and we all support each other. We often discuss clinical cases and get involved in social events. We have a large Vet team and are supported by experienced and dedicated nursing and front of house teams. 6 of our Vets are working towards certificates in Surgery, Imaging, Dermatology, Medicine, ECC and Ophthalmology.

Our ethos is clinical excellence, and we try and live by our Core Values. Client and patient care is at the heart of what we do, and we are proud to be a Cat-Friendly Clinic. We run on 15-minute consults as a minimum. Together, we are working towards becoming accredited as Investors in the Environment at Bronze level. Some things to know about us:

- Our ethos is clinical excellence

- Client and patient care are at the heart of what we do

- We are committed to supporting each other

- We prioritise mental health and wellbeing with a team of trained Mental Health First Aiders in the practice.

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