Senior Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

The Role
 
We are looking for a senior small animal vet to join our fabulous team at Park Issa! This is an exciting leadership opportunity in a busy GP practice, a chance to inspire clinical excellence, promote great client care and high standards of patient care. You will be working alongside an experienced team including Clinical Director, Practice Manager and 2 Head Nurses.

This is a part time role working 28 hours per week 8:30am-6:30pm Monday/Tuesday/Friday. But there may be flexibility with hours/days.
One in 8 weekends (Saturday shift 8:30am-4:30pm). We use VetsNow for our OOH but we do have facilities to keep in-patients overnight if required. 

The salary is up to £53,000 per annum, depending on experience.
 
 About Us
 
Our well-established practice is based in Oswestry; Shropshire near the Welsh border and we have a branch practice 20 minutes away near Wrexham. We pride ourselves on our committed client and patient care, we aim to give the best service possible. We have two operating theatres, an imaging suite with modern ultrasound and x-ray machines and a dental procedures room with dental x-ray. We have a broad caseload of medical and surgical cases and do our own basic orthopaedics including lateral suture and MMP cruciate repair and patella luxation. We have a large garden behind the practice often used to spend sunny lunch breaks or exercising inpatients.
 
About the Team and Culture
 
Park Issa is a memorable practice because of the wonderful team who works here. Made up of 1 small animal clinical director and 6 vets working a mix of hours, we have certificate holders in small animal medicine and surgery. Our team are willing to support you clinically and personally, and we value well-being and work-life balance, making it important to us to find the right people for the job and retain our staff. We have regular meetings to discuss cases, and someone is always around to give advice and support. 
 
Applicant Requirements
 
Our ideal candidate is an experienced vet with or without leadership experience, who is striving for great clinical standards, champions innovation and a great mentor/leader. You will have animal care at the heart of everything you do and enthusiasm for providing a high-quality service.

 

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

 

 

*5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays

*Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service

*Your birthday as a paid day off

 

 

*Private medical insurance

*Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

*Cycle to Work scheme

*Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing

*Non-accidental injury support

 

 

*CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro-rata

*Certificate support

*Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy

*Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider

*All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding

*All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund

*Infection Prevention and Control Programme

*Quality Improvement Programme

 

 

*BVA membership

*VDS cover

 

 

*Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers

*Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer

*Discounted staff pet care

 

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch.