Veterinary Surgeon -Join a very experienced team!

Are you looking for a supportive environment where you are encouraged to explore your interests? Paying up to £65,000 - If so, Hamilton Vets4Pets have the perfect opportunity for you.

• Excellent salary up to £65,000 (negotiable depending on experience and qualifications)
• Varied and interesting caseload providing a great opportunity to progress your skills or a specific interest
• 30-40 hours per week with options on shifts to allow a work pattern that suits, other hours can also be considered
• This will include 1 weekend day every 4 weeks
• Typically, our Veterinary Surgeons work 4 days a week giving them a great work life balance
• Your birthday off every year
• Supportive and experienced clinical team providing an excellent learning environment

Our team is led by practice owner and veterinary surgeon, Julie, and is made up of 7 Vets, 7 Nurses (including 1 SVN), 2 Practice Managers and a team of 7 reception staff. We have a wealth of experience in our vet team and have two team members currently undertaking certificates. Since opening in 2017 and we have grown into a thriving practice with a loyal client base resulting in a wide variety of cases coming through to us. We have recently invested in laparoscopy equipment and training and are able to offer this both to our clients and on a referral basis. In addition, we welcome a visiting orthopaedic surgeon where needed so whatever your clinical interest, or if you want to start or continue a certificate, we can support this.

In practice we run standard 15-minute consults, which are extended to 30 minutes for those more complicated cases, and we also schedule in regular slots to enable you to catch up and do paperwork.  We finish consults early to make sure our team can leave on time and if you don’t, we offer paid overtime. We utilise the skills of our nursing team, who undertake clinics and schedule 3 procedures helping to relieve the pressure on our Vets so they can focus on other aspects of the role. We hold clinical meetings twice weekly giving opportunity to discuss cases and ensure we are working the best way possible for ourselves and our patients.

What makes this role different for you

We are ideally looking for an experienced veterinary surgeon who would be happy doing occasional sole charge (Sundays only) however we can also support a recent graduate until they would be happy to do so. We understand everyone is at a different stage in their life and career so if you are looking for more part-time work please get in touch as we would still like to chat to you. No OOH’s or on call is required. 

Hamilton Vets4Pets is located on the outskirts of the town on Hamilton Palace Retail Park, just off the M74, making it well situated for anyone wishing to commute from other locations. Hamilton itself is under 30 minutes from Glasgow City Centre and under an hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports.

As well as providing in house support to pursue your interests, we offer an excellent benefits package. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Salary up to £65,000  FTE (negotiable DOE or for certificate holders)
• 5.6 weeks holiday + your birthday off every year
• Typically our Veterinary Surgeons work 4 days a week giving them an excellent work life balance but we can look at this if it doesn’t suit you
• Paid memberships (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
• Funded CPD and Certificates
• 20% discount at Vets4Pets, Pets at Home and the Groom Room

What you can offer us

Sharing our passion and commitment for high standards, will ensure you thrive within this role. With a confident and capable approach, the team would love someone who could bring new ideas and ambition to the team, as they are always looking for ways to improve and grow. As a Practice we are inclusive, embracing a supportive and non-judgement environment. 

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.
If you would like to hear more, please contact Rachael.bury@vets4pets.com and someone will get back to you within 1 working day 

Location: ML3 6AD

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!