Description

Veterinary Surgeon

Location
Ickenham
Practice
Goddard Vet Group
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Hours
Full & Part-Time
Goddard Vet Group
13 June 2024

Situated in the heart of Ickenham, a small village in Greater London, is an established practice that is looking for a vet who thrives with being part of the community and is the “go to” vet for their beloved pets.


Before we delve into the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:


The salary band for this 40 hourly week role inclusive of weekend rotation is £57,000 to £73,000 depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role.


There are no on-call requirements for this role.




As a Goddard Vet, you’ll benefit from:


-6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
-Generous relocation assistance
-CPD budget every year
-5 days’ paid CPD leave every year
-Flexible working options
-Private Medical Insurance
-Colleague introduction reward
-24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
-Medical cashback plan. Refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more
-Professional membership fees covered
-Shopping discounts
-Generous colleague discounts
-Petplan 20% colleague discount


About the role


In this GP first option role you will be conducting morning consultations, performing any routine surgeries during the day, then rounding up with evening consults.


You will be fully supported by an incredible support team including Dawn and Alison, who have been at the practice for over 20 years and are very proud of the reputation the practice has built.


In addition, you will be supported by a dedicated regional manager, and regional head vet to help you with any areas of clinical support you may need.


This is a full-time 4-day week sole charge position, although we would be happy to explore part-time options.


Your full-time 40 hours are inclusive of a 1:3 branch Saturday and 1:8 hospital Sunday rotation, in addition to 2 bank holidays per year in Mandeville Hospital with time off in lieu.


Although sole-charge, you will be fully supported by our 24-hour Mandeville Hospital in Northolt that is just a 10-minute drive from the practice, if you did need to refer any of your clients and their pets for more extensive treatment, or overnight hospitalisation.


There is state of the art diagnostic support at the hospital with a new CT scanner, a diploma holder in imaging providing our CT and ultrasound service, a strong medical team, and experienced surgeons routinely conducting advanced orthopaedic, soft tissue, and minimally invasive surgery all available on site.


Ickenham’s location is ideal with 2 main access roads including the M25 just 10 minutes away, yet it has the quint essential village feel.


Ickenham also has an underground tube station on the metropolitan line, which takes you all over London within a few short stops, including Kings Cross and Liverpool Street.


About us


In 2022 we celebrated our 70th anniversary and have 46 branches, 3 hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors, communicating real time updates, taking polls with live Q&A’s to ensure we’re making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all our new starters.


If you can see yourself in this role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!

We are committed to providing a fair recruitment process with equality of opportunity for all, and our vacancies are open to those from all backgrounds.