Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon

Location:

Colchester, Essex

Hours:

Full-time, 40 hours over 4 days
Practice:
Colne Valley, part of Linnaeus
Salary: £60,000 per annum DOE £5000 welcome bonus for direct applicants.

Good medicine, genuine clinical autonomy and a team you can lean on without sacrificing your life outside work. At Colne Valley, you'll enjoy a varied consulting and surgical caseload, colleagues to learn from and a four-day working week that puts work-life balance first.

A four-day week that works for you. Work 40 hours over four days, with a fixed day off to help you plan life outside work. The weekend rota is one in six, usually Saturday mornings from 8:30am to 1pm, with an additional Friday off after your weekend rota.

A genuinely varied caseload. Typically split your week between two consulting days and two theatre days, giving you the opportunity to enjoy both sides of first-opinion practice.

Clinical autonomy, with support when you need it. Take ownership of your cases and clinical decisions, knowing you have experienced colleagues around you to discuss cases and share ideas.

Room to develop your interests. Whether you're considering a certificate or keen to build your confidence in a particular area, we'll encourage your ambitions and support your ongoing development.

You don't need a specialism or bias to join us. The equipment and people to support good medicine. Work with modern diagnostic equipment, a strong nursing team and colleagues with a range of clinical interests, including imaging and exotics.

The team and practice:
An experienced team, genuine clinical support and room to make your mark. Colne Valley has been caring for pets in the Colchester community for over 75 years, and you'll be joining an established team of 10 vets, 11 nurses and a Clinical Nurse Manager. With this appointment bringing the veterinary team to 11, you'll be part of a substantial, collaborative group with a wealth of experience to draw on.

Our team includes a vet with a radiology certificate, another nearing completion of their radiology studies, a colleague working towards a surgery certificate, and vets with interests in imaging and exotics.

We aim to have around seven vets working on a typical day, giving you colleagues to discuss cases with, exchange ideas and learn from. You'll have the independence to take ownership of your cases and clinical decisions, without feeling that you have to work everything out alone.

A varied caseload, with the facilities and expertise to keep developing. This isn't a role where you'll be limited to routine consultations. Your week will typically be split between two consulting days and two theatre days, giving you the opportunity to enjoy both medical and surgical work.

Our purpose-built practice has five consulting rooms, a dedicated surgical theatre, a separate exotics ward, digital X-ray, ultrasound and three different types of endoscope. Whether you're keen to build on your existing skills, explore a new clinical interest or work towards a further qualification, you'll have colleagues to learn from and support to help you progress. We actively encourage further qualifications and professional development, so you don't need to arrive with a certificate or a particular specialism already in place.

We're investing in the team, not just the equipment.

We're also opening a new Client Care Manager role to strengthen the client experience and take pressure off the wider practice team. By giving client satisfaction and associated administrative responsibilities dedicated attention, the aim is to reduce the burden on clinical colleagues and the Practice Manager to allow them to focus more of their time and energy on patient care and their duties to keep clients,…