Job Description

ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR VETERINARY JOURNEY??!!

Sore Paws are looking for 2019-2022 graduate Vets to join our expanding team in our Winlaton, Tyne & Wear practice. If you feel you are ready for the next level to becoming a Senior Veterinary Surgeon, we have the position for you!

Our branches are located in a part of the world where home ownership is more accessible, and a higher standard of living is achievable on the salaries we offer our staff. A short distance from the beautiful Northumberland countryside, the coast, and more cosmopolitan centers such as Newcastle for city pleasure, and Durham for a medieval cathedral town, we feel there is something for everyone and any occasion.

THE PRACTICE

We are Vet GPD registered and our Newton Aycliffe branch is General Practice RCVS Practice Standards Scheme accredited. We are also a nurse training practice. Winlaton is a currently a 4 vet practice with a wonderfully diverse client base. Everyone who works here is supported in their professional development. Succession within the practice is also a possibility if you'd like to put down roots. We have every toy you could think of and a fully comprehensive in house IDEXX lab for the inpatient.

YOU

Leadership skills preferred but not essential. Leadership training supported, provided and encouraged. We want you to enjoy working as part of a close team and take the job, but not yourself, seriously. Attitude and work ethic is what we consider of highest importance and the rest will come. Impressive swearing will go in your favour!

THE TEAM

We won't mislead you and tell you we are an ordinary, normal practice because that's a lie. We are weird, and proudly so. We believe in coming to work and being the best that you can be at it, then going home and having a life outside of it also.

We have a scope of experience in our 4 Vet team from recent graduate to Surgery Certificate holder, as well as a sister practice for support. We have a close relationship with our nearby referral hospital.

Weekly Vet meetings are held and we have a designated Vet Slack group to bounce ideas around with the entire Veterinary team when a snap decision needs to be made. Our monthly Microsoft Teams journal club has become the beating heart of our approach to EBVM, enjoyed by clinical and non-clinical team members alike.

THE WORK

Varied case load, work scope from shoe string budgets to gold standard care Companion animal (some exotics thrown in for those that way inclined) 15 minute consultations Average of 34 hours/week with 1 in 4 days "on the road" locally as part of our Homecare Vet/Nurse team. No late nights, OOH or bank holidays 1 in 4 Saturday mornings (2.5hr consult only shift) Comprehensive facilities and equipment

BENEFITS PACKAGE:

Salary Range: 55,000 - 70,000 (Dependent on capability/certification) 4-day work week 6 working weeks annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata) Additional annual leave based on continuous service RCVS and VDS fees paid Company Pension Access to the UK's leading Employee Assistance Programme (3rd Party Professional Mental Health support) Access to Bright Exchange*, an online marketplace that offers free employee perks and discounts
Sore Paws Veterinary Clinic discounted products and services Continuing Professional Development (CPD) paid by the company following approval. Your birthday off every year if it falls on a working day Cycle to Work scheme UK Visa Sponsorship potential
If you're interested or would like to know more please email Sarah - recruitment@sorepawsvets.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 55,000.00-70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person