Job Description

Are you looking for a practice that will support you reaching your potential by providing great clinical support, offers a generous CPD allowance and will pay up to 60,000 (DOE, FTE)?

You will join a supportive working environment with a lovely, friendly team and a fantastic learning culture where we are continually striving to provide the very best level of care for our patients

You will work alongside vets with a certificate in surgery allowing more complex soft tissue and orthopaedics to be completed in practice

As a practice we support all interests from diagnostic imaging and internal medicine to surgery!

The ability to work to gold standard utilising the in-house digital X-ray, IM3 dental X-ray, ultrasound, laboratory, surgical suite, class IV laser therapy machine, separate dog/cat/isolation wards

Great work life balance on offer with no OOH, no Sundays and only 1:3 Saturdays

We will give you the same day off each week allowing you to plan work around your other commitments

Generous CPD, 2000 per annum

Get your Birthday off!

About us:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Veterinary Surgeon to join our wonderful team here at Brighouse. This role would suit someone of at least 2 years experience who is really wanting to progress in their career and further develop their interests.


Vets4Pets Brighouse is a busy, growing practice that has been opened since late 2016. Caroline, our senior vet, became Practice Owner in May 2021 and is joined by a team of 2 other vets, 3 RVNs, 2 SVNs, a VCA, 4 receptionists and our practice manager Stephanie who is also Practice Owner, partnering with Caroline.


Caroline has a certificate in surgery and performs several advanced procedures - soft tissue and orthopaedics. She is also working towards a certificate in ophthalmology. We also investigate and treat the majority of our medical cases in-house to give our patients the very best level of care. This is what makes us unique - we provide a personal service to our clients as we are a small, close-knit team, but we can offer advanced procedures that many other small practices cannot.


Brighouse is a vibrant market town, located on the River Calder and within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. Brighouse is conveniently placed just four miles east of Halifax and 12 miles south-west of Leeds city centre. A huge bonus to commuters living in Brighouse are the direct and indirect trains regularly running down to London and back.

What can we offer you?

A supportive working environment with a lovely, friendly team and a fantastic learning culture where we are continually striving to provide the very best level of care for our patients The ability to work to gold standard utilising the in-house digital X-ray, IM3 dental X-ray, ultrasound, laboratory, surgical suite, class IV laser therapy machine, separate dog/cat/isolation wards Excellent clinical support and career development, certificates supported and encouraged. Good work-life balance Competitive salary up to 60k dependent on experience Generous CPD, 2000 per annum Paid memberships - RCVS, BSAVA, BVA, VDS Company pension scheme, income protection and life insurance cover Exclusive company discounts with Vets4Pets and Pets at Home 5 weeks holiday and birthday off No out of hours

What do we want from you?

This is a full time (40 hour) role, 4 day weekday rota (same day off every week), with a Saturday rota of 1 in 3 You should have good basic surgical and consulting skills To have enthusiasm for learning and the passion and drive that we all do to provide excellent client and patient care by working cases up to gold standard And most importantly to enjoy having fun in an amazing team despite what wonders this job can throw at us day to day!

For more info email your CV to caroline.stirk@vets4pets.com or contact Rach at Northvet@vets4pets.com and someone will get back to you within 1 working day.

Pets just see people. They aren't biased and they don't discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so 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!