At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to provide emergency care for pets in need.
- Company: Vets Now, the UK's leading provider of Emergency Veterinary Care.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, private medical insurance, and generous leave policies.
- Other info: Flexible shifts and excellent career progression opportunities await you.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in pets' lives while advancing your ECC skills.
- Qualifications: Passion for Emergency and Critical Care with veterinary experience.
The predicted salary is between 45 - 45 £ per hour.
Vets Now Bristol are welcoming out-of-hours (OOH) Veterinary Surgeon applications from Vets with a passion for Emergency and Critical Care to join their team. Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of Emergency Veterinary Care, with a nationwide network of out-of-hours clinics and 24/7 emergency hospitals. As part of Inspiring Vet Care, our teams make a difference to pets and their owners when they need us most.
Vets Now Bristol is a thriving clinic with an interesting caseload. Whether you are working a second job or looking to get more ECC experience, this is a great opportunity to further your own knowledge and work with a team who are passionate about progressing in the world of ECC.
The available shifts in this weekend role include working two weekends of day shifts every four weeks, plus a fair share of bank holidays. The shift times available typically include:
- 12.00-18.30 - Saturday day shift
- 08.30-18.30 - Sunday day shift
How many of the available shifts to be worked can be discussed further, depending on clinic requirements.
With our excellent training and development opportunities, you will have a platform to thrive in an out-of-hours environment. Working in this ECC setting you will see a varied caseload which will sharpen and develop your veterinary skills.
At Vets Now we recognise that our people are what makes us. That’s why we are continuing to invest in first class reward and recognition benefits and initiatives:
- Private medical insurance
- Membership of employee wellbeing programme
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
- Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
- 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
- Your birthday as a paid day off
- Paid volunteering days
- £1500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata
- ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
- Access to our Edge programmes
- RCVS fees, VECCS membership, VDS cover
- Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
- UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
- Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
- Death in service of two times annual salary
At Vets Now, we are passionate about training and the ongoing development of our employees. If this vacancy is of interest and you feel you would benefit from an enhanced induction into our business, then the below option may be perfect for you:
AdvantEdge - A programme for talented Vets that will fast track them into a successful emergency role. This programme includes 1 week of hands-on practical training and 20 hours of flexible case-based e-learning completed at your own pace. This blended approach is designed to help you start your career at Vets Now with confidence.
To be considered for this role, please click apply. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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