Clinical Lead Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animals

Step into a leadership role where you can truly make an impact. Provost Veterinary Group is seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Lead Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly and well-established team in the beautiful seaside town of St Andrews. This is a fantastic opportunity for a vet ready to take the next step in their career, combining hands-on clinical work with leadership responsibilities. You’ll play a key role in shaping the clinical direction of the practice, supporting your colleagues, and ensuring we continue to deliver exceptional patient and client care.

Lead, support and inspire

• Provide clinical leadership and direction to the veterinary team
• Support and mentor new graduates and less experienced vets, helping them develop and thrive
• Work closely with the Practice Director to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the practice
• Drive high clinical standards and promote best practice across the team
• Maintain a varied caseload, with a balance of consultations and surgery

We’re looking for someone with strong clinical ability, excellent communication skills, and a genuine passion for team development and collaboration.

Rota patterns that work for you

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we know that work-life balance is key. This role offers full-time hours of 40 per week, typically across 4 or 5 days. There are no out-of-hours requirements, and the weekend commitment is limited to a 1 in 5 Saturday morning rota (8:30am-1pm), which is returned as time in lieu. We’re always open to discussing flexibility to ensure the role works for your lifestyle and commitments.

Why join Provost Vets?

Our modern, purpose-built practice in St Andrews is well-equipped with high-quality facilities, including two surgical theatres, a dental suite with dental x-ray, digital x-ray, endoscopy, an Imotek ultrasound machine, and a fully equipped in-house laboratory. We also have separate cat, dog and isolation wards and are proud to be a Cat Friendly Clinic. You’ll be joining a supportive and experienced team of six Veterinary Surgeons, six RVNs, and seven support staff, all working collaboratively to deliver excellent patient care. We actively encourage career development and will fully support and fund further certifications, particularly if you have a specific area of interest you’re keen to pursue.

Life in St Andrews

St Andrews is one of Scotland’s most iconic coastal towns, known for its world-famous golf courses, historic university, and stunning beaches. With its charming streets, vibrant community, and rich history, it offers an exceptional quality of life. Located just 30 minutes from Dundee and under two hours from Edinburgh and Glasgow, it’s perfectly positioned for both local living and wider travel. Whether you enjoy the outdoors, culture, or great food, St Andrews has something for everyone.

Because our people matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

• Work-life balance: 6.8 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
• Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline, Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay, Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
• Development: £1,250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata, Certificate support, Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy, Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider, All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding, All our Vets get £1,250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund, Infection Prevention and Control Programme, Quality Improvement Programme
• Professional Memberships: BVA membership, VDS cover, RCVS fees
• Colleague Benefits: Company pension scheme, IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well, Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria, Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you, Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers, Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice