Veterinary Surgeon - Mixed

Woodside Veterinary Group is looking for a passionate Mixed Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly and supportive team on a permanent basis. Located in the beautiful Royal Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a progressive mixed practice offering a truly varied caseload across small animal, farm, and equine work. Our caseload is approximately 55% small animal, 40% farm, and 5% equine, providing an engaging and rewarding mix of clinical work.

We actively encourage vets to develop areas of individual interest and support the development of specialised roles within the team. Whether your interests lie in medicine, surgery, herd health, or preventative care, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your role within a collaborative and experienced practice.

Woodside Veterinary Group is a well-established mixed practice operating across three sites in Royal Deeside, providing high-quality care to both companion animals and farm clients across the local community. Our practice includes:

• A mixed caseload consisting of approximately 55% small animal, 40% farm animal, and 5% equine work
• A team of 7 Veterinary Surgeons, 5 Registered Veterinary Nurses, and a dedicated support team
• Advanced diagnostic and surgical facilities including ultrasound, digital radiography, video endoscopy, dental equipment, multiparameter monitoring, and in-house laboratory equipment
• Strong nurse support, including nurse-led consultations helping maximise clinical efficiency
• Team members with additional qualifications including a Small Animal Nutrition Certificate, Surgical Nursing Certificate, veterinary physiotherapy expertise, and OPA scanning experience
• A varied small animal caseload including preventive healthcare, chronic disease management, emergency care, diagnostics, and surgery
• A farm animal caseload including fertility work, herd health planning, export/import testing, pregnancy diagnosis, OPA scanning, and routine production animal care
• Minimal TB testing requirements due to 4-year parish status
• Limited equine workload focused on routine ambulatory care including vaccinations, dentistry, wound management, geldings, and export work

We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and supportive working environment where professional development, case continuity, and clinical standards are highly valued.

As a Mixed Veterinary Surgeon at Woodside Veterinary Group, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality clinical care across a diverse and rewarding mixed caseload, working closely with a supportive and experienced team. You’ll contribute to all aspects of clinical work across small animal and farm services, with opportunities to further develop your own interests and areas of clinical focus.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering high-quality clinical care across small animal, farm, and occasional equine cases
• Managing consultations, diagnostics, medical work-ups, and routine surgical procedures
• Supporting herd health planning, fertility work, preventive healthcare, and production animal medicine
• Participating in emergency and out-of-hours care on a shared rota
• Working collaboratively with veterinary surgeons, nurses, and support staff across all practice sites
• Building strong relationships with clients and supporting continuity of care
• Contributing positively to a collaborative and supportive clinical culture

Working pattern: Full-time role based on a 4-day week, 4 weekends worked within a 13-week rota period, small animal urgent care consultations on Saturday and Sunday mornings, shared out-of-hours rota between 7 vets, flexible working discussions welcomed. Accommodation may be available if required.