Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Hackney East London, famed for being a creative and cultural hub of London, bustling markets, green spaces with plenty of pubs, and Goddard Vet Group’s busiest practice in the group that is looking for a senior vet to lead this established site.

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​ About your new role!

Our Hackney practice is one of our busiest in the group, and they work closely with our consult and minor ops clinic in Highbury to support them with their surgical cases. This busy and diverse “mini hub” has recently invested in new ultrasound facilities, to help support its expansive and varied caseload.

Our senior vet will be no stranger to a fast-paced environment and will be a keen leader but have ample opportunity to develop their own skills further. You will be involved in the daily caseload of consultations and surgeries, while providing senior support to your team.

The practice boasts two consulting rooms, a large prep and theatre area, separate cat and dog wards and a well utilised lab area. We continue to invest in clinical equipment to ensure we have the best equipment for patient care and have further exciting investment plans for our Hackney practice, so please do not hesitate to express what would be on your wish list!

You will be working alongside another 2 vets, senior RVN, additional RVNs, students and trainee nurses. The team thrive on their unique dynamic for laughter and pulling together on those challenging days.

Being senior vet, you will work closely with your senior RVN to ensure the day to day running of the practice is maintained to a high standard, accountabilities ranging from diary management to clinical governance and team engagement.

As a senior branch vet some of your duties will include:

– Oversee prescription request administration to ensure that client requests are processed in a timely and accurate manner, that dispensed items are paid for, and that uncollected prescriptions are returned to stock in line with company policy.
– Oversee the consulting and surgical/diagnostic diary in compliance with company policies.
– Provide site-level induction to new starter colleagues and locums.
– Ensure that regular branch meetings are scheduled, minutes taken and actions completed.
– Carry out consultations, thoroughly examining all pets presented and making management and treatment recommendations which are based on best practice and are evidence-based and in accordance with GVG protocols.
– Perform surgery on cases as appropriate and within boundaries of personal competence and limitation of overnight care.
– Be prepared to refer cases in a timely manner, in the first instance to a GVG Hospital, when there is an inability to undertake a case for whatever reason.
– Help to maintain a respectful and collaborative team environment
– Record accurate and thorough clinical notes and ensure that pets’ histories are accurate comprehensive and useful to colleagues.

Hackney is supported by Wanstead 24-hour Veterinary Hospital, so you have the advantage of referring more advanced or emergency cases within only a short travelling distance for your clients for continuation of care.

You will also be fully supported by a dedicated regional manager, and experienced regional head vet for any clinical advice or concerns.

Leadership training is also provided for all new senior colleagues to help you transition into the senior role.

This 38-41 hourly week role (we can be flexible on how a rota can look) over a 4-day week includes a 1:4 branch Saturday and 1:8 hospital Sunday rotation. You will be rota ‘d to up to 2 bank holidays per year in Wanstead and be involved in a last resort on-call rotation. Your hours also include approximately 6 short add-on twilight shifts per year.

Location wise, you are just a 6-minute hop and skip away from London Fields Overground station, which takes you all over North and East London, with connections enabling you to reach further out.

Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:

Our senior vet salary band is £64,000 to £85,000 (FTE based on 40 hours)depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role.

A little snippet of the benefits you will receive as a Goddard vet:

– 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
– Generous relocation assistance (where applicable)
– Up to £2,000 CPD budget every year plus up to 5 days’ paid CPD leave
– Private Medical Healthcare Insurance with Bupa

If you can see yourself in this role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email Rose directly at [email protected] for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!

We are committed to providing a fair recruitment process with equality of opportunity for all, and our vacancies are open to those from all backgrounds.