OOH Veterinary Surgeon (7 on 14 off) West Yorkshire
Job description
If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.
Your role and responsibilities
We have an opportunity for an experienced out-of-hours (OOHs) Vet to join our night team. We have a Vet, Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) and Patient Care Assistant (PCA) on site all night and duties include looking after in-patients and seeing emergencies that present overnight. Studying for certificates is encouraged and funded.
- Our ethos is clinical excellence, and we try and live by our core values.
- Client and patient care are at the heart of what we do.
- We are working towards our Investors in the Environment Bronze award.
- We prioritise mental health and well-being with a team of trained Mental Health First Aiders in practice.
Shifts: Mon-Fri 8pm-8am, Sat/Sun 6pm-8am
Benefits
- Competitive salary up to £67,000+ a year depending on experience
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- External CPD funded
- Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmes
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance programme
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Childcare vouchers
- Recruitment referral reward scheme.
About us
Calder Vets is a Tier 3 Hospital based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, a 13-minute train ride from the city of Leeds with easy access to the beautiful Peak District and the city of York less than 1 hour away. We are a high-standard primary care and referral Tier 3 Hospital with ten satellite clinics. We practice an excellent level of patient care in our first-class facilities and we are proud to provide our own 24-hour on-site emergency care through our dedicated ECC night team. We try to live and breathe our Core Values.
Theatre suite with the scrub area and 3 theatres Separate cat/dog/exotic wards plus ICU Xray (including in-theatre), 2 x ultrasound scanners (including a new state-of-the-art echo scanner) plus on-site CT and visiting MRI Large range of scopes including flexible, rigid and laparoscopy Dental suite with twin tub tables and X-ray Internal lab with Haem/biochem/coags/iSTAT etc. Brand new Rehabilitation Centre with physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, canine hot spa and laser therapy and a large, comfortable staff break area.
We are a large, friendly, welcoming team that enjoys bringing fun into the workplace. Our Champions Team organises regular events and we have made an exciting Engagement Action Plan together as a team. We are also working on our well-being agenda, with trained Mental Health First Aiders on-site and working towards our investors in the EnvironmentBronzeAward. We often discuss clinical cases through Vet meetings and M and M rounds.
If you would like to apply for this position or discuss in more detail please contact [email protected]
Part of an amazing global family
Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
