Welcome to roaring Stone Lion! Our 24-hour hospital nestled in Wimbledon has the opportunity for a junior vet, who after completing their VetGDP and grad scheme may be looking to step into a GP hospital role.
Before we delve into the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary band for this GP role is £40,090 to £45,365 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
About the role
This 42.2 hourly week role inclusive of weekend rotation (1:3 Saturdays and 1:10 Sundays) will involve working across numerous departments within the hospital, giving you the optimum all round experience until you pinpoint any areas of passion that you would like to explore!
You will be rota ‘d to up to 2 bank holidays per year, and there are NO on-call requirements.
Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital offers a well-rounded caseload of routine procedures, emergency, and critical care, as it not only has its own first opinion client base but also supports the surrounding Goddard practices for internal referral cases that require hospital expertise.
The hospital also provides specialist work with an orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeon, dermatologist, and physiotherapist.
Stone Lion is equipped with everything you would expect from a 24-hour hospital and are now offering laparoscopic spays. We are an RCVS Accredited Hospital and for the cat lovers out there, hold an ISFM Silver Award for Cat Friendly Clinics.
Our new team member will ideally have previous hospital experience, have completed their VetGDP, and are able to perform routine GP surgeries including smaller bitch spays and dentals. You will of course have a team around you if you did need support.
In Stone Lion Hospital you will be fully supported by a team of experienced vets, an ever-growing team of RVNs, trainee nurses and clinically experienced on site management, as well as our fantastic regional head vet.
The Hospital is located in the heart of picturesque Wimbledon Village, just a 10-minute walk from Wimbledon Junction station which is on the district line and enables you to get to all the hot spots of London!
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 rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!
Benefits for this role include
- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
- Generous relocation assistance (where applicable)
- CPD budget every year
- 5 days’ paid CPD leave every year
- Private Medical Insurance
- Paid lunch breaks
- Colleague introduction reward
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Medical cashback plan. Refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more
- Professional membership fees covered
- Shopping discounts
- Generous colleague discounts
- Petplan 20% colleague discount
About us
In 2022, we celebrated our 70th anniversary and now have 46 branches, three hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors communicating real time updates and taking polls with live Q&As to ensure we’re making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all new starters.
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 her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!