Welcome to beautiful Thamesmead! This refurbished first opinion practice is looking for an additional veterinary surgeon to join the team on a full-time basis, playing a pivotal part in this popular practice just south of the river.
About your new role!
Our cat friendly Thamesmead branch has gone from strength to strength over the last two years. Following a recent refurbishment, the practice has enlarged the two consult rooms for their team, added a large, streamlined pharmacy and have provided a more comfortable and welcoming reception area for our clients with separate dog and cat waiting areas.
You will be working alongside a highly experienced senior vet, and incredible support team including RVNs and trainee nurses.
You will also be fully support by a dedicated regional manager, and a 24-hour Goddard Hospital that will provide OOH services for your patients.
If you wished to develop your keen interest in feline medicine further or any other area, we would be more than happy to support you in this with our generous CPD allowance.
Your rota consists of a 4-day week with Wednesdays off, and an early finish on Fridays. Your average weekly hours are inclusive of a 1:4 branch Saturday and 1:8 Wanstead Hospital Sunday rotation. You will be rota ‘d to up to 2 bank holidays per year in Wanstead and be included in the last resort on-call rotation.
Thamesmead is located near Abbey Wood station, which is on the stunning new Elizabeth line, and will take you to every part of London you may need! It is also a short train journey from beautiful Blackheath Village which in just 30 minutes transports you to what feels like a period drama set complete with independent shops, beautiful restaurants and plenty of green space.
Now let's delve into the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary band for this role is £45,000 to £61,000 FTE 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 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!