Welcome to roaring Stone Lion! Our 24-hour hospital nestled in Wimbledon has the opportunity for an experienced hospital vet that has a few years under their belt and is looking for more responsibility within a hospital setting.
About your new role!
This 4-day week role plus weekend rotation (1:3 Saturdays and 1:10 Sundays) will involve working across numerous departments within the hospital including consults, surgeries and ward.
You will be rota ‘d to up to 2 bank holidays per year, and there are NO on-call requirements.
Your role will also involve more advanced responsibilities including being involved in the running of the hospital floor and supporting junior colleagues.
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, cardiologist, and physiotherapist.
Stone Lion is equipped with everything you would expect from a 24-hour hospital and we are an RCVS Accredited Hospital and for the cat lovers out there, hold an ISFM Silver Award for Cat Friendly Clinics.
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.
Leadership training is provided if you wished to build on your management skills.
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!
Now let's get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary band for this full-time hospital position is £45,000 to £73,000 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!