In one of London’s trendiest areas, home to famous King’s Road is our first opinion Fulham practice, and they are looking for a full-time vet to provide VIP treatment to the area’s posh pooches, charismatic cats and sassy small furries.
About your new role!
Our new team member will be confident in day-to-day GP sole charge practice life, working alongside a fantastic support team including an experienced RVN, and two student nurses.
Due to the relationship our Fulham practice has with its incredibly bonded client base, we are looking for a vet who thrives when providing five-star client care as well as providing the highest standard of patient care that we are continuously proud of. We are looking for a vet who is no stranger to rolling out the red carpet to their clients and their adored furry or feathered family members!
We have a full lab suite, two consulting rooms, a large prep and theatre area and a colleague rest area for those important lunch breaks. We have invested in the branch recently to provide even better facilities for the team.
Your rota will consist of a 4-day week with Fridays off, and will include a 1:4 branch Saturday, and 1:10 Hospital Sunday rotation in our Stone Lion Hospital in Wimbledon. You will be rota’ d to 1 bank holiday per year. There are NO on-call requirements.
You will be fully supported by our 24-hour Stone Lion Hospital in Wimbledon for any complex cases you may need to refer, or for any of your patients who require OOH care.
You will also have the support of our Regional Head Vet Julie, who’s clinical support for new colleagues is invaluable.
The practice location is ideal, within a 7-minute walk from Fulham Broadway station which is on the District Line, and takes you as far west as Ealing, through East London and over to Essex.
Accommodation may be available if required.
As a sole charge branch vet, leadership training will also be provided, and you will work closely with your RVN to ensure the practice is running as smoothly as possible (though we know there are "those days"!)
Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary band for this role inclusive of weekend rotation is £60,000 to £75,000 (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 (pro-rata if part-time)
- Generous relocation assistance (where applicable)
- CPD budget every year
- 5 days’ paid CPD leave every year (pro-rata if part-time)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Paid 30-minute lunch breaks
- Colleague introduction reward (for the introduction of vets and RVN’s)
- 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!