Are you looking to work within a RCVS accredited hospital? Perhaps you’re struggling to find a role that offers the flexibility to match your personal circumstances? If the answer to those questions is yes, we have just the role for you with Yorkshire Vets.
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our busy Hospital on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will work alongside our diverse and highly experience team to provide a high level of care for our patients. You’ll be required to take part in all aspects of first opinion practice, from routine operations and consultations. We offer a varied caseload of medicine and surgery. our excellent facilities have enabled us to host vets now in our building and so we have all the benefits of working in a hospital with no hours after 6pm, no Saturday afternoons and no Sundays!
What’s on offer?
- A salary of up to £65,000 depending on experience.
- Relocation support of up to £5000, as well as sponsorship for international candidates that require it.
- The opportunity to work as a part of a diverse and highly experienced team.
- Accommodation can be provided.
- Genuine flexibility with the role, we’re happy to explore different shift patterns and hours to create the right role for you.
- Excellent career progression/development with certificates fully supported.
Rota patterns that work for you
We offer flexible working patterns that flex with you and your lifestyle. Whether you are looking to flex your rota hours to balance the school holidays, flex to navigate the school runs or just looking to strike that balance between home and work life. We can offer flexibility that actually works for you. A standard full time vet within our team works 40 hours per week. As mentioned above, we’re more than happy to support different hours, rotas, shift patters whether that’s full or part time depending on what works for you.
About Us
We have our own hospital facilities and 5 branch surgeries. Thornbury is a tier 3 RCVS accredited hospital and is an ISFM gold standard cat friendly practice. We are a nurse training practice. Our experienced team, including several certificate holders, can deal with a wide variety of both medical and surgical cases in house. We are close to Leeds and Bradford, if it is city life that interests you, and close to the Yorkshire Dales for those with outdoor passions. We are also based only a few miles away from Leeds Bradford Airport. We have 14 day vets, a dedicated admin team, 10 Veterinary Nurses, most of which hold extra qualifications. They will support your every need, and as we are a training practice they are grown to fully understand how our hospital works. We have certificate holders in ECC, ophthalmology and 2 in surgery and many of our nurses have advanced qualifications as well. We’re an extremely social bunch! We have our monthly fun day, we have done ghost tours, meals, Christmas events and even a summer Olympics “Day” in our colleague’s garden. The Practice has a rich and extensive history. We can track it directly back to 1750! We have dental X-rays, separate soft tissue and orthopaedic theatres, the facilities for laparoscopic spays, ultrasound and endoscopy room and even an operating microscope. Thanks to our excellent facilities, we also host Vets Now during the nights.
Here is what the team have to say about life in practice:
- “One of the major benefits of working for Yorkshire Vets is it’s incredibly dedicated and caring team of vets, nurses and support staff. Since my very first day, I have been made to feel a welcomed part of the family and this supportive environment makes Yorkshire Vets a uniquely pleasant and enriching place to work. We all know that the veterinary industry can be extremely challenging at times but working with such a great team of people makes all the difference on those inevitable tough days. All of our surgeries are modern and well-equipped and patient care is always paramount. I can’t think of a better place to work… which is why I’m still here after 6 years and counting.” – Billie, Veterinary Surgeon.
“I am one of the veterinary nurses at Yorkshire vets, working predominantly in the Thornbury hospital but occasionally you'll find me consulting at our Meanwood and Horsforth branches. I have been here 12 years now, starting as a fresh-faced nursing assistant, being lucky enough to complete my nursing training and I now train the student nurses in my role as clinical supervisor. I have had a couple of stints at other veterinary surgeries over my time, however many things set Yorkshire vets as my home, and I have never felt any need to leave. I feel as a nurse I have had the pleasure of working with a large variety of veterinary surgeons here who have all influenced me and allowed me to grow my own set of skills. I love working with the senior vets and learning from them; however the new graduate veterinary scheme is brilliant as I am able to impart some of knowledge and skills as well as learn what is new in the world of veterinary!” – Corrine, RVN.The preferred candidate will be an experienced small animal vet who is happy with all aspects of first opinion small animal work. we are more than happy to consider candidates who are working towards or starting a certificate.
We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.