Veterinary Surgeon - Mixed

Salary up to £70,000 per annum DOE

Welcome bonus up to £5,000

Relocation Allowance up to £5,000

Kingston Vets are looking for an experienced vet to join the team. This role will cover approximately 60% small animal and 40% farm animal work. Small animal duties include consultations, diagnostics, and surgery. Farm animal duties include fertility work, emergency on-the-day calls, and a small amount of TB testing.

Your shift pattern will be 40 hours per week between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm, 4.5 days per week, but this is flexible. Currently, the weekend rota is 1 in 3 Saturday mornings, with no out of hours.

Our Fantastic Practice

We are based in the beautiful historic town of Sherborne in Dorset. The practice is a truly mixed practice having three sites: a mixed animal premises, solely small animal, and an equine premises. We have 12 vets working within the practice, one TB tester, and fantastic nursing and support staff. The role is to be mainly based out of our mixed premises at Sherborne, which is a brand new site that opened in April 2024. The site has been fully kitted out with brand new equipment, and the lay areas create a good working environment. We have 4 consult rooms, separate cat and dog waiting areas, a dental suite including x-ray, an imaging room (with ultrasound, endoscopy, and a brand new DR digital x-ray machine), and both small animal and farm theatres. Use of large animal scanners, bull/ram fertility kit, in-house lab, large conference room for farm events/meetings, a theatre, and a farm recovery pen. We are located 40 minutes from the Jurassic coast and other coastal attractions, and an hour by car to Bristol, Bath, and Exeter. There is a train station in Sherborne which has a direct link to London.

About the Team and Culture

We have 12 veterinary surgeons across the departments, 7 qualified nurses, 2 trainee nurses, and 1 VCA. There are 13 support staff, one currently studying for a certificate in small animal surgery. The candidate will predominantly work out of Sherborne and work alongside staff members here. We run regular farmer meetings and charity events (the last one was a dog show for StreetVet).

The Perfect Candidate

Must be a member of the Royal College and hold a veterinary medicines degree. Preferably hold OV panels, TB mainly. Comfortable with small animal consults and basic surgery. Confident in attending most day-to-day farm calls.

Because our people matter

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:

Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support

Development

• £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care