We have a very exciting opportunity at Richmond House, and we can’t wait to welcome a new dynamic individual to join our amazing team in the role as a Senior Veterinary Surgeon! This role comes with a varied caseload, mentoring colleagues, enhancing, and setting clinical & professional objectives to achieve best practice in colleague, patient, and client care.

Working in this first opinion practice, day to day you would undertake a clinical role including surgery and consultations and play a crucial role in steering the practice towards excellence and growth together with our senior leadership team. We offer a balanced split between clinical and managerial duties, and we actively encourage and support leadership and development certificates.

We are proud to say our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours truly tips the scale on your work life balance. We know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it brilliantly easy for you to strike the right balance, whether you are looking for a full time or part time role we are sure we can find the right rota pattern for you.

Currently a typical full-time role would involve working 4 days per week (08:00 – 18:00) with no out of hours or bank holidays required.

We are a single site practice with huge potential and development opportunities, we are equipped with digital x-ray incorporating the services of SignalPET, ultrasound machine, dental machine, multi-parameter, in-house IDEXX laboratory machines and laboratory equipment. We’re always keen to invest in the practice and our team with additional kit and facilities.

Our proud team is composed of 1 experienced full time veterinary surgeon, 1 proactive registered veterinary nurse, 2 fantastic animal care assistants and 3 amazing, experienced support staff. The practice is also supported by Richmond’s committed Area Director and Area Support Manager so that you can hit the ground running from day one! We see this as a fantastic opportunity for someone to lay solid foundations and shape a bright future for the practice. 

The practice is in the market town of Dewsbury which lies on the river Calder and on the arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. Dewsbury is also dominated by hills, notably Earlsheaton, Dewsbury Moor, Staincliffe and Thornhill and has good transport links via bus and train to Leeds and Manchester City Centre. With local shopping centres, rivers, museums, restaurants, and country parks – there’s something for everyone within and close by to this beautiful town!

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 -