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Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

New Malden Vets, Kingston upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames, London

Discipline: Small Animal

Full Time, Part Time, Flexible

Up to £65,000 DOE

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Salary up to £65,000 DOE plus Relocation Allowance up to £2,000

 

Are you searching for a career where every day feels rewarding and meaningful? At New Malden Vets, we have the perfect opportunity waiting for you. 

 

Our renowned veterinary group is a haven for animal enthusiasts, we are proud to say that we offer an exceptional work environment that nurtures both professional growth and personal fulfilment. The day-to-day duties include consultations, surgery (routine and more complex including enterotomies, cystotomies, caesarean etc) with dedicated admin time. We work to high general practice standards and have an interesting, varied caseload.
 

Work life balance that flexes with you

 
Our full-time position is typically over 4 days with a mix of earlies and lates (1-2 per week) and 2 in 5 weekends (one full Saturday only). We have one duty night per week of inpatients. There is no out-of-hours. However, we know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it easy for you to strike the right balance. We would welcome both full or part-time applicants and are happy to be flexible and work together to find a rota that would work for you. 
 

Join us in a lovely part of the world – easy access to/from London

 
We are based in a lovely part of the world on the SW London/Surrey borders close to Wimbledon and Kingston-upon-Thames. Our location gives easy, fast access to London (25 minutes by train) and access out of London by car on the A3 if you want to head to the coast. 
 

Our facilities including Gold Standard ‘Cat Friendly Clinic‘ status

 
We strive for high standards of general practice and are lucky to have a wide range of equipment and services to offer. We have three (soon to be four consulting rooms), a dedicated prep room and theatre, a separate dental area as well as an x-ray, digital/dental ultrasound room, multiparameter anaesthetic monitors, bronchoscopy, and a full surgical kit. We hold Gold Standard ‘Cat Friendly Clinic‘ status and have separate cat and dog waiting rooms and kennels which allows for minimal stress for all of our patients.  Depending on your special interests, we are always keen to invest in more equipment. 
 

Join our fantastic team

 
We are a friendly team of varying experience including 4 Vets, 2 Clinical Directors, 1 Practice Manager, 6 RVNS, 2 Students, 1 VCA and 7 Receptionists. Our clinical team have a huge variety of interests from surgery to emergencies, cardiology to opthalmology and although we do not have any certificate holders, we encourage all our team to implement gold standard learnings into clinical practice. 
 
We are proactive about encouraging CPD and sharing the knowledge with the team including clinical clubs which are lovely sociable Vet evenings where we share the most recent attended training. We aim to give every team member a great quality of life and learning/working experience feeling supported with an open, caring structure. We run a local dog show once yearly which is incredibly popular and much loved. Our culture is one of support and encouragement on every level to maintain our gold standard of care.
 

Because our employees 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 
  • Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

  • Wellbeing

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
  • Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing 

  • Development

  • £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave 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

  • Colleague Benefits

  • Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well 
  • Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
  • Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
  • Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
  • Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
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    New Malden Vets, Kingston upon Thames

    14 Burlington Road, New Malden, Kingston upon Thames, KT3 4NY, United Kingdom

    Animals treated

    Small animals

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    Any questions before applying?

    Speak to Megan Dawson from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.

    Senior Talent Partner

    Megan Dawson

    megan.dawson@ivcevidensia.com