OOH Veterinary Surgeon - 7 nights on 14 off

Join a family run 24/7 hospital as an OOH ECC Veterinary Surgeon for Leeds Birstall paying £55,000 to £60,000 (DOE) on a 7 night on, 14 nights off rota This is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced and supportive team £1,500 annual CPD allowance Can support you to locum elsewhere on your days off Our 24-hour hospital has fantastic equipment to assist in you providing the best care possible Surgical, Medicine, Dentistry Certificate holder in-house support £1,500 Annual CPD allowance, Certificate sponsorship encouraged Part of a proactive in-house CPD/Clinical development veterinary team Half hour, OOH consults as standard Part of dedicated night team (1 night nurse, 1 night VCA, receptionist on till 10pm, additional Twighlight nurse on till midnight) RCVS, BVA, RCVS, BSAVA professional memberships Surgical, Medical, Endosurgery and Dentistry Certificate holder support from day veterinary team on difficult cases Vets4Pets Leeds Birstall are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and experienced OOH Veterinary Surgeon to support the existing veterinary team with their complex caseload. This role is 7 days on, 14 days off as our OOH Veterinary Surgeon. Leeds Birstall is a modern and progressive veterinary practice, set up by our Practice Owners, Keith and Julie Leonard in 2012. We are a family run, RCVS Accredited Hospital and Emergency Service Clinic, providing OOH and referral support to 16 referring surgeries. This is run alongside a thriving first opinion business meaning we get the best of both worlds: the case variety you expect to find in a busy general practice and the continuity to work this caseload up and provide high quality, advanced, referral level care to our patients in-house. The bright, air-conditioned surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including IDEXX laboratory, Digital X-Ray, Ultrasound, ECG, IM3 Dental machine, IM3 dental X-ray, Orthopaedic Surgical Kit, Endoscopy, Tonopen. We have recently had the new fantastic additions of a new CT Scanner and Laparoscopy equipment as well! We are a lovely, friendly team with great communication, management, clinical support and we work to gold standard. There are 70 members of our team, which include 15 vets, day and night nurse teams and supporting day and night VCAs. A typical night team will comprises of 1 vet, 1 senior RVN, 2 VCAs and a receptionist. The OOH team is also supported by twilight RVNs who work till 12pm. The role: This is an OOH veterinary surgeon role that is worked on 7 nights on and 14 nights off basis, shifts are 8am to 8pm. To be successful in this role, you will be a dynamic and proactive Veterinary Surgeon with solid medical and surgical skills. Experience in ECC will be essential. Key to your success will be your ability to embrace all aspects of the role, delivering excellent patient and client care. You will be a strong team player and enjoy the variety the role will bring. If you are keen to develop within your own area of interest, we offer a generous CPD allowance. As an advanced practice we would expect our night team to be able to deliver, with support and training: Oesophageal tube placements Seldinger Chest Drain placements Silicone Abdominal Peritoneal Drains Pig tail urinary catheters TFAST AFAST Endoscoscopy Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Urinary Catheterisation Our night team will regularly perform caesareans, pyometra, exploratory laparotomy with enterotomy and enterectomy. On the medicine side we see many Addisonian, Ketoacidotic diabetic cases and sever pancreatitis cases. As you would expect from the market leader in small animal veterinary care, we offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities, and an excellent package and benefits that includes; Competitive salary £55,000 - £60,000, dependant on experience Contributory pension scheme CPD allowance Paid memberships (RCVS, VDS) Free onsite parking Exclusive company discounts and rewards To apply please visit or please contact Rach on and someone will get back to you within 1 working day Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you! Location: WF17 9AD