Veterinary Surgeon- Salary up to £70k plus £5,000 relocation allowance!

Location Stranraer
Discipline: Small Animal Vet, Veterinary Surgeons
Job type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £70k
Contact name: Sophie Gould

Contact email: sophie@lloydandcowan.com
Job ref: SG2256
Published: 21 days ago

We at Lloyd & Cowan are thrilled to be working with a practice who are looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to join their team. They are a busy mixed practice in the Southwest of Scotland where the grass is green and the sun always shines. The role is truly mixed with no two days the same from dairy fertility, small animal consulting and surgery to health planning, fertility testing and horses, they have it all!

Rota:

The rota includes working 5 days per week from 8:30am-6:00pm with an hour lunch break. They have a weekend rota and provide their own out of hours currently on a 2:10 basis with the odd Saturday morning. Vets get a half day on the Friday following their weekend first on call. Two Vets are always on call to provide back up and support if necessary.

About them:

As a RCVS accredited farm and small animal general practice have the facilities you would expect. They have the latest small animal and large animal ultrasound, bull and tup fertility kit, digital radiography and idexx suite. Galloway has lots to offer for the outdoors enthusiast and their Vets enjoy the local beaches for paddleboarding and the Southern Uplands for walking and camping.

They have 10 Vets and two branches. They have a superb team of 3 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 3 Auxiliary Nurses and 5 Receptionists. They have one certificate holder in Cattle Health and Production and would be keen to support the right candidate to attain additional qualifications (Certificate, DBR etc).

Salary:

​Salary up to £70,000 depending on experience plus a relocation allowance up to £5,000 and welcome bonus up to £2,000

In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

  • 6.8 weeks annual leave

  • Private medical insurance

  • Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

  • Cycle to Work scheme

  • £1250 CPD allowance for 40 hours paid pro rata

  • Certificate support

  • BVA membership

  • VDS cover

  • RCVS fees

If you are interested please email Sophie at sophie@lloydandcowan.com or APPLY with your CV.

For a confidential discussion about our opportunities call Sophie on 07519119233 or email a CV to sophie@lloydandcowan.com

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us on 028 8744 0649.

If you know someone else who may be interested, why not pass this advert on to them. If we successfully place someone, you've referred to us; we'll give you £200 in high street vouchers as a way of saying thank you.

All applications will be treated in the STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.