Join a progressive 100-strong team in Dunfermline offering genuine variety: split your week between a busy hospital and dedicated branch practice, with strong clinical support and real opportunities to develop your skills. Supportive culture, excellent balance of work and life.
1 in 12 blocks of night duty (4pm to 8am) with generous stand-down period following night duty blocks; 1 in 12 weekend day rota
Inglis Vets Hospital is seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to join their large, friendly, and forward-thinking small animal team in Dunfermline. This full-time role offers an excellent balance of hospital and branch work, typically split between two days at the main hospital and two days at a dedicated branch practice. This structure enables you to build strong client relationships and continuity of care while gaining exposure to a diverse and more complex hospital caseload including emergency presentations and advanced medical and surgical cases.
You will be supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team including RVNs, Animal Care Assistants, and a dedicated Client Care team. The practice also has visiting specialists in orthopaedics, dermatology, and ophthalmology, providing excellent learning opportunities. The working pattern includes a 1 in 12 night duty rota (4pm to 8am) with a generous stand-down period following night duty blocks, plus a 1 in 12 weekend day rota.
Based in Dunfermline, this role offers easy access to Edinburgh, the Fife coastline, and Perthshire countryside, combining professional opportunity with an excellent quality of life outside work.
Inglis Vets Hospital is one of Scotland's leading veterinary hospitals, part of the inspiring vet care group. As the UK's number one vet care provider, the group is trusted with the care of over 2 million animals. The Dunfermline hospital is the only accredited veterinary hospital in the area and one of only 80 in the UK, regularly inspected by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to maintain the highest standards of care.
The practice operates a busy main hospital supported by 8 branch practices across Fife and Central Scotland. The team comprises approximately 100 colleagues including 30 Veterinary Surgeons, 40 RVNs and Animal Care Assistants, and 30 dedicated Support Staff. Facilities include state-of-the-art digital radiography, ultrasound, dedicated sterile surgical suites, in-house laboratory, laser surgery, chemotherapy, and 24-hour hospital care. A large emergency and critical care caseload is supported by the practice's own in-house out-of-hours service with experienced Night Nurses on-site throughout the night. The practice also functions as a clinical training centre for veterinary students at Cowdenbeath and offers hydrotherapy treadmill services at the Hospital Hill branch.
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