ECC Veterinary Surgeon

About the Role

This ECC Veterinary Surgeon opportunity is built around the Cutting Edge programme, an 8-week training route into emergency and critical care. You will receive 250 hours of CPD, hands-on clinic experience, interactive seminars and practical sessions, plus personalised clinical mentorship to support your move into ECC.

Once training is complete, you will join an ECC clinic of your choice on a full-time, permanent basis. The rota is designed to support wellbeing as well as development, with working hours between 30 and 40 per week, no more than three nights in a row, and an average of three shifts per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Take part in the 8-week Cutting Edge ECC training programme.
• Learn through seminars, practical sessions and CPD led by recognised ECC specialists.
• Gain hands-on experience in your chosen clinic with guidance from a senior clinician.
• Develop confidence in emergency caseload management, including shock, fluid therapy, respiratory and cardiac emergencies, trauma and neurological cases.
• Work with point of care ultrasound, blood gas analysis, surgical emergency wet labs, clinical reasoning and decision making, teamworking and client communication.
• Adjust to night work as part of the ECC rota.
• Consult and carry out routine surgical procedures in sole charge.

Requirements

• At least six months of small animal experience.
• Confidence consulting and performing routine surgical procedures in sole charge.
• Interest in moving into Emergency and Critical Care.

Benefits

• £42,250 salary during the 8-week training period.
• £60,000 to £65,000 salary after training, depending on clinic.
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity leave, with 6 months full pay, plus family-friendly policies.
• Seven weeks pro rata annual leave.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• Paid volunteering days.
• £1,500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata, available after 12 months.
• Up to £5,000 relocation support.
• RCVS fees, VECCS membership and VDS cover.
• Employee discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers.
• UK Standard Pension contributions of 5% employee and 3% employer.
• Death in service cover at two times annual salary.
• Accommodation provided during training at the Central Support hub in Scotland.

About the Practice

This role is being offered through inspiring vet care, with opportunities across a wide network of ECC clinics in the UK. The programme is presented as part of Vets Now's emergency pet care offering, with the aim of supporting the next generation of veterinary surgeons.

Each clinic can accommodate only one Cutting Edge veterinarian, and applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. The next intake is 1st March 2027.