Ready to join a thriving multidisciplinary referral hospital with genuinely interesting cases and a 4-day week? Swift Referrals is seeking a residency-trained or board-certified soft tissue surgeon to work alongside established specialists in a supportive, collaborative environment.
2 nights per week and 1 in 3 weekends on shared on-call rota. Primarily provides clinical support to hospital clinicians rather than routine on-site attendance. Dedicated out-of-hours team in place.
This is a specialist soft tissue surgery position at Swift Referrals, a multidisciplinary small animal referral practice in Wetherby. You'll manage a varied and complex soft tissue caseload alongside experienced specialists and hospital clinicians, undertaking advanced procedures including thoracotomies, BOAS repair, complex abdominal surgeries, gall bladder mucoceles, oncological resections, and reconstructive skin flaps. The role offers genuine career progression, with opportunity to move into a Head of Service role as the team grows.
A 4-day working week (10-hour shifts, 8am to 6pm) provides strong work-life balance. You'll participate in a shared on-call rota structured as 2 nights per week and 1 in 3 weekends, supported by a dedicated out-of-hours team. This commitment is primarily to provide clinical support rather than routine on-site attendance, and flexible working requests are considered where possible. Participation in both in-house and external CPD is strongly encouraged, and as the hospital expands, there's scope to broaden your clinical exposure into orthopaedic cases within a multidisciplinary setting.
The hospital is exceptionally well equipped with a 128-slice CT, 1.5 Tesla MRI, dedicated soft tissue and orthopaedic theatres, full endoscopy suite, digital radiography and ultrasonography, fully stocked in-house laboratory, and a large intensive care facility with 24/7 veterinary and nursing supervision. Wetherby offers excellent access to Leeds, York, and Harrogate, with easy reach to the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, and the North East coastline.
Swift Referrals is part of Inspiring Vet Care, the UK and Europe's leading veterinary care group comprising over 900 practices and referral hospitals. The hospital is a multidisciplinary small animal referral practice offering services in internal medicine, oncology, soft tissue surgery, and orthopaedic surgery, alongside a first opinion out-of-hours service for neighbouring practices. The team includes Diplomates and certificate holders across surgery and internal medicine, supported by approximately 45 nurses, dedicated night nurses, 6 hospital clinicians, and an experienced client care team.
Inspiring Vet Care's philosophy centres on delivering exceptional clinical standards and customer service within a collaborative and supportive working environment. The organisation is committed to supporting careers without limits, with investment in learning, innovation, and wellbeing to help teams grow in confidence, capability, and fulfilment at every career stage.
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