
Ready to join a supportive team with no out-of-hours commitments? This small animal role in West Sussex offers clinical variety, excellent equipment, and genuine work-life balance with Saturday mornings only.
No out-of-hours duties. Saturday mornings on rota only.
This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week with Saturday mornings on rota but no out-of-hours duties. You'll be based mainly in Bognor and Chichester, with access to first opinion surgical cases and daytime emergencies alongside routine consultations. A consult-only position is also available for the right candidate. You'll join an experienced, collaborative team embedded in the beautiful South Sussex landscape, between the south coast and the South Downs, with easy access to central London by direct train.
Downland Veterinary Group has been serving West Sussex since 1947 and is part of IVC Evidensia, the UK and Europe's leading veterinary care group. The practice is well-equipped and committed to clinical excellence, creating an excellent learning environment where you can develop your skills and interests.
Downland Veterinary Group is part of IVC Evidensia, the UK and Europe's leading veterinary care group comprising over 900 practices and referral hospitals. The West Sussex clinics (Bognor, Chichester, Selsey, and Barnham) have been established since 1947 and are extensively equipped with DR X-ray, dental X-ray, ultrasonography, laparoscopy, endoscopy, surgical theatres, capnography, and in-house laboratory facilities.
The team includes vets with special interests in dermatology, oncology, ECC, and dentistry, plus multiple nurse training centres and certificate holders in orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, cardiology, and imaging. Across the wider West Sussex group, there are 11 vets, and the group as a whole employs approximately 30 veterinary surgeons, 70 nurses, and 50 support staff. IVC Evidensia is committed to supporting careers built without limits, with investment in learning, innovation, and wellbeing.