Veterinary Surgeon – Small Animal

About the Role

Join Parkvets as a Veterinary Surgeon in a supportive, well-resourced small animal environment. This full-time or part-time position offers genuine clinical freedom with a schedule built around your lifestyle. Medicine is the focus here—surgery rotates through just once every two weeks—giving you the opportunity to develop deeper expertise and collaborate with certificate holders across imaging, medicine, surgery, oncology, ophthalmology, exotics, and dentistry. You’ll work a flexible rota with shifts typically structured as 40 hours over 4 days, with early starts (7:30am) and late starts (10:30am) to suit different preferences.

Located in Sidcup with direct links to London, Parkvets combines the benefits of a large multidisciplinary hospital with a truly supportive team culture. Second-on-call duties and 1 in 4 weekend cover are part of the role, but this is balanced by genuine flexibility and a workplace where your wellbeing matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical care across small animal general practice, with a focus on medicine
• Collaborate with the team of certificate holders to ensure optimal clinical outcomes and case management
• Participate in the rota system, including second-on-call duties and weekend cover (1 in 4)
• Contribute to the learning culture through case collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Utilise the hospital’s extensive facilities including separate cat, dog, and exotics wards, digital imaging, ultrasound, endoscopy, and laparoscopic equipment
• Work flexibly across the hospital and branch locations to maintain clinical variety and professional development

Requirements

• Registered Veterinary Surgeon (RCVS qualified)
• Confident, capable GP vet with strong clinical foundation
• Willing to collaborate and engage with a multidisciplinary team
• Passionate about delivering high-standard veterinary care
• Flexible approach to shift patterns and willingness to participate in rota duties

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 6.6 weeks’ paid leave plus your birthday off (pro rata)
• CPD & Development: £1,250 annual CPD allowance with 5 days paid study leave (pro rata), support for certificates and advanced learning, access to Vetlexicon online resources, research funding opportunities
• Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, enhanced family-friendly leave (maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental/surrogacy pay), employee wellbeing initiatives including non-accidental injury support, cycle to work scheme
• Professional Support: BVA membership, VDS cover, Infection Prevention and Control Programme, Quality Improvement Programme
• Financial: Relocation allowance up to £2,000, pension (5% employee / 3% employer contribution)
• Extras: Pawsome Benefits retail discounts and cashback, discounted staff pet care, £1,250 annual Care Fund for vets

About the Practice

Parkvets is a large multidisciplinary hospital in Sidcup serving the South East with direct links to London. The practice operates separate cat, dog, and exotics wards, each with dedicated operating theatres, dental suites, and comprehensive diagnostic facilities including ultrasound, flexible and rigid endoscopy, laparoscopic equipment, and digital radiography. An extensive in-house laboratory staffed by biomedical professionals supports the clinical team, and the practice benefits from specialist certificate holders across multiple disciplines.

Parkvets is part of IVC Evidensia, a global network of over 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 20 countries employing around 41,000 people. IVC Evidensia cares for approximately 25,000 animals daily and is committed to long-term animal health and welfare through the dedication of its teams. The group actively champions diversity, equality, inclusion, and belonging, and operates as a Disability Confident Employer.