Join a long established hospital team with an integrated referral centre, a varied caseload and strong support around you. Rutland House also offers a four day week option, generous leave and limited out of hours for day vets.
Dedicated night team provides inpatient and out of hours cover. Day vets contribute to OOH only for holiday and sickness cover, with a maximum of 9 nights per year.
This is a varied small animal veterinary surgeon role within a large hospital and branch network, with a 50/50 split between the hospital and one branch. You will divide your time equally between consulting and operating, and you will also spend one full week, around every two months, as the hospital's inpatient-only vet.
The role suits an experienced vet who enjoys first opinion work but also wants exposure to more complex cases. There is support from first opinion and referral clinicians, plus the chance to develop further in soft tissue surgery and work towards a certificate if that is of interest.
The rota is flexible and both full-time and part-time options are available. Full-time hours are based on a four day week, with 3 x 8:30am to 6:30pm shifts and 1 x 10am to 9pm late shift, plus 1:8 weekends, no additional Saturdays, 7 free weekends in every 8 week cycle, and a dedicated night team providing inpatient and out of hours cover.
Rutland House Veterinary Group has been delivering veterinary care for nearly 65 years and is based in St Helens, Merseyside. It is an RCVS accredited Tier 3 hospital with an integrated referral centre and a network of 8 branch surgeries.
The hospital is equipped with digital X ray, ultrasound, various scopes, dental radiography, CO2 laser, laparoscopy, a 64 slice CT scanner and a 1.5T MRI scanner. The wider team includes certificate holders in advanced veterinary practice, small animal surgery, medicine and radiology, plus advanced practitioners in orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery, dermatology, medicine and oncology.
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