
Ready to join a spacious, well-equipped practice where work-life balance genuinely matters? Vets for Pets Sutton Coldfield offers flexible hours, a low-turnover team, and mentoring from experienced colleagues in a friendly, professional environment.
1-in-3 weekends currently, with plans to move to 1-in-6 weekends
This is a full-time veterinary surgeon position with genuine flexibility to suit your lifestyle. The practice is moving towards a 1-in-6 weekend rota (currently 1-in-3), and shift patterns can be tailored to your needs. You'll be joining a deceptively large stand-alone practice in Sutton Coldfield that has recently undergone extension, now offering spacious, modern facilities and a genuinely collaborative team atmosphere.
The practice prides itself on being professional, fun, and family-like in feel. With low staff turnover, there's real stability and the chance to develop meaningful professional relationships. Visiting specialists in orthopaedics and heart scans add clinical variety to your day-to-day work.
Vets for Pets is one of the largest UK veterinary groups, operating over 440 small animal practices nationwide. What sets this group apart is its local approach: each practice operates independently with central support, allowing teams to serve their local community while maintaining professional standards and offering individual flexibility to colleagues.
The Sutton Coldfield practice is a large stand-alone facility with recently expanded, modern facilities including 4 consulting rooms, X-ray, isolation wards, separate cat and dog wards, spacious theatre, and dedicated dirty procedures room. The team includes 5 vets, 5 RVNs, 1 SVN plus 2 student SVNs on placement, a practice manager, 3 client care advisors, and an insurance administrator. The practice has visiting specialists in orthopaedics and heart scans, and is committed to colleague wellbeing with dedicated mental health first aiders on staff.