ECC Veterinary Surgeon

About the Role

Vets Now Stoke is an out-of-hours emergency and critical care facility serving dogs, cats, and small animals across the West Midlands. This weekend-focused role lets you specialise in ECC without sacrificing your weekdays. You'll work flexible shift patterns including Saturday and Sunday day shifts (12:00-20:00 and 08:30-18:30 or 09:00-19:00) or weekend back and night shifts (18:00-00:00 and 18:00-09:00), with the option to spread these across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All shifts include a share of bank holiday cover.

You'll join an experienced, warm, and supportive clinical team who prioritise both patient care and staff wellbeing. With central support teams handling complaints and customer service, you can focus entirely on the cases in front of you. Whether you're building your ECC experience or looking to pick up weekend hours alongside other work, this role is designed with genuine flexibility in mind.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide emergency and critical care for sick and injured small animals during out-of-hours periods
• Work assigned weekend shift patterns (day, back, or night shifts as agreed)
• Collaborate with colleagues on clinical cases and shared on-call rota
• Contribute to the high standards of emergency medicine Vets Now is known for
• Support and mentor junior clinicians where appropriate

Requirements

• Registered with the RCVS as a Veterinary Surgeon (MRCVS)
• Interest in or experience with emergency and critical care
• Ability to work flexibly across weekend shift patterns
• Strong communication and team-working skills

Benefits

• Up to £45 per hour, depending on experience
• Seven weeks pro rata annual leave
• Private medical insurance
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
• £1,500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid CPD hours pro rata annually
• Access to the AdvantEdge professional development programme
• Flexible shift patterns to suit your lifestyle
• Supportive central team handling administrative burden

About the Practice

Vets Now is a leading out-of-hours emergency and critical care provider across the UK. The Stoke clinic is part of the Vets Now network and operates 24/7 to provide emergency care when general practices are closed. The team is highly skilled in emergency medicine and trauma care.

Vets Now is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. As a Disability Confident Employer, the organisation welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds and is committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment.