ECC Veterinary Surgeon

About the Role

This part-time ECC Veterinary Surgeon role is based at Vets Now Worthing within Grove Lodge Vets, with a caseload that brings genuine emergency and critical care variety. The work includes a mix of mid-week and weekend night shifts, with 1 in 3 weekends and a fair share of bank holidays, averaging circa 27 hours per week.

Shift times typically run from 1830 to 0900 on mid-week nights and 1900 to 0900 at weekends. The advert highlights a strong support network, an experienced clinical environment and the chance to build skills in emergency work that goes beyond general practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide veterinary care within an emergency and critical care setting at Vets Now Worthing.
• Manage a varied out-of-hours caseload that includes cases you would not typically see in general practice.
• Work mid-week night shifts, weekend night shifts and a fair share of bank holidays.
• Contribute to a team environment that supports shared responsibility under pressure.

Requirements

• Qualified Veterinary Surgeon.
• Interest in emergency and critical care caseloads.
• Willingness to work part-time night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.

Benefits

• Salary up to £80,000 DOE pro rata.
• Private medical insurance.
• Employee wellbeing programme membership.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay.
• Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• 7 weeks pro rata annual leave.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• Paid volunteering days.
• £1,500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata.
• ECC certificate support with financial support and paid study leave.
• Access to Edge programmes.
• RCVS fees, VECCS membership and VDS cover.
• Vets Now For You reward gateway with discounts and cashback.
• UK Standard Pension contributions, 5% employee and 3% employer.
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
• Death in service cover of two times annual salary.

About the Practice

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency and critical care, with a nationwide network of out-of-hours veterinary clinics and 24/7 emergency hospitals. It is part of Inspiring Vet Care.

The Worthing role is based within Grove Lodge Vets at 18 Upper Brighton Road, Worthing, BN14 9DL. The advert also describes close-knit teams, structured rotas and experienced clinical teams focused on sustainable careers in ECC.