Weekend Veterinary Surgeon

About the Role

Vets Now Milton Keynes is recruiting a Weekend Vet Surgeon to provide critical care for dogs, cats and small animals. This is a permanent role for candidates who want to pick up weekend hours and develop ECC skills in an emergency setting.

The rota runs across a four-week pattern, with Week 1 off, Week 2 covering Saturday 12:00 to 19:30 and Sunday 08:00 to 18:00, Week 3 covering Saturday 16:00 to 22:00 and Sunday 14:00 to 22:00, and Week 4 off, plus a share of bank holidays. The clinic describes itself as a warm, supportive and established team, with central support teams also available to help.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide weekend emergency and critical care for sick and injured small animals at Vets Now Milton Keynes.
• Work the published rota pattern across Saturdays, Sundays and a share of bank holidays.
• Contribute to case management in an out-of-hours environment alongside committed colleagues in clinic.
• Focus on the cases in front of you while dedicated complaint and customer service teams handle wider support.

Requirements

• You should be a Veterinary Surgeon.
• The role is suited to candidates looking to pick up weekend work or further develop ECC skills.
• The listing notes that applicants should ideally have at least six months of solid clinical experience for Vets Now's graduate pathway information.

Benefits

• Up to £45 per hour, depending on experience.
• £10,000 recognition bonus pro rata.
• Up to £5,000 relocation allowance.
• Seven weeks pro rata annual leave.
• Private medical insurance.
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
• £1,500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata.
• Access to the AdvantEdge programme.

About the Practice

Vets Now Milton Keynes provides out-of-hours veterinary care for dogs, cats and small animals, with work across nights, weekends and bank holidays to support emergency and critical care cases. The advert also highlights an established local clinic with committed colleagues and central support teams behind the scenes.

Applicants can also contact Anne in the Talent team for further information.