Weekend Veterinary Surgeon

About the Role

This weekend Veterinary Surgeon role is based at Culverden Vets in Tunbridge Wells and sits within Vets Now’s emergency and critical care network. The caseload is described as interesting and varied, giving you the chance to build ECC experience while working around your lifestyle.

There are two rota options available, both including a fair share of bank holidays. You can work every weekend on Sunday backshifts from 9am to 9pm, or take a 1 in 4 rota covering Saturday day shifts from 12pm to 7:30pm and Sunday day shifts from 8:30am to 7:30pm.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver emergency and critical care across the weekend rota at Culverden Vets
• Work with a varied ECC caseload in a busy out-of-hours environment
• Support pets and owners when urgent care is needed
• Contribute to a team that shares responsibility and works collaboratively under pressure

Requirements

• Qualified Veterinary Surgeon
• Interest in emergency and critical care
• Willingness to work weekend shifts and bank holidays as part of the rota
• Applicants seeking more ECC experience are encouraged to apply

Benefits

• Salary of up to £45 per hour DOE
• 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, including 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 at hundreds of retailers
• UK Standard Pension contributions of 5% employee and 3% employer
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
• Death in service cover at two times annual salary

About the Practice

Vets Now is a UK-wide provider of emergency and critical care, with a network of out-of-hours clinics and 24/7 emergency hospitals. It is part of Inspiring Vet Care and focuses on helping pets and their owners when urgent care is needed most.

The Tunbridge Wells clinic is based within Culverden Vets at 11 Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9RD. The team description highlights close-knit working, shared responsibility and structured rotas, with support for ongoing development in ECC.