Experienced Veterinary Surgeon

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Westover Vets, a proudly independent practice serving North Norfolk for over a century. Based on a four-day week averaging around 32 hours, this role offers flexibility without the long days often associated with compressed schedules. You'll work in a practice that genuinely values quality of life alongside clinical excellence.

The role includes some participation in the in-house out-of-hours rota, but this is shared across the whole veterinary team and therefore infrequent. OOH is worked in blocks of three or four nights, with only a small number of blocks per vet each year, allowing you to provide continuity of care for the practice's own patients rather than outsourcing emergencies. North Norfolk itself is a fantastic location: beaches, countryside, big skies, and a rural but connected pace of life that many vets find deeply rewarding.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver confident routine consulting and surgery as part of a multi-site practice with three locations and a central hospital
• Contribute to the full range of primary care work, with opportunities to specialise in areas of personal interest such as medicine, surgery, imaging, dentistry, or emergency work
• Participate in the shared in-house out-of-hours rota, working blocks of three to four nights several times per year
• Support a culture of continuous learning and professional development in a team where more than half the vets hold certificates or higher qualifications

Requirements

• RCVS registration as a veterinary surgeon
• Confidence with routine consulting and surgery
• Enthusiasm for working as part of a supportive, clinically ambitious team
• Curiosity and commitment to ongoing professional development
• Ideally experienced, though recent graduates who are the right fit for the practice will be considered

Benefits

• Salary of £45,000 to £65,000 depending on experience
• Four-day week, averaging around 32 hours per week
• Five weeks' holiday per year
• Professional fees paid
• Generous and flexible CPD support
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Private healthcare
• Access to modern facilities including CT and laparoscopy equipment
• A genuinely independent, supportive and clinically ambitious environment

About the Practice

Westover Vets is an independent practice with a century-long history of serving the local North Norfolk community. The practice now operates three sites across the region, including a central hospital, with just under thirty vets on the team. More than half hold certificates or higher qualifications, and the practice runs its own in-house out-of-hours service, allowing them to keep a significant volume of interesting work in-house rather than referring emergencies elsewhere.

The practice is built on the principle that vets are happiest, most fulfilled and most productive when supported to do the work they enjoy. Investment in people, buildings, and equipment reflects this commitment, alongside modern clinical tools such as CT and laparoscopy. The real strength lies in the team culture and the genuine independence that allows clinical and personal autonomy.