The Role

Balby is a relatively new addition to the White Cross family, joining the group in 2019. We are a team of 14 (5 CCC's, 4 RVN's 2 SVN's and 3 Vets). We are looking for two new vets to join our fantastic vibrant and growing team; one position would be suitable as a Senior Vet position, with the candidate ideally have interests in leadership/mentoring of the clinical team.

As one of the top employers in the UK, we offer candidates an excellent package with the opportunity to enjoy a superb work/life balance. The full-time working pattern is 40 hours over 4 days with a share of Saturdays (TOIL given) and no OOH.

About Us

We have separate surgical and dental suites, each with theatre lighting. Our dental suite has x-ray on the way! Our theatre is spacious and bright, benefitting from a large window providing natural light, we have a state of the art multi-parameter monitor, suction, mono and bipolar cautery and orthopedic kits. Our imagining suite houses a new top of the range Ultrasound Scanner and digital x-ray. We have separate dog and cat wards, 4 consulting rooms and an in-house laboratory providing a large range of diagnostic possibilities.

We have the benefit of a separate outbuilding for staff to relax in with comfortable sofas to put up your feet and really unwind on your breaks, with office space available for quiet study or telephone calls.

The team is full of energy and enthusiasm, you probably won't have worked anywhere with so much laughter before! We all work hard but have good fun while doing it. We have monthly team meetings, vet meetings, nurse meetings and CCC meetings. We like to hold in house CPD as much as we can and get speakers into the practice to give us updates on new products etc.

The team have varied backgrounds and interests; we have team members from Australia, Greece and even as far as the South West of England. Interests range from DIY, to baking, horror films to crystals, magic to rock climbing, you really never know what the topic of the day is going to be!

Applicant Requirements

You will be RCVS registered with several years’ UK post-graduate experience, strong communication skills and the ability to work well in a team. You will share our passion to deliver great clinical quality and fantastic client service. For the senior role, previous experience of mentoring or leadership would be preferable.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long term health conditions, and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

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