Job ID: 11690
Job Title: Mixed Animal Veterinary Surgeon
Region: Northern Ireland
County: County Down
Profession: Veterinary Surgeon
Category: Mixed
Position: Permanent
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: Ongoing
Job Description: Our client, based in Newry, is looking to increase their team with a Mixed Animal Veterinary Surgeon to add to the team of 3 Small Animal Vets, 5 Large Animal Vets, 3 Nurses and 2 Student Nurses.
The role will include both small and large animal work. There will be a flexible mix of clinical work with dairy, beef, and sheep herds covering all veterinary requirements for beef and dairy herds, and sheep flocks, including Reproduction – Fertility and Scanning, Health Plans, Disease Investigations and many more opportunities to develop your client base. There will also be responsibility for customer and pet care as the practice offers a high medical and surgical caseload, and challenging trauma cases. You will have a grounding in all aspects of general practice with the opportunity for career progression. The practice is highly equipped (digital x-ray, lab suite, advanced ultrasound) for all medical and surgical investigations.
Newry city sits in a valley, between the Mourne Mountains, Rings of Gullion and the Cooley mountains all of which are designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. It is also ideally located within an hour’s drive from both Dublin and Belfast. You will be joining at an exciting time as the practice are opening a new site on a part time basis in the beautiful seaside town of Warrenpoint. The role will be based between both surgeries (Warren point and Newry).
There is an equally shared rota between vets and OOH's - currently 1 in 6 or less nights on call and is negotiable.
Included in the package on offer:
Salary- competitive – rising with experience
6.6 weeks pro rata paid holiday including bank holidays
Opportunity to buy/sell holidays
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
5 days paid CPD leave with £1750 CPD allowance per annum pro rata, more if a certificate holder
Healthshield – wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments – from dentistry to sports massage.
RCVS/VDS and BVA Membership paid
Birthday leave
Discounted Veterinary fees
My Benefits – various discounts including gym memberships
CPD/training support
Paid bereavement leave
Enhanced company sick pay
Academy and Leadership courses
Colleague engagement survey
Annual pay review
Cycle to work scheme.