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Graduate Veterinary Surgeon - Mixed
Portland House Vets, Retford, Retford, East Midlands
Discipline: Mixed
Full Time
Year 1 salary from £34,000
Shape your journey, shape the future
No matter where your passion in veterinary medicine lies, the IVC Evidensia Graduate Academy programme offers a comprehensive and tailored learning experience to support you in achieving your potential.
Are you a recent or soon-to-be veterinary graduate looking to embark on a successful and fulfilling career in veterinary medicine?
Embark on an extraordinary journey with our Graduate Academy programme, designed to help you unlock your potential and achieve veterinary excellence. Discover practical and online CPD development opportunities. Feel empowered with mentor and well-being support, alongside a host of benefits and rewards. Find support and inspiration, with our global network of peers and professionals ready and waiting to welcome you.
Join us on this exciting journey, and let's shape the future of veterinary care together.
Unlock your passions at Portland House Vets
Portland House Veterinary Group are a group of 4 practices, small animal in Retford, Ollerton and Goole and Farm animal at Retford. We have been working in partnership with clients in and around the Retford area in one form or another for over 50 years. You will be based at our Retford branch but will also be required to work at our Ollerton and Goole sites. Retford is a stunning market town and is is located 26 miles east of Sheffield, 23 miles west of Lincoln and 31 miles north-east of Nottingham. We have great transport links including Retford train station which is a 5 minute drive or 20 minute walk from the practice.
Across all of our sites, we have 13 vets and 14 RVN/SVN, with experience ranging from new graduates to 30 years. We have a fantastic team of support staff and a lovely loyal client base with both large and small animal. We pride ourselves in providing excellent patient, client and employee care. We are a welcoming and friendly team who are enthusiastic and dedicated to working together as a team. We believe strongly in delivering exceptional service and care to our clients and their pets.
From Retford we provide services for farm and small animal clients as well as wildlife parks and zoos. We are well equipped with an ultrasound with Doppler and ECG, digital DR x-ray, CR dental x-ray, video endoscopy and full internal lab.
Step into a supportive start
Your normal hours of work are 40.5 hours per week, 5 days a week. Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 6pm. You may also be required to participate in a weekend rota and/or an out of hours on-call rota which will include working on weekends and bank holidays.
Graduates will have key points of contact for clinical and pastoral support. They will be supported across all disciplines undertaken at the practice as required. Graduates are encouraged to learn new skills and fully participate in CPD/VetGDP. We aim to guide graduates towards self-reliance and independence through a broad and balanced skill set. We will work with graduates on an individual basis to align our aspirations with theirs. We have regular meetings, social events, one to ones as well as multiple communication channels to allow everyone access to information.
Caseload split of 60% Small Animal and 40% Farm.
Be part of something bigger
At IVC Evidensia we are committed to supporting you in shaping your journey to reach your potential, whatever your goals. That’s why, our Graduate Academy programme has been developed to offer you the very best:
Boost your learning
Take your career to the next level with our comprehensive blended learning programme, with a choice of streams to fit your career dreams.
Connect, learn, grow
Build lifelong connections with our global community of veterinary professionals, and the opportunity to work at locations across our network as your career progresses.
Unlock your development
Explore your passions with exciting CPD and development opportunities, including the opportunity to apply for the IVC Evidensia Research Fund.
Supported to thrive
Gain invaluable experience and support from a dedicated mentor who cares about your progression.
Your wellbeing
Feel empowered with our wellbeing support offering. You will receive £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund.
Benefits and rewards
Discover a host of benefits and rewards, including a competitive salary starting from £34k.
A rewarding career – it’s yours for the taking.
We offer excellent employee benefits, as we believe that our people do their best work when they feel comfortable, nurtured, and valued:
We know how committed you’ve been throughout your studies now let us help you create the perfect launch pad to a bright career. Join us on this exciting journey, and let's shape the future of veterinary care together.
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. 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.
Portland House Vets, Retford
53 Churchgate, Retford, DN22 6PA, United Kingdom
Animals treated
Small animals
Equine
Farm animals
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. 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.
Any questions before applying?
Speak to Connor Parr from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.