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Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal

GKG Vets - Newbury, Newbury, South East

Discipline: Small Animal

Full Time, Part Time, Flexible

Up to £75,000 DOE

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Salary up to £75,000 DOE

Welcome Bonus up to £10,000

Relocation Allowance up to £8,000

 
We are looking for a Veterinary Surgeon to join our experienced team here at GKG Vets, Newbury.

The role will involve a nice mix of consulting and surgery and we pride ourselves on providing an excellent service to our clients and their pets and take care of a varied caseload. We are keen for all our Vets to work up cases as thoroughly as possible allowing you clinical freedom and autonomy.   

Fix or flex – find your perfect balance 


Typically, this is a full time position working 38 hours over four days with 1in4 Saturdays and no OOH. However, we know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it easy for you to strike the right balance. We would welcome both full or part time applicants and we are happy to be flexible and work together to find a rota that would work for you.

Established for over 62 years, we are part of the community 


We are a well-equipped small friendly practice who love learning and teaching, established for 62 years on our current site we really are part of the community. Large numbers of our clients have been registered with us for many years and these long-term relationships are key to our success and always remain important to us. 

The practice has the full range of standard equipment including patient warming system, pulse ox, doppler blood pressure, a range of in-house laboratory tests including microscopy and digital x-ray. We have built up our nursing clinics and all of our Vets are supportive of our nursing team being able to use/utilise all of their skills.

P.S - You are welcome to bring your dog to work.

Join our team with a focus on professional development


You will be joining three Vets, a supportive team of RVNs and supporting team members. Sharing all our knowledge is something we love to do, your opinion and input matters to us. We live and breathe by our unique team approach, and we thrive with that ethos. Overall, we are looking for someone who takes joy in coming to work and offering excellent patient care, utilising fear free techniques. 

Because our employees matter


We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

Work-life balance

  • 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays 
  • Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

  • Wellbeing

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
  • Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing 

  • Development

  • £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
  • Certificate support
  • Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
  • Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
  • All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
  • All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
  • Infection Prevention and Control Programme
  • Quality Improvement Programme

  • Professional Memberships

  • BVA membership
  • VDS cover
  • RCVS fees

  • Colleague Benefits

  • Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well 
  • Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
  • Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
  • Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
  • Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
  • GKG Vets - Newbury's logo

    GKG Vets - Newbury

    43 St John's Road, Newbury, RG14 7PS, United Kingdom

    Animals treated

    Small animals

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    Any questions before applying?

    Speak to Megan Dawson from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.

    Senior Talent Partner

    Megan Dawson

    megan.dawson@ivcevidensia.com