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Veterinary Surgeon - Small Animal
Kernow Veterinary Group, Pelyn Vets - Lostwithiel, South West
Discipline: Small Animal
Full Time, Part Time, Flexible
Salary up to £70,000 FTE DOE
Veterinary Surgeon
Kernow Vets, Lostwithiel
Salary Up to £70,000 DOE FTE
Kernow Veterinary Group are looking for a small animal vet to join our team. This role is full time, 40 hours over a 4 day working week - allowing for a great work/life balance, we are open to part time applicants too! Our current team consists of 22 small animal vets across our five small animal sites. We also have a dedicated farm & equine team.
Proud to Be Part of IVC Evidensia
At IVC Evidensia, we’re driven by the passion and commitment of our people - across clinical, operational, and support teams. With over 2,500 clinics and hospitals in 20 countries and around 41,000 employees, we work together to care for around 25,000 animals every day. United by a shared purpose - Healthy Animals, Happy Owners - we’re proud to champion long-term animal health and welfare through the dedication of every individual across our international network.
Ready To Take The Next Step?
Due to one of our graduate scheme colleagues flying the nest we’re looking forward to welcoming another team player with a positive outlook who will join us in caring about patients, clients and each other. A full time (40h per week) role is available, but we’re happy to enable flexible working for the right person.
If you’re looking to join a progressive practice and are eager to contribute to and grow within our supportive team we'd love to hear from you.
Our Talented Team
Our team, including certificate holders in ophthalmology, emergency medicine, dermatology and behaviour, we run our own OOH to care for in- patients, evening and weekend day cases with RVN nursing at our main site 24/7. Our night vet Emma, in collaboration with a neighbouring IVC practice covers our emergency OOH night work. This combination enables work- life balance, without compromising patient care and provides the best out of hours care to a varied interesting caseload.
All of our sites are well equipped and carry out a full range of diagnostic and surgical services. We run our own OOH for our in patients and have an RVN plus nursing support at our main site 24/7. We employ one night vet and work in collaboration with a neighboring IVC practice to cover our emergency OOH night work. We require a colleague to contribute to the OOH rota for in patient care and weekend days - currently 1:10 weekends
Within the supportive team you have the opportunity to have clinical freedom and to follow cases through, some of experienced vets have been with the practice for over 30 years along with more recently qualified colleagues.
Relocating? Get in touch!
Kernow Veterinary Group in mid Cornwall is situated in a beautiful part of the country offering a wide range of leisure activities. We are also a very sociable bunch and believe in getting out to enjoy everything Cornwall has to offer including riding, cycling, running, surfing, rowing, walking the coastline & moors which are all on our doorstep. Road, rail & air links are also good. We are part of the Vet GDP scheme and also RVN training centres, and we have an active Cornwall Veterinary Association (a BVA division) and this also includes a young vet network.
Apply today for a confidential chat about your next career move!
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Kernow Veterinary Group, Pelyn Vets - Lostwithiel
Edgecumbe Road, Nomansland, PL22 0DZ, United Kingdom
Animals treated
Dogs, cats & small pets
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 Maizie Brown from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.