Veterinary Surgeon Full Time NEW

Vets for Pets
Experienced Veterinary Surgeon needed for our busy practice based in Bishopbriggs (Glasgow) paying up to £55,000 depending on experience (FTE)

• This is ideally a full-time position (35 hours) but part time can be considered
• Paid lunch hou
• 1 in 3 Saturdays 9am-5pm
• No OOH duties
• Excellent opportunity for career development within the practice
• Complete clinical freedom
• CPD and certificates will be supported and highly encouraged, to aid in driving both your professional and personal development
• Join a stable team in a practice that’s been open and run for 14 years by practice owner Chris, who has over 20 years of experience in small animal practice

About Us:

You will join a very stable team which is currently made up of 3 FT vets, 3 FT RVNs, 1 SVN, Practice Managerand 3 receptionists, which we find is the perfect balance for ensuring you always get breaks and time in the diary to catch up on admin.

The practice is located in East Dunbartonshire and within a 20-minute drive of the city centre of Glasgow. The international airport in Glasgow is within a 30-minute drive of the practice which makes it the ideal location for international vets returning home for holidays or is an easy gateway for a city break in Europe during your time off.

At Bishopbriggs Vets4Pets we are an RCVS PSS (and have been for the past 13 years), an RVN training practice, a Silver Cat Friendly practice and we are currently working towards the Investors in Environment award. To support all of this we have excellent facilities and equipment within the practice which includes a full in-house Lab (Lasercyte and Catalyst), an oxygen chamber, ultrasound, digital x-ray, tonometer, patient warmer, fluid pumps, syringe driver and many more.

We work on 15-minute consults, with regular time blocked out to catch up on paperwork. In addition, we also set aside time for lab results, repeat prescriptions and vet discharge appointments to ensure that you never get behind and can leave on time at the end of your shift as we value your personal life outside of work. Our nurses also conduct daily consults in practice to assist the vets including 2nd vaccinations, microchips, bandage checks just to name a few.

The role:

We are looking for a full timeVeterinary Surgeon working around 35 hours per week, with 1 in 3 Saturdays.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years’ experience working in Small Animal practice in the UK a, with solid surgical skills, and the drive to work up medical cases in practice. This position will be fully supported by our Practice Director who has over 20 years clinical experience and has run the practice since it opened in 2011.

This role has the potential for the right candidate to develop into a clinical lead and certificates will be supported.

As well as a great practice and team environment, we also provide additional benefits including a paid one-hour lunch break, access to a colleague food pantry, an extra day off for your birthday, private healthcare contribution, and a live app to track your rota and holidays. Depending on your experience level we are offering a salary in the region of £40-55K perannum.

If you would like to find out more information about the position or to have a no strings attached conversation, please reach out to Rach on and she will get back to you in 1 working day

Location: G64 2TS

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!