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Job Title: Night Veterinary Surgeon

Location: Morley, Leeds

Hours: Full-time, 7 nights on and 14 nights off. Hours are 7 pm- 8.30 am. (12-month fixed-term contract)

Practice: Abbey House Veterinary Hospital

Salary: £70,000 per annum (Depending on experience)

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Step into a role where every shift brings purpose, challenge, and opportunity to make a life-saving difference.

If you're looking for a role that’s fast-paced, endlessly rewarding, and deeply impactful, where every shift counts, come join us!

Why join us? 

Varied caseload, allowing you to solve complex cases, giving you the opportunity to continually develop and grow

Able to confidently deliver high-quality clinical care with a dedicated, tight-knit emergency team with a range of experience..

A working schedule with dedicated time off to help you recharge and maintain career satisfaction and personal wellbeing.

Well-equipped hospital with all the latest tools and a highly skilled nursing team to help deliver the best care possible.

Supportive team culture where we value collaboration, open communication, and looking out for each other.

The team

Abbey House is a Tier 3 Hospital based in Morley, West Yorkshire, just a short train ride from Leeds with easy access to the beautiful Peak District and the city of York less than 1 hour away. We are a high standard primary care and mid-tier referral hospital with five satellite clinics. We are all about clinical quality and developing ourselves to be the best we can be. 

Our facilities and equipment are excellent and include:

An amazing team of supportive, dedicated, caring professionals

Full imaging suite including Xray, multiple ultrasound scanners and onsite CT

4 theatres with dedicated surgical nursing team and certificate holder led service

Dental suite with X-ray

Rigid/flexible endoscopy including laparoscopy

Excellent in patient facilities with separate dog/cat/exotic and day/long stay wards plus ICU and onsite lab with dedicated technician (Haem/biochem/coags/EPOC)

Separate dog/cat waiting areas and 7 consult rooms

We are also a supportive, friendly, team.  Our Colleague Council organises regular events and we have made an exciting Engagement Action Plan together as a team.  We are also working on our wellbeing agenda, with trained Mental Health First Aiders on site.  Sustainability is important to us and we hold our Investors in the Environment Bronze Award.   

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

What we’re looking for

Perform emergency surgeries with confidence and careStablise critically ill or injured animals, adjust treatment medications or support care as required.The ability to explain diagnoses prognoses, and treatment options to worried pet owners during emergencies and treat medical or surgical conditionsStrong clinical decision-making abilities, treatment planning and ongoing case management.A team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and remains calm under pressure.A collaborative can-do attitude that helps maintain a positive team culture and excellent client care relationship.

What we offer

5-weeks holiday plus bank holidays and birthday leaveRelocation supportRCVS and VDS fees paidEmployer contribution pension schemeLife assuranceE-car salary sacrifice schemeEnhanced equal family leaveExtensive internal and funded external CPD

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an experienced team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.  

If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with Vicky Tanday vicky.tanday@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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Salary Value: £70,000 per annum;
Salary Description: depending on experience;

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.

Why Linnaeus?

-    We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets

-    We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet

-    We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion

-    We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.

We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or for more information or please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk