Vets Now Manchester are welcoming out-of-hours (OOH) Veterinary Surgeon applications, from Vets with a passion for Emergency and Critical Care, to join their team. Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of Emergency Veterinary Care, with a nationwide network of out-of-hours clinics and 24/7 emergency hospitals. As part of Inspiring Vet Care, our teams make a difference to pets and their owners when they need us most.

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Vet Surgeon to join our out-of-hours team at our Vets Now Manchester hospital, on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

This role will include a mixture of consulting/procedures and inpatient responsibility.

In this role you will be supported by a dedicated team, where you will benefit from an interesting caseload and opportunities to expand your skills.  

Working out-of-hours doesn’t mean working all hours

In this part-time role, you will work an average of 30 hours per week. Working on a 6-week rolling rota, the shifts will include nights, swing shifts and backshifts, this includes shifts during the week and 2 in 6 weekends, plus a fair share of bank holidays. 

Shift times will typically include 1pm-12am, 3pm-2am, 4pm-3am, 5pm-4am and 9pm-8am.

A rota example is below (11-hour shifts, on a 6-week rolling rota):

*Week 1 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
*Week 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
*Week 3 Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday
*Week 4 Thursday, Friday
*Week 5 Friday, Saturday, Sunday
*Week 6 OFF
 

We look after you, so you can look after them

At Vets Now we recognise that our people are what makes us. That’s why we are continuing to invest in first class reward and recognition benefits and initiatives. Our benefits package includes, but not limited to:

*Membership of employee wellbeing programme
*7 weeks pro rata annual leave
*Your birthday as a paid day off
*Paid volunteering days
*RCVS fees, VECCS membership, VDS cover
*Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
*Up to 50% discounted staff pet care 

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To be considered for this role, please click apply. To get in touch with Angie in our Talent team to discuss further, please email: [email protected].

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.