Veterinary Surgeon

A fantastic opportunity has come to join the great team at Handforth paying up to 70000 (DOE FTE )

• You will join a state of the art busy practice that encourages all of its colleagues to pursue their interests
• You will be supported by a very experienced clinical team
• The RVNs VCAs and nonclinical support colleagues go the extra mile to support you in providing the best quality care for your patients
• This role can consider full or part time hours offering you flexibility
• This will include 1 in 4 full weekends
• Generous CPD allowance and Certificates can be supported
• The practice truly believes in putting their colleagues needs first
• Excellent location for commuters and is also only 5 minutes from Manchester airport!
• No OOHs
• Protected breaks throughout the day

Join our stateoftheart practice in Handforth and you will have the clinical freedom to pursue your area of interest in a growing business. With guidance and development from both practice colleagues and our highly experienced regional team you can develop your skills in a direction of your choosing.

We are seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to join our supportive and engaged team at Handforth Vets for Pets. Youll be working alongside 3 full time vets (one new graduate) as well as a team of RVNs VCAs and nonclinical support colleagues who go above and beyond to allow you to focus on the role of a vet. Our practice can offer you the environment caseload and equipment needed to utilise the skills you have gained to date whilst also giving you plenty of opportunity to develop further with support for postgraduate qualifications CPD and training in your areas of interest.

We are a team that believes in supporting each other and bringing the best out in each other if you want to work in a practice that puts your needs first we are the practice for you.

Having opened in spring 2021 the practice has a high calibre of equipment and modcons and is based on the Handforth Retail Park under 30 minutes from Manchester City Centre and only 5 minutes from Manchester International Airport making it the perfect location for get aways or trips home during your time off.

Ideally you should have small animal experience gained as a general practitioner and great people skills. You will be comfortable with occasional sole charge but will also relish being part of a team working towards the same vision of providing gold standard care to the local community and their pets. However we also want to see talented vets grow within our business so will consider ambitious new grads for this role providing you the support you need to succeed.

This is ideally a fulltime position but we can consider part time hours if you have other commitments. Weekends are on a rota basis with limited cover to keep it fair for everyone and theres no OOHs. Weekend hours are Saturday 9am till 6pm and Sunday 10am till 4pm.

We pride ourselves on team wellbeing and therefore make sure to have protected breaks throughout the shifts.

As standard we offer all the benefits youd expect from a major employer (pension healthcare paid memberships etc.) plus a few more such as excellent career progression and exclusive lifestyle and shopping discounts (up to 20% off at Pets at Home) along with a competitive salary up to 70000 (DOEFTE)

Handforth Vets4Pets is at the forefront of providing the best pet care encompassing a 360 approach by working alongside store and grooming colleagues to provide gold standard care to clients and their pets. So if you think youre a good match to what we are looking for and you share our belief that together were better with pets were waiting to hear from you whatever your background or circumstances.

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and great customer service and would like to join our team then we would love to hear from you. Please contact Rach at and someone will get back to you within 1 working day

Pets just see people. They arent biased and they dont 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 dont perfectly align if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours we want to hear from you!