Veterinary Surgeon

The successful candidate will work closely with the established friendly vet, nursing and client care teams to provide excellent patient and client care. Experience in mixed practice is essential as the practice looks after Companion Animal, Farm and Equine patients. There is scope in the role for a bias in one discipline but experience in each to enable OOH participation is required. An RVN is available as back up for all OOH work. Excellent communication skills are required for this role along with a desire to engage in ongoing clinical development of the practice.

We are a purpose-built, RCVS accredited practice that provides excellent care for small animals, farm animals and equines in the town of Hawick, Roxburghshire. With our recent practice expansion, this has allowed us to improve our facilities and expand our services to provide an excellent working environment for our team. We remain committed to providing a superior customer experience and enhancing the happiness in every animal we care for.

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our associates. We have an amazing 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.