Abbey Vets in South Wales has an exciting new opportunity for a New Graduate Veterinary Surgeon to join their friendly, experienced team, with the aim of making the transition from university to working life as smooth as possible.
Our experienced team has been providing excellent veterinary care to pets across Monmouthshire, Gwent, and Powys since the 1980’s.
We have 4 RCVS accredited sites - our main site is in Abergavenny, with other branches in Monmouth, Tredegar, and Brecon, all providing a varied and interesting caseload.
You will be joining us at an exciting time with our practice benefitting greatly from completion of our recent refurbishments, ensuring we continue to provide the very highest standard of equipment and facilities. We are also one of the first practices in the UK to undertake the BVA Great Workplaces Accreditation scheme.
New Grad start with a difference!
We appreciate that a new full-time role after graduating can be daunting, and feel our position offers a great start to your veterinary career. It gives you the opportunity to ease into practice life gently, get to know the team, and have time to explore and discover the beautiful area outside of work too.
Interested?
Initially - part-time FTC (4-6 weeks) – open to winter and summer graduates
Vaccination only vet role
24-30 hrs/week – over 4 to 5 days, which we would be happy to discuss according to the successful candidate’s preference
No OOH or weekend work
You would be working alongside our experienced vets who will be there to assist if something unexpected crops up in a vaccination consult.
Following this settling in period, you would then transition to a permanent position.
Full-time veterinary role – a great mix of consulting and operating
4 days a week split across our branches, with the possibility of a bias towards one branch
Standard day - 8.45am start with last appointment 6.15pm (15-minute appointments)
1:5 full Saturdays along with 1:20 Saturday mornings
Dedicated one hour lunch break and we rota in protected breaks for phone calls/case work
Part of in-patient only on-call rota - 1:6 pattern to provide on-call support for our night RVNs looking after hospitalised patients
We want you to feel fully supported in your new role and we have 4 Vet GDP advisors alongside many years of experience in supporting and developing new or recent graduates.
As you will be part of a Graduate Development Programme at VetPartners, you will embrace a blended learning approach of training days, in-house mentoring, CPD, and clinical practice.
Our Amazing Team:
We have a knowledgeable and experienced team with a diverse range of specialist skills and interests, including internal medicine, orthopaedics, and feline care.
Our team consists of 14 Vets, including certificate holders in Surgery, Medicine, and Radiology as well as a visiting Cardiologist.
We appreciate the importance of work-life balance and enjoying our well-earned downtime.
The Area:
The practice is in a beautiful part of the country near the Brecon Beacons National Park, with great transport links and easy access to Bristol and Cardiff.
Abergavenny has been named the Best Place to Live in Wales in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide.
Our excellent range of benefits includes:
Salary - £35,000 -£37,500 FTE depending on experience
6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
Part of VetPartners Graduate Development Programme
Health Shield - contributions for health and wellbeing treatments
RCVS Membership paid and two other membership subscriptions
VDS cover
Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
Discounted veterinary fees
My Perks – offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
Cycle to Work scheme
CPD/training support
Company sick pay
Colleague engagement survey
Annual pay reviews
Focus on employee wellbeing
Career progression opportunities
So, if this sounds like the perfect start to your career, we’d love to hear from you!
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