Area Veterinary Surgeon – Small Animal – Kent

Overview

In this role you will cover multiple practices across the West Sussex region as a Roving Veterinary Surgeon, performing routine surgeries and consultations with potential sole charge. You’ll gain diverse clinical exposure while working with certificate holders and expanding your professional development. The role emphasizes collaboration across practices and ongoing learning within a supportive, values-driven culture. This is a chance to contribute to high-quality patient and client care while advancing your clinical interests.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary up to 75,000 DOE
• Company car or car allowance
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family leave and pay
• Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes
• RCVS fees covered

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine surgeries and consultations across multiple practices
• Potential for sole charge work
• Work collaboratively with cross-practice teams to deliver patient care
• Support clinical exposure and development through varied case mix
• Engage with certificate holders in Surgery, Orthopaedics, Dermatology and Small Animal Medicine
• Contribute to maintaining high standards of client communication and care

Key requirements

• A Veterinary degree and registration (or eligibility) with the RCVS
• Experience in clinical practice with growing confidence in routine medical and surgical cases
• Strong communication skills and ability to build client and colleague relationships
• Proactive learner open to feedback and development
• Professional, reliable, able to work independently and as part of a team

• Strong communication
• Team collaboration
• Proactive learning
• Professionalism
• Routine medical and surgical case management in small animals
• Experience with handling a diverse case mix across multiple practices

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