Senior Veterinary Surgeon
Financial package up to £100,000!
Elevate Bonus - 20% of salary paid in month 6, 10% in month 12 + benefits!
Plus up to £5,000 Welcome Bonus, up to £8,000 Relocation Allowance
Wellpets Worle is a thriving small animal practice that’s proudly supported the local community for over 30 years. With a loyal client base and modern, well-equipped facilities, we deliver high-quality care every day. Our small, close-knit team creates a supportive environment where everyone can thrive.
Lead, Inspire And Shape The Future Of Our Practice
We’re looking for a confident Senior Vet who is ready to help shape the clinical direction of our practice. In this leadership role, you’ll mentor and guide the team, drive positive change, implement new processes, and uphold high clinical standards.
You’ll also collaborate closely with other IVC practices across the region, enabling us to expand our services and further develop the clinical interests of our vets.
Elevate Your Career
We are committed to empowering our team members to realise their full potential. That’s why we offer a clear pathway for progression, ensuring ample opportunities for both career advancement and personal development.
As part of the Elevate programme and to reward your commitment, we offer exciting additional benefits, including:
- Up to £5,000 welcome bonus paid in first salary
- Up to £8,000 relocation bonus
- Elevate bonus paid at month 6 - 20% of annual salary
- Elevate bonus paid at month 12 - 10% of annual salary
- Concierge support with the relocation process
- Paid leave for the duration of your move (up to three days)
A Caseload To Suit Your Interests
Whatever your ambitions and interests, we’re committed to supporting you in building the caseload that suits your professional goals. While we predominantly see routine procedures, we have experience managing a wide range of cases, including more advanced surgeries, and we’re happy to support an interest in orthopaedics.
Our practice is well-equipped, including in-house Idexx biochemistry, haematology and SNAP testing, multiparameter anaesthetic monitoring, DR digital X-ray, ultrasound scanner, laser therapy, and more.
With CPD available through IVC training centres, we are keen to invest in your development and support you in pursuing further certificates or areas of special interest.
Find A Rota Pattern To Suit You
We're ideally looking for a Lead Vet to join us on a full-time basis, 40 hours per week, however are keen to speak if you're looking for part time or flexible hours, this could be school hours, 3 days per week or a rota to suit your commitments outside of work.
We have a second site in Yeovil, offering the opportunity to split your time between two practices if that appeals to you. As we continue to grow our team, there will be some sole charge responsibilities involved.
Relocating? We Can Help!
Worle is a suburban area just three miles from Weston super Mare in North Somerset, offering a great quality of life with convenient amenities and easy access to both urban and natural surroundings. It is family friendly, with high quality schools and nearby leisure options. Transport links are excellent, with the M5 just one mile away, Bristol Airport 15 miles away, and direct train services to London Paddington, Bristol Temple Meads, Taunton, and Cardiff Central. We are offering a relocation allowance to help make your move to Worle much easier!
Ready to take the next step in your veterinary career? If you’re an experienced vet with strong clinical skills, we’d love to hear from you.
Because Our People Matter
We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from –
Work-life balance
- 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
- Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
- Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
- Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
Development
- £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave
- Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
- Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
- All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
- All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
- Infection Prevention and Control Programme
- Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
Colleague Benefits
- Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
- Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
- Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
- Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
- Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
Salary up to £100,000 pro rata DOE
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
