Graduate Veterinary Surgeon (Rotating Graduate Veterinary Surgeon)
London and Grimsby animal hospitals, 18 month fixed term contract, full time

What is the role?
We are currently recruiting for a Graduate Veterinary Surgeon to join our team on an 18-month fixed term contract in March 2023. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your skills in small animal medicine and surgery in a hospital environment. We offer superb clinical facilities including two operating theatres, digital x-ray, video endoscopy, ultrasound, multiparameter monitors, ASIF kit, KE and IMEX ESF kit, air drill, ECG, dental x-ray, in-house lab and separate dog, cat, exotics and isolation wards.

This role involves time spent both at Blue Cross London hospitals in Victoria, Merton and Hammersmith as well as at Blue Cross Grimsby animal hospital. It is proposed that assignment to each hospital will be applied on a rotation basis with six each months being located at London/Grimsby/London. This fixed term role is a residential post and therefore accommodation will be provided as part of the remuneration and benefits package at one of the London hospitals and then at our animal hospital in Grimsby.

This is a full time role of 42 hours per week over five days for a 18 month fixed term contract. You will be required to participate in an out of hours rota that includes weekends, bank holidays and some night shifts for which equivalent time off in lieu will be given.

Want to know more the detail? Great! We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need.

What is required?
We are looking for people with the following:
• Member of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

It would also be great if you had:
• UK small animal or mixed practice experience
• UK driving license

Why work for Blue Cross?
• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays & increases with length of service. (Pro rata for part time)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance protection
• Income protection
• Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution
• Holiday exchange & enhanced parental leave
• Annual volunteer days
• Huge range of discounts across high street stores, insurance services & more
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

To apply for this role, all candidates must complete the online application process.

Salary: £22,200 per annum plus £7,800 accommodation offset
Grade: Graduate
Closing Date: 9th December 2022

We will be contacting candidates as they apply and interviews will be held on 13th & 14th December 2022

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

At Blue Cross we are passionate about our commitment to diversity, inclusion and removing barriers, should you like to discuss any reasonable adjustments or changes to our recruitment process to support you to be your best then please get in touch. You can get in touch with us either via email at jobs@bluecross.org.uk, via telephone on 01993 825515 or if you would prefer a video call then we can arrange this using Microsoft Teams.

Blue Cross holds inclusion as a core organisational value. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified, experienced and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. We actively embrace our differences and know that it is our differences that make us unique. You are very welcome at Blue Cross, without the need to hide any part of who you are