Experienced Veterinary Surgeon

Salary up to £65,000 FTE (dependent on experience)

• Salary up to £65,000 FTE, depending on experience
• Excellent work-life balance with flexible part-time hours
• Generous CPD allowance with support for certificates
• Paid RCVS, VDS and one additional professional membership
• Contributory pension scheme
• Exclusive colleague discounts
• A supportive, experienced and collaborative team
• Genuine opportunities for clinical development and career progression

If you're looking for a practice where you'll be supported, valued, and encouraged to develop while delivering exceptional care to patients and clients, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of the exciting future at Walkden Vets for Pets.

Location: M28 3EE

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don't perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon looking for a genuinely rewarding part-time role with flexibility, clinical variety, and excellent support.

You'll enjoy a varied first-opinion caseload, allowing you to use both your consulting and surgical skills while building lasting relationships with clients and their pets.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about delivering outstanding patient and client care
• A confident communicator who enjoys building client relationships
• A collaborative team player who supports colleagues
• Keen to continue developing clinically, with support available for further study and certificates
• Enthusiastic about contributing to the continued growth and success of the practice

Whether you're an experienced Veterinary Surgeon looking for greater flexibility or seeking a better work-life balance without compromising on clinical standards, we'd love to hear from you.

Our busy first-opinion practice offers an interesting and varied caseload, including:

• Routine consultations
• Preventative healthcare
• Medicine cases
• Dentistry
• Neutering
• Soft tissue surgery
• Diagnostic imaging
• Senior pet healthcare
• Emergency consultations

We're also continuing to invest in our diagnostic capabilities, with dental X-ray being introduced and further ultrasound training planned.

Our practice is well equipped with:

• Digital X-ray
• Ultrasound
• In-house laboratory including Sedivue and InVue
• Multiparameter monitoring
• Dedicated theatre
• Separate dog and cat wards
• Isolation ward
• Dedicated nurse consultation room

This is a part-time position, and we're happy to discuss a working pattern that works for you.
We understand that everyone has different commitments outside of work, so flexibility and achieving a healthy work-life balance are important to us.

Our practice is located on Ellesmere Retail Park in Walkden, approximately eight miles from Manchester city centre, with excellent transport links to Bolton, Salford and Worsley.

The local area offers the best of both worlds, with nearby green spaces including Blackleach Country Park, alongside a wide range of retail and dining options right on our doorstep, including M&S, Aldi, Nando's, McDonald's, KFC and Subway.

Free on-site parking is also available.