Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend

Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend

Location: Southampton
Salary: Up to £45ph DOE
Status: {Status}
Expiry Date: 31 January 2026

Southampton - Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend

Up to £45ph DOE plus benefits 

 

Make your weekends work at Vets Now

At Vets Now Southampton you will benefit from an interesting caseload. Whether you are working a second job or looking to get more ECC experience, this is a great opportunity to further your own knowledge and work with a team who are passionate about progressing in the world of emergency and critical care.

As a weekend Vet Surgeon at Vets Now Southampton, you will be supported by a dedicated team, where you will also receive mentorship. 

 

Build your ECC career around your lifestyle

In this role, 2 of the 4 weekends in a 4-week rota, as indicated below, are to be covered. The available shift times include:

  • Week 1: Friday night shift (19:00- 09:00), Saturday night shift (19:00-09:00) 
  • Week 2:  Saturday day shift (12:00-19:30), Sunday day shift (08:30-19:30)
  • Week 3: Saturday day shift (12:00-19:30), Sunday day shift (08:30-19:30)
  • Week 4: Sunday day shift (08:30-19:30)
  • Plus a fair share of bank holidays 

We will work with you to find a rota that fits around your lifestyle and clinic requirements. 

 

Take control of your own career progression 

With our excellent training and development opportunities, you will have a platform to thrive in an out of hours environment. Working in this ECC setting you will see a varied caseload which will sharpen and develop your veterinary skills.

 

We look after you, so you can look after them

At Vets Now we recognise that our people are what makes us. That’s why we are continuing to invest in first class reward and recognition benefits and initiatives.

  • Private medical insurance
  • Membership of employee wellbeing programme
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
  • Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
  • 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
  • Your birthday as a paid day off
  • Paid volunteering days
  • £1500 CPD allowance plus 35 paid hours pro rata 
  • ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
  • Access to our Edge programmes
  • RCVS fees, VECCS membership, VDS cover
  • Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
  • UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
  • Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
  • Death in service of two times annual salary

 

Give yourself the AdvantEdge

At Vets Now, we are passionate about training and the ongoing development of our employees. If this vacancy is of interest and you feel you would benefit from an enhanced induction into our business, then the below option may be perfect for you:

AdvantEdge - A programme for talented Vets that will fast track them into a successful emergency role. This programme includes 1 week of hands-on practical training, followed by 20 hours of flexible case-based e-learning completed at your own pace. This blended approach is designed to help you start your career at Vets Now with confidence. 

 

Apply at Vets Now 

To be considered for this role, please click apply. To get in touch with Angie in our Talent team to discuss further, please email angie.ritchie@vets-now.com or call 078 150 15538.

 

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

As the UK’s leading pet emergency service, we have a route to an exciting career in emergency and critical care for veterinary surgeons and registered veterinary nurses, no matter where you are in your career.

Vets Now was founded by Richard Dixon, a veterinary surgeon who understood the pressures of being on-call which also trying to maintain a good quality of life.

Today, almost two decades since Richard did his first out-of-hours shift, we’re still just as passionate about emergency and critical care and our clinics are all managed by people who have worked as frontline vets or vet nurses.

In an emergency, pet owners want to know they’ve got the experts on board. And so do we.