Veterinary Surgeon - Up to £80k | Varied Caseload | Excellent Career Opportunities

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Posted Sep 24, 2026
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£80,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Mid-level · 3+ years
Minimum education: Professional degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Provide comprehensive veterinary care for a varied small animal caseload, including routine and complex surgical procedures. Manage client consultations and deliver high-quality customer service within a busy practice environment.

Job details

Our busy small animal surgery in Romford is seeking an additional enthusiastic Full Time Veterinary Surgeon to join our established team of 13 vets, 12 RVNs, 10 Student Nurses and 10 Receptionists. Our location offers free on-site parking as well as fantastic transport links into central London in just 25 minutes and out to the Essex countryside within 20 minutes. It is also ideally located for both City & Southend Airport. The team hold a wide variety of individual interests from medicine through to soft issue and orthopaedic surgery and we offer a generous CPD allowance meaning you will receive support towards studying at certificate level. Our spacious surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including 2 dedicated operating theatres, ultrasound, in house laboratory and digital radiographs. We also have a full endoscopy and CT scan and are continually looking to invest in the best to improve the services that we can offer to our clients. Our busy practice has a very varied case load of clients so applicants will need to have existing UK experience, be confident with occasional sole charge, competent with all routine surgical procedures and have good diagnostic and medicinal skills. We therefore require candidates to have at least 3 year's experience, with significant internal medicine experience. You will also have excellent people skills, be flexible in your approach to practice and demonstrate passion for the practice and the team. You will be comfortable in a consult room with clients and offer fantastic customer service and dedication. Full time hours will be split across 4 weekdays with a weekend rota of just 1 in 6 full weekends and 1 in 6 Saturdays only. The partners will also consider part time hours for the right candidate. In return, we offer: Excellent career opportunities and development due to the varied case load Competitive salary up to £80k Dedicated onsite day and night team enabling 24/7 onsite care for all patients Full or part time hours Contributory pension scheme Generous CPD and funding of certificates for the right candidate Paid memberships (RVCS, BVA, VDS) Exclusive company discounts and rewards We are an Equal Opportunities Employer To apply, please visit www.vets4petscareers.com or contact Lizzie on southvets@vets4pets.com Location: RM7 0AN 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!

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 3 years of experience with significant internal medicine expertise and existing UK experience. Proficiency in routine surgical procedures and the ability to handle occasional sole charge responsibilities are required.