Veterinary Surgeon

Fixed term 12 month, part-time contract 2 days/16 hours per week – Maternity Cover from February 2027

Working Wednesday and Thursday

Salary £49,681per annum (FTE)

Plus Market Supplement £8,320 per annum (FTE)

Annual leave 26 days excluding bank holidays (FTE)

CPD allowance

Raystede is a forward-thinking, multi-species animal welfare organisation and has an exciting opportunity for a part-time Veterinary Surgeon to join the team on a maternity cover basis. This role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop and strengthen experience in shelter medicine while supporting Raystede’s mission to give animals a better life through rehoming, rehabilitation and sanctuary, and to provide people with the support and knowledge they need to treat animals with care and respect. With passionate teams, a wide variety of animals, high welfare standards, and a commitment to finding as many animals as possible loving new homes, this is a rare and rewarding opportunity not to be missed.

As a Veterinary Surgeon you will be expected to support the day to day running of our veterinary surgery. The client base is primarily internal, supporting the animals that we accept for rehoming, with occasional treatment of external animals. You will also be part of supporting animals being cared for on our Break Away scheme where we find temporary foster homes for animals belonging to people fleeing domestic abuse or requiring short-term hospitalisation.

The majority of the clinical workload will be in response to the needs of our most commonly rehomed species those being dogs, cats, rabbits and rodents. However, we do also have large numbers of Chelonia and exotic birds on site. Most work within the practice is supported by a single experienced veterinary nurse and surgery is typically routine in nature. More complex cases are considered on a case-by-case basis, with the option to seek external support where appropriate.

This role plays a key part in advising the Centre’s Animal Welfare teams. A generous CPD budget is offered with the role, with development seen as a key part of Raystede’s culture. At Raystede we live our values of being inspiring, professional, passionate, committed, and caring and compassionate.

Online via Raystede website