Job Description

Night Veterinary Surgeon – Lancashire

Salary: Up to £65,000 DOE + Excellent Benefits

Why Join This Practice?

✔ Competitive salary up to £65,000 depending on experience
✔ Excellent work-life balance with a 5 nights on, 10 nights off rota
✔ Varied emergency and critical care caseload in a busy 24-hour hospital
✔ Generous CPD allowance with certificate funding and career development support
✔ Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Night Veterinary Surgeon to join a friendly and supportive team at a well-established 24-hour veterinary practice in Lancashire.

This role is ideal for a veterinary surgeon with a passion for emergency and critical care who enjoys working independently while remaining part of a collaborative clinical team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in delivering high-quality out-of-hours veterinary care across several practices within the region, managing emergency presentations, critical care patients, and overnight inpatients.

The practice is committed to clinical excellence, patient welfare, and team wellbeing, offering a supportive environment where veterinary professionals are encouraged to develop their skills and pursue their career ambitions.

With a rewarding and varied caseload, this position provides an excellent opportunity to further develop ECC expertise while benefiting from an outstanding work-life balance.

What They're Looking For

The successful candidate will:

• Be a Veterinary Surgeon registered with the RCVS
• Have previous out-of-hours and/or emergency and critical care experience
• Be confident managing emergency cases independently overnight
• Demonstrate strong clinical decision-making skills
• Have a calm, compassionate, and patient-focused approach
• Enjoy working as part of a supportive and collaborative team

Career Development

The practice is committed to helping its veterinary professionals thrive and offers:

• £1,500 annual CPD allowance
• 3 days' paid CPD leave each year
• Certificate funding and support
• Access to internal CPD programmes and clinical communities
• Opportunities to work alongside experienced ECC clinicians
• Clear career progression pathways

The Rota

This position offers an excellent work-life balance with a highly desirable night rota:

• 7pm – 9am shifts
• 5 nights on, 10 nights off
• Annualised hours contract
• Dedicated support from an experienced clinical team
• Ideal for vets seeking extended periods of time away from work between rotations

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, the successful candidate will receive:

• Private medical insurance
• Health and wellbeing support, including 24/7 counselling services
• Life assurance
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Additional paid wellbeing day each year
• Professional memberships paid (RCVS, VDS and BVA)
• Generous CPD budget
• Certificate support
• Pension scheme
• Employee discounts
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season ticket loan scheme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Relocation assistance available
• Visa sponsorship available
• Sabbatical opportunities based on length of service

Location

Based in a vibrant Lancashire market town on the edge of the stunning West Pennine Moors, this practice offers the perfect balance between countryside living and city accessibility. Excellent motorway links provide easy access to Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and surrounding areas, while both Manchester and Liverpool airports are within convenient travelling distance.

Interested?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon seeking a rewarding Night Vet role with genuine work-life balance, a strong ECC caseload, and outstanding career development opportunities.

Applications and confidential enquiries are welcomed.

For more information or for a confidential chat, please contact Lily on 01904 570056 or email l.thorpe@purovets.com

You can also WhatsApp us at WhatsApp - Purovets and we are always happy to answer any questions you may have about our great opportunities.  

To view all our vacancies, please visit https://purovets.com/veterinary-jobs/ 

And don't forget, if this position is of no interest to you but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on our details. We offer £250* for every successful candidate referral. *Terms and conditions apply.

Ref no: JOB-58654