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Vacancies

We’re hiring at VetShack! 

www.vetshack.co.uk 

East Kent, Chartham, near Canterbury. A beautiful, well-connected part of the country only 40 minutes on the train from central London. 

VetShack is a brand new, purpose designed and built independent small animal practice which opened in March last year. We moved into our incredible new building in October and it’s a really lovely place to work. Bright, airy and well-designed with lots of space.  

Come and join the VetShack Pack! 

As an independent practice we can do things differently, offer you a bespoke job package and adapt and change rapidly. You will have clinical freedom and a great support network with approachable, experienced colleagues who genuinely care about your well-being. 

Our client base is growing as word spreads and we are looking to expand our team to enable us to continue to provide excellent care for all our clients and look after our staff. We started with just 4 of us and are already 8. We have just heard this weekend that our wonderful vet Charlotte is having to move to North Wales in March as her partner is being posted there with the RAF. We will be very sorry to see her go as we have loved working with her, and she is sad to be leaving too. She is very happy to discuss working at VetShack with anyone who is interested, and is going to continue working with us when she can. 

What can we offer you? 

We are a close-knit team who have each other’s backs. We aim to give high quality care to our patients and clients and just as importantly, to all our colleagues. We are very much a team that looks after each other. We are a small, happy team and would never ask you to do anything that we’re not prepared to do ourselves. 

  • Salary of £60k+ – you know what you are worth and we won’t insult you or waste your time, please contact us for a chat. 
  • 6 weeks holiday a year plus Bank Holiday. 
  • Clinical freedom, experienced colleagues and an amazing support team of RVNs and VCAs. 
  • 20 minutes booked appointments with 40 minutes for all new pets, 2nd opinions and euthanasias. 
  • No OOH, and paid overtime on the rare occasions that you have to stay past 6pm. 
  • Cost only for own pets treatment.
  • CPD – no set financial or time limit.
  • Old fashioned in a good way, with lots of mentoring, case discussions and flexibility and an ethos that happy, supported vets lead to a happy team and happy clients. 

What are we looking for? 

  • We’re looking for a committed team player, who enjoys being a vet, loves animals and just as importantly the people that they are owned by. 
  • Ideally, we’re looking for someone ambitious, with at least a year’s experience to join us. Full time at Vetshack is four weekdays, (8.30am-6pm) and one Saturday in three (9am-12pm). 
  • We are happy to discuss all working options and part-time hours, as for us it’s about finding the right person to join our team. 

Want to know more?

Please get in touch with me for more information and an informal, no obligation, confidential chat via email to rachel@vetshack.co.uk or call me on 01227 505100