Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Candor Vets is delighted to present an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Veterinary Surgeon to join an independent, RCVS-accredited small animal hospital in Bridgend, South Wales. This is a flexible senior position designed for a vet who thrives on high-quality general practice work, emergency care, and has a passion for mentoring and developing less experienced colleagues.

The Role

Our client is seeking a confident Senior Vet who enjoys both excellent first-opinion practice and the development of others. The successful candidate should be comfortable with emergency medicine and surgery, happy to support recent graduates, and keen to contribute to training, mentoring, and clinical standards across the hospital. The role can be shaped as either a 5-day per week first on-call position or a 4-day per week senior back-up position supporting the first on-call vets. The best fit will depend on your experience, interests, and preferred level of out-of-hours (OOH) responsibility.

For the senior back-up role, the current pattern is a 4-day week with 8-hour shifts, 1 in 4 weekend mornings caring for hospital inpatients, and 1 in 4 rota’d as second on call OOH. For the first on-call role, the pattern is 7 nights per rota followed by 7 days recovery, plus 2 weekend mornings across an 11-week rota.

About the Area

Bridgend is conveniently located between Cardiff and Swansea, offering excellent M4 links. The area provides easy access to the coast and beautiful walking opportunities, including the Brecon Beacons.

What's on Offer

• Salary: £40,000 to £65,000 DOE

• 33 days holiday, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days

• CPD allowance of 5 days and £1,500, with enhanced CPD support available for Advanced Practitioners

• RCVS, VDS, and one additional professional membership paid

• Protected breaks and scheduled admin time

• Opportunity to shape the role to suit your strengths and preferences

• Supportive environment within a VetGDP approved hospital with a strong focus on learning and development

• Purpose-built hospital with staff and client parking, separate waiting and hospitalisation areas for cats, dogs, and exotics

• State-of-the-art equipment including DR x-ray, doppler ultrasound, dental suite with dental radiography, comprehensive in-house lab (including Sedivue), and a range of scopes

• Own OOH service with an RVN and SVN on site 24/7

Job Reference VS127