Lead Veterinary Surgeon

Are you ready to take the next step in your veterinary career?

Medivet Peterborough Welland Road is a friendly, multi-vet small animal practice looking for an inspiring Lead Vet to guide our dedicated team and help shape the next chapter of our success.

This is a full-time role, working 4 days per week with 1 in 6 Saturdays at our nearby Peterborough Bretton practice — and no on-call. We’re also open to part-time applications, as we know flexibility is key to a great work-life balance.

Our welcoming team includes 2 Vets, 2 RVNs, a VCA and 2 CCAs, all passionate about providing exceptional care and building lasting relationships with our loyal clients — reflected in our consistently high Net Promoter Score.

At Welland Road, you’ll work with modern facilities and advanced equipment, including digital x-ray, high-quality ultrasound with doppler and cardiology software, endoscopy, and a fully equipped dental suite with dental x-ray. With a varied caseload, this is a great opportunity for a vet with a medical bias — though we’d love to hear from all-rounders too!

What’s waiting for you:

• A warm welcome, including a £5,000 joining bonus
• Generous CPD allowance, with certificates encouraged and supported
• Excellent work-life balance with a flexible rota
• A supportive, close-knit team that truly cares

Based in a central location, you’ll have easy access to the stunning West Norfolk coastline for weekend escapes, and Peterborough station offers direct rail links to London King’s Cross in just an hour.

If you’d like to learn more or have an informal chat before applying, contact Serena at serena.khima@medivet.co.uk — we’d love to hear from you.

Key Benefits 

• Quarterly Lead Vet Contribution Scheme with the potential to earn up to 20% on top of your salary. 

• Private Medical Insurance from day one. 

• Health cash plan from day one (covering dental, physio and optical services) with 24/7 Private GP Service. 

• Life Assurance 3 x salary. 

• Access to 24-hour counselling by phone or in person should you feel you need support. 

• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 6 weeks with length of service. 

• An additional ‘Day for You’, a paid day’s leave for you to use as you wish. 

• Clinical CPD: £1,500 per year plus 3 days’ paid leave 

• Internal CPD and access to Clinical Communities 

• Funded certificate opportunities. 

• VDS, RCVS and BVA fees paid. 

• Sabbatical based on length of service. 

• Interest free Season Ticket Loan. 

• Cycle to Work scheme. 

• Discounts on Medivet products and services. 

• Support for Certificates of Sponsorship for a Tier 2 (General) Visa and relocation support. 

Role Accountabilities 

Exceptional care is at the heart of everything we do at Medivet. That’s the care for our patients, our clients and for each other – we really want to make a positive difference through every interaction we have.   

In this role you will:  

• Deliver exceptional clinical care to your patients during consultations and procedures.  

• Provide exceptional care to your clients, giving clear updates on patients.  

• Deliver professional excellence, observing the highest standards of regulatory, practice and operational compliance.  

• Prepare accurate estimates for clients, ensuring payment and minimising debt.  

• Work closely with the Practice Manager to maximise commercial performance with a focus on key measures.   

• Engage, mentor and develop your team, enhancing their skills and utilising these in the most effective way.   

• Inspire your team, sharing new or evolving practice standards and changes to processes.  

• Pro-actively support and share clinical best practice within and across practices and the wider Medivet community. 

Your Skills and Experience 

• RCVS registered Veterinary Surgeon. 

• Able to demonstrate clinical leadership skills. 

• Experienced in delivering exceptional care to both patients and clients.  

• An understanding and appreciation of exceptional care and how this improves the client experience.  

• Experience of implementing a progressive clinical culture.  

• Experience of delivering strong commercial performance through effective allocation of clinical activity. 

• Experienced in working effectively as part of a team. 

• Experienced in using coaching and influencing skills to get the best out of every colleague.