Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Hours: Full or part time, flexible rota. Minimum 25 hours per week, ideally including 1 in 3 weekends.
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum (DOE, FTE) £5,000 welcome bonus relocation package available

The Role:
We are looking for a confident and experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join a growing small animal practice in Banbury. This role offers real flexibility in hours and rota, with opportunities to tailor the position around your work-life balance.

You'll enjoy a varied caseload including dogs, cats, reptiles and raptors, ranging from routine health consults through to complex medical cases and orthopaedic surgery. With over 30% of the client base insured, cases can be worked up thoroughly to a high standard.

About the Practice:
The clinic is purpose-built and equipped to a very high standard, with 3 consult rooms, full in-house laboratory, digital radiography, ultrasound, and a well-equipped surgical theatre. Facilities include diathermy, capnography, multi-parameter monitoring, and piped anaesthetic gases throughout.

The practice is well-established in the community and continues to grow, making this an exciting opportunity to help shape its next chapter.

The Team:
You'll be supported by a dedicated and experienced nursing team alongside an established practice management structure. The culture is friendly, collaborative and supportive, with a focus on high standards of patient and client care.

Facilities & Equipment:

• 3 consult rooms

• Full in-house laboratory

• Digital CR radiography

• Ultrasound

• Surgical theatre with diathermy, capnography and multi-parameter monitor

• Piped anaesthetic gases throughout

The Area:
Banbury is a lively and expanding Oxfordshire market town with excellent transport links. The location offers easy access to Oxford, Birmingham, and London, while the Cotswolds are close by for countryside living and leisure. Relocation support, including accommodation assistance, is available for candidates moving within the UK or from abroad.

Benefits include:

• Salary up to £60,000 per annum (DOE, FTE)

• £5,000 welcome bonus

• Relocation package and visa sponsorship available

• Flexible working hours

• No OOH

• Paid memberships (RCVS, VDS)

• Pension and healthcare schemes

• Generous CPD allowance with support for certificates

• Career progression opportunities, including future partnership prospects

• Staff wellbeing programmes and lifestyle discounts

Must Haves

• RCVS Registered (or soon to be)
• Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What Happens Next?

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