🐾 Locum Veterinary Surgeon – South Yorkshire – October to November 🐾

We are recruiting for an experienced Locum Veterinary Surgeon to provide ongoing cover at a busy, modern small animal practice in South Yorkshire, starting in October and continuing until the end of November 2026.

This is a regular 4-day-per-week booking with a 1 in 4 weekend rota, offering £450 per day.

📍 Key Details

💷 £450 per day
📅 Start: October 2026
🔄 Ongoing until the end of November
📆 4 days per week
🔁 1 in 4 weekends
⏰ Various shifts between 8:00am and 9:00pm
🍴 30-minute unpaid lunch
🏠 No accommodation available
🐾 Small animal
🩺 Consults and surgery
✅ Must be confident with both ops and cons

🏥 The Practice

You'll be joining a large, purpose-built small animal practice with an experienced multidisciplinary clinical team and excellent facilities.

The practice is particularly well equipped, including:

🔹 128-slice CT scanner
🔹 9 consultation rooms
🔹 4 operating theatres
🔹 Dedicated dental suite
🔹 Dedicated ultrasound suite
🔹 Separate dog and cat wards
🔹 Modern diagnostic and surgical facilities

The locum will need to be a confident all-round GP vet, able to manage a varied first-opinion caseload and comfortably move between consultations and surgical work.

⏰ October Rota

📅 Fri 2nd – 9:00am–6:30pm
📅 Sat 3rd – 9:00am–3:00pm
📅 Sun 4th – 9:00am–3:00pm
📅 Mon 5th – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Tue 6th – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Wed 7th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Fri 9th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Mon 12th – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Tue 13th – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Wed 14th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Fri 16th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Mon 19th – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Wed 21st – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Thu 22nd – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Fri 23rd – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Mon 26th – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Tue 27th – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Wed 28th – 8:00am–5:30pm

⏰ November Rota

📅 Mon 2nd – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Tue 3rd – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Wed 4th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Fri 6th – 9:00am–6:30pm
📅 Sat 7th – 9:00am–3:00pm
📅 Sun 8th – 9:00am–3:00pm
📅 Mon 9th – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Tue 10th – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Wed 11th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Thu 12th – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Fri 13th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Mon 16th – 9:30am–7:00pm
📅 Tue 17th – 11:30am–9:00pm
📅 Wed 18th – 8:00am–5:30pm
📅 Fri 20th – 8:00am–5:30pm

The practice is ideally looking for one locum able to commit to the ongoing 4-day week and weekend rotation, rather than purely ad-hoc cover.

📩 Interested? Get in touch with your availability.

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