In-home Euthanasia

**In-home Euthanasia & Palliative Care Vets - South London, Greater London and UK**

Are you a compassionate veterinarian who believes animals deserve better towards the end of their lives?

Are you an empathetic professional wanting to see owners left with better memories of their loved pets?

Are you looking for a role where there is no overtime, no out-of-hours and you’re not left with the worry of ongoing cases?

Do you thrive on being part of a team with clear processes and stability but having the freedom to be adaptable and think on your feet at times?

Roundwood Pet Hospice are looking for vets to join our team in one of the most rewarding jobs in the profession. If you’re ready to make a real difference to the lives of pets and owners then please read on.

**What is Roundwood Pet Hospice?**

Roundwood Pet Hospice was founded with one clear goal in mind: We help pets live well to the end and leave families with enduring, happy memories. As hospice vets, we are focused on the end of a pet’s life when diagnostics and surgery are no longer required. By focusing on end-of-life care advice, palliative medicine and in-home euthanasia services we offer that little bit extra to reduce suffering and help owners through the trauma of losing their beloved pets. We pride ourselves on the warm feedback received from owners who we help prepare to say goodbye.

Owners who have been referred to us will be taken through a step-by-step process to determine the correct course of action for their pets. Our trained team of care coordinators perform telephone assessments of new cases, offering end-of-life care advice where suitable. Cases will then be passed to you and the other vets in our team.

Palliative care may be appropriate in the weeks or perhaps days when a pet is in the final stages of a terminal illness. Our vets will manage the relationship with owners through this time and visit the pet in their own home to monitor their progress.

In these cases, animals face some challenging but common problems with pain, incontinence, senility, or poor mobility. This transitional phase, between life and death, is also one of the hardest periods for pet owners to navigate. The fear of letting go is often accompanied by anticipatory grief, guilt, and confusion about when is the right time to say goodbye.

When the time is right, our vets will perform a gentle, unhurried euthanasia in the familiar and loving surroundings of the pet’s home and allow the owners to say goodbye in the least stressful and traumatic way possible.

Our whole team is specially trained to deal with the issues around this area of veterinary care and are focused on helping pets to live their best life, to the very end.

As a care provider, we at Roundwood Pet Hospice pride ourselves on our culture and commitment to our core values of honesty, thoughtfulness, conscientiousness, kindness, teamwork, connection and growth. We may work separately but we support each other as a team to achieve our aims. We have ambitious goals as a team and welcome anyone who shares our values and wants to make a real difference to pets and their owners.

**Who are we looking for?**

You’ll be a veterinarian with at least two years of experience in general practice. During this time you’ll have learned that client care is really important. You’ll have a healthy level of empathy and will be sensitive to the needs of others with a strong desire to give them what they need.

You’ve enjoyed GP work but are looking to move beyond the chaos and long hours to a more sustainable career path where the workload is calmer, more predictable, and manageable.

You’ll have discovered a love of helping older grey-muzzled pets. You may even be one of those vets who gets more excited about the older dog or cat in the waiting room than the puppies and kittens You understand the difference you personally can make to those animals’ lives and feel genuine reward in seeing them live well.

As a vet, you’ll have developed a strong ability to help clients make good decisions, even if they are difficult ones. You’ll be able to take complicated information and distil it down into simple terms to help families understand their options.

Most of all you will understand the final appointment will be the most important and impactful interaction a vet will have with pets and their families. Can you leave owners with positive memories of that appointment? If so, we want to hear from you.

**About The Job**

To really understand what this role entails here is what one of our vets has to say;

"_I am privileged to be invited into families' homes on a daily basis to meet their treasured pets and give veterinary help, advice and comfort at a time when they need it the most. I listen and support them through the process of coming to terms with the debilitation of their much loved companion and give them coping mechanisms for the end of life journey ahead._
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- The day consists of 3-5