Senior Medical Veterinary Surgeon

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Job Title: Senior Medical Veterinary Surgeon

Salary: £65,000 (dependent on experience)

Location: Calder Vets – Dewsbury

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time – 40 hours

Are you an experienced vet looking for your next challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Medical Vet Surgeon to join our team at Calder Vets.

Come and join us – and help shape the future of veterinary care with us.

Why join us?

• Varied caseload – from routine to more complex cases, giving you scope to continually develop.
• Collaborative team – work alongside friendly colleagues with postgraduate certificates who value mentorship and shared learning.
• Invest in your future – access leadership training, CPD support, and encouragement to pursue clinical interests and certificates.
• Excellent facilities – including CT, endoscopy, modern ultrasound, dental x-ray and laparoscope
• Work-life balance – various rota options can be discussed to create a work pattern accommodating time for the things that matter to you most

What we're looking for

• A confident and experienced veterinary surgeon able to provide clinical leadership and support the team.
• Ideally a Medical or ECC Certificate Holder, or bias of clinical experience in these fields
• Upholds high standards of care and client service.
• Drives clinical governance and ensures compliance with practice protocols.
• Enjoys supporting others, building team culture, and leading with empathy and clarity.
• Strong clinical decision-making abilities and able to interpret diagnostics effectively.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and remains calm under pressure.
• Collaborative team player who helps maintain a positive culture and fosters excellent client relationships.

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The team

Our ethos is clinical excellence and we try and live by our core values. Client and patient care are at the heart of what we do, and we are proud to be Cat-Friendly in many of our clinics. We run on 15-minute consults as a minimum.

Calder Veterinary is a high-quality primary care and referral practice with 8 clinics across South and West Yorkshire, including a 24/7 Tier 3 Hospital. We are proud to provide our own 24-hour on-site emergency care through our dedicated ECC night team. We offer a full range of primary care services, such as consultations, preventative healthcare, vaccinations, routine and non-routine surgery, dentistry and imaging (x-ray, ultrasound). We are also able to offer some advanced services such as laparoscopy, endoscopy, soft tissue and orthopaedic surgeries, cardiology and CT, and we have our own rehabilitation service with physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and laser therapy.

We have a fantastic team across all of our sites, and we all support each other. We often discuss clinical cases and get involved in social events. We have a large vet team and are supported by fantastic nursing and front-of-house teams. Many of our vets are working towards certificates in their area of interest or advanced practitioner status.

The Dewsbury hospital is purpose-built and includes the following:

• Attractive building with good client parking and large client bases
• Large waiting room with separate cat/dog areas
• Friendly well established team
• Comfortable, spacious staff rest area
• Air conditioned consulting rooms
• 15 minute consults minimum
• Silver Cat Friendly
• Fully equipped theatres
• Xray, good quality ultrasound scanner, and CT on site.
• Dental area with X-ray
• Middle tier referrals seen on site

Calder has a long established reputation for clinical excellence and are looking for a colleague who would share in our core values. We are also a friendly, welcoming, supportive team who enjoy bringing fun into the workplace. We are strong advocates for wellbeing at work with trained mental health advisors available on site and we firmly believe that all associates should have a voice within the company. We believe that sustainability is an important part of our future and we have just been awarded Investors in the Environment Bronze Award.

What we offer

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars. Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people. Why Linnaeus? - We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets - We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet - We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion - We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one. We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future. Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates. At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team