Job Opportunities - DNA Vetcare Group

Job Opportunities

We are Recruiting!
We are proud to remain independently owned with many branches and hospitals around London where we are boastful of our excellent teams and the awards we win, proving we really are the cream of veterinary professionals in London.

We were crowned London’s Best Vet 2021, for the second year running, and if you work in one of our friendly and experienced teams, you’d be singing our praises too!

Check out our roles below:

Vets

Veterinary Surgeon – South London
Croydon
Are you tired of branch work? Is sole charge either too sleepy or painfully stressful? Can you only dream of equipment that would help you progress and friendly colleagues that would be delighted to discuss cases? One vaccine or cat castrate too many? Do you suffer lack of space and freedom of clinical freedom that stifle your working day? STOP! Why are you there? Sensibly you are browsing to see ‘what’s out there’. We are. Introducing a team of highly respected professionals who stand out from the crowd in support of the teams. We work with you to treat sick pets incredibly well at this spacious, progressive, equipment laden and client happy clinic. The clients are happy as our reception and nurse team are nothing short of utterly f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s. Yes, there’s a lot of space to not feel rushed in your day, plentiful cert holding colleagues to help you arrive at where you’d like to be in many areas of first opinion practice. To be clear, we boast many fancy in house toys, a positive and friendly support team, a very well oiled in house referral system with direct access to an ophthalmology referral surgeon and close support from a team of industry respected and experienced Directors who are genuinely interested in your progression in whatever may be your chosen field. If you’d like to know more about our bustling and happy team, plus the below enticing package, please do submit your CV for our consideration. Accommodation and all bills paid Salary to £65K CPD allowance supporting a certificate or courses of your choice CPD days benefitting quality time to study A luxury rota meaning you can extend trips abroad to once per month, using your flexible rota and 1 in 4 long weekends!
Veterinary Surgeon – Kent
Swaleside and Canterbury
Are you wanting to progress as a vet, be part of a team, be close enough to London, but far enough way to feel less pressure at work? Our 4 Vet independent day team are looking for a progressive, kind and passionate veterinary professional to join their multiple cert holding, multi discipline Kent team to continue the excellent patient care we provide for sick pets. This county famous surgery, 40 mins from Central London, is an extremely popular clinic with many vet branch practices seeking to refer into our talent heavy progressive team who are known for taking their treatment to extremely high levels. Do you have desired standards and serious expectations of your valuable career, but your current surgery is loathe to meet your needs? You should be working with us! Move on and re-energise your prestigious career as a valued Veterinary Surgeon among a team of outstanding colleagues. Whether your bias is surgery, medicine, imaging, endoscopy, exotics or more – we have a team to help support you to be the very best. Our rotas are by far the coolest in the industry – flexible with NO Sundays! The benefits in this role are without doubt : An extremely rewarding salary (to £70K) The best, newly renovated, accommodation for sole purpose High level support for further qualification A non-burn out rota quite like no other being offered Access to an onsite Ophthalmology specialist now working exclusively with our surgery Toys. Lots of them. Top of the range ultrasound, scopes, operating microscope, slit lamp, tono pen, TPLO equipment, multi parameter GA machines and much, much, much more! Over the years we have listened to our independent Vet Team and made changes for the better. Whilst our industry has changed in the last 18 months, the care and compassion our surgery shows towards our much loved Veterinary Team stands strong! Don’t endure being just another undervalued number … be part of a dynamic network of valued Vets who really are outstandingly brilliant!
Veterinary Surgeon – Surrey / London
Wimbledon / Corner Vet Surgeries
Are you fed up with your current ‘stage’ of being given only spays and castrates as your headline story? Do you feel your veterinary talents and aspirations are being played down? If you would like to move onto the next scene in your veterinary career and build unquestionable advancement in both surgery and medicine, keep reading. The bright lights, charged atmosphere and superior location of our Multi Site, independent South London location beckons! Join our family orientated independent group to open up a new chapter in your role as a rewarded, progressing and valued Veterinary Surgeon. Now that we’ve set the scene, a little more about the position we are determined to fill … We are proud to have the space to welcome a Vet who is has at least one year UK experience and has also been in a surgery for a year plus. You will be keen to learn from your fellow surgeon’s and certificate holders. This role will challenge you and grow you rapidly, wording alongside highly qualified and experienced surgeons and medics. Our nursing teams can’t wait to support you as you advance too! You will work realistic hours, with a flexible rota, to meet the needs of the surgery, but we are also firm to satisfy your priceless ‘time out’ and CPD progression. When I say CPD, I am referring to an independent group who really do care about your professional progression. Being mentored by Certificate Holders with many years industry experience, the surgery is overseen by a Management Team of 6, you cannot fail to feel supported and appreciated. Our surgery premises (to include our award winning independent hospital site) offer everything you would expect from an award winning group, with equipment befitting that of being serious about your varied caseload. We offer a genuine and upper end 1 year+ qualified package, which can include accommodation.
Experienced Veterinary Surgeon – South London / Surrey
Mayow Veterinary Surgery
Is it May already? Have you started looking to see if the grass is greener? The proud logo that displays our name is green and I can promise you our vet team will agree that it’s greener in so many ways at DNA. Realistically for you, you’re reading this employee written advert and it’s now time to make the leap. With the busy summer period approaching fast, you need a new supported position to get you through. Stop hesitating. Make that leap and experience a different kind of surgery atmosphere where you work less weekends than previously and after the weekend put your feet up to a 2 day week. In short, a position in the award winning London’s Best Vet 2022 team is just what you need. Yes, we have won this prestigious award for the 3rd year in a row. Why? Because we’re simply GREAT. Our teams are valued, experienced, friendly, progressive, CPD heavy, highly talented, welcoming and supported. All the things that many corporate employers are currently trying to replace with pay. The difference is we are owned by vets and due to the calibre of our teams, we boast heavy financial reward. With ample time to work on your cases, build your client bond and enjoy the benefits of the extensive and new equipment we have provided for our vet team (CT, ortho equipment, keyhole surgery, Imotek high end ultrasound, Istat, in house lab, dental x-ray etc). This really is a delight of a role to enjoy and embrace in an industry where you should feel valued by your leaders, your team and your clients every single day. There is direct access to multi cert holding in house ortho vets, specialist eye referrals and high level ultrasound imaging team members. We have it all. Did I mention we’re independent too? I’ll explain again – you actually get to spend time with the Directors of this vet owned team who are extremely interested in how you are, where you’d like to be and what you need to get there. If you require a beautiful sole occupancy flat provided for you, yes we can provide this too. We are able to provide sponsorship for overseas vets. This is a new position in South London and will not hang about. Be a part of our immense and award winning, highly experienced team!
Veterinary Surgeon – South London
Paris Veterinary Surgery
No Overloaded Weekends and No Late Nights Veterinary Surgeon! Have you ever dreamed of not working weekends or late evenings due to sole charge emergencies and poor surgery organisation? Are you rather ‘fried’ from the draining times of working as a vet through this Pandemic? I feel a lot of ‘ticks’ happening here already. Look no further! We have the answer to feeling like you can enjoy your valuable place in a grateful community once again. Our independent surgery in Central London has developed greatly over the past 2 years. Our equipment is second to none in London and your fellow vets are nothing short of the BEST in town. Really. We are proud of our teams, their individual genius and the care we are able to give to the pets seeking first opinion practice or referrals due to our greatness. We have an exceptional separate 24 hour night team to hand able to give expert care to those pets you admit during the day. We’re most certainly no low level clinic surviving on a hit of Loxicom and pride ourselves in the very best care, always, for the pets we treat. We have excellent ortho surgeons, ultrasound vets, medicine vets and will shortly be opening our own ophthalmology service within our incredible team. Attracting extremely high level veterinary surgeons who remain content with our team for years, is something we strive to continue. This is an attractive proposition to for a vet wanting to continue to progress and more importantly, be valued for the vital contribution you make. Our Directors meet 12 weekly with each member of our Vet Team to find out where we can support you further and help you achieve your aspirations. We offer a weekend rota that sees you work 2.5 days the week after your shortened hours weekend – we don’t believe in exhaustion but absolutely do champion progression. Get your balance back. Please send through your CV and interest to be considered to be among our immense team.
Experienced Veterinary Surgeon – Greenwich Park
Do you love being a vet but feel tired with the lack of progression, clinical and emotional support and gratitude? Are you nothing more than a body on a rota or a payroll number? As an independently owned Veterinary Team in South London and Kent, we hold quarterly reviews with a Director to look at all aspects of your progression and role within our immense team. There’s no ‘once a year’ feedback at DNA. We value our vets immensely and go above and beyond to keep you supported from the very top. The rota – ever wished for ‘time out’ following a weekend of intense cases? Our weekends are well structured. Not as heavy as many corporate ventures and allow a 2.5 day week to follow. If you long for passionate and experienced colleagues to converse about complex medicine cases, surgical opinions and high level imaging requirements, then look no further. A vast proportion of our outstanding team are certificate holders, certificate studiers, CPD fanatics or just simply hardcore first opinion practitioners who have remained with us through many years. Our team look to welcome new vets who not only bring something to our already immense team, but can learn from our genius’ too! Equipment – Ever had a ‘wish list’? Tired of just wishing? Our animal hospitals and multi vet branch surgeries are supported with the latest progressive equipment to ensure you can do as much as you feel comfortable to treat on site. No need to wave off those exciting surgical or imaging cases to a lucky team who are miles away! Many of our busy multi vet surgeries boast may Cert holding medicine, imaging and ortho experienced vets with exciting advanced equipment, gastroscopes, keyhole surgery, dental X-ray and top of the range Imotek Ultrasound. We have a resident inhouse referral only experienced Ophthalmologist who delights in receiving and advising on cases for you. Support teams – yes, we have the best nurses and customer service ambassadors in the business! Why and how? Our independent group attracts the very best in advanced nursing teams who thrive on being led by the vets they support. We encourage growth for all of our valued staff and the attraction to be praised, recognised and rewarded in our industry ensures it’s a pleasure to encourage the cream of clinical and customer service support to join and remain with us. An independent team that’s real! We hold events for all of our independent group including a Christmas Awards Ceremony on the Thames with fizz, glitter and laughter. Vet of the Year, Surgical Case, Medicine Case, Colleague of the Year – we like to praise our team and congratulate them all on their successes and advancement. In the summer we look forward to a team event held for all to enjoy! Rounders match, cricket, a picnic with Prosecco followed by an evening of dancing (energy permitting!). We provide a salary to £75K together with accommodation if required. Benefits package to include healthcare and dental plan, unlimited online CPD subscription, employee support programme, Perkbox, cycle to work offer and company events. Your progression is important to us so it’s standard for us to support your certificate or give you well above average CPD for external course attendance and study leave. If the above description of our Independent South London Team intrigues you, send through your CV to begin to talk to one of our industry renowned Directors.
24 hour Vet Team in London seeks Hospital Vet
Do you like working with super clever fellow professionals?  We’re not talking average professionals here. Our separate day and night teams at our Animal Hospital really are the cream of London, hence our constant flow of awards. This year our team have been voted London’s Best Vet 2021 and we’re not shy to say we thoroughly deserve it! Our 6 Vet independent day team are looking for a progressive, kind and passionate veterinary professional to join their multiple cert holding, multi discipline team to continue the excellent patient care we provide for sick pets. The hospital is an extremely popular site with many multi vet branch practices seeking to refer into our equipment heavy hospital and the newly added separate night team has increased our patient care to extremely high levels. Do you have high standards but your current surgery is loathe to meet your expectations?  You should be working with us!  Move on and re-energise your prestigious career as a valued Veterinary Surgeon within a team of outstanding colleagues. Whether your bias is surgery, medicine, imaging, endoscopy, exotics or more – we have a team to help support you to be the very best. Our rotas are by far the coolest in London!  Who doesn’t like a 2.5 day week after their previous weekend of work?  The benefits in this role are without doubt:
  • an extremely rewarding salary (to £85K)
  • high level support for further qualification
  • a non-burn out rota quite like no other being offered
  • newly renovated accommodation for sole use in Central London!
  • Lots of them. CT scanner, top of the range ultrasound, scopes, TPLO equipment and much, much, much more!
Over the years we have listened to our independent Vet Team and made changes for the better. Whilst our industry has changed in the last 18 months, the care and compassion our surgery shows towards our Veterinary Team stands strong! Don’t endure being just another undervalued number… be part of a dynamic network of valued Vets who really are outstandingly brilliant! Application to Claire Baker, Director Email: Claire@dnavetcare.co.uk www.dnavetcare.co.uk Job added 01/09/2021
Experienced Veterinary Surgeon
    Do you love being a vet but feel tired with the lack of progression, clinical and emotional support and gratitude? Are you nothing more than a payroll number?
    As an independently owned Veterinary Team in London and Kent, we hold quarterly reviews with a Director to look at all aspects of your progression and role within our team - there's no 'once a year' feedback at DNA. We value our vets immensely and go above and beyond to keep you supported from the very top.
    The rota - ever wished for 'time out' following a weekend of intense cases? Our weekends are well structured, not as heavily featured as many corporate ventures and allow a 2.5 day week to follow.
    If you long for colleagues to converse about complex medicine cases, surgical opinions and high level imaging requirements then look no further. A vast proportion of our outstanding team are certificate holders, certificate studiers, CPD fanatics or just simply hardcore first opinion practitioners who have remained with us through many years. Our team look to welcome new vets who not only bring something to our already immense team, but can learn from our genius' too!
    Equipment Ever had a 'wish list'? Tired of just wishing? Our animal hospitals and surgeries are supported with the latest progressive equipment to ensure you can do as much as you feel comfortable to treat on site, without the need to wave off those exciting surgical or imaging cases to a lucky team who are miles away!
    Support teams Yes, we have the best nurses and customer service ambassadors in the business! Why and how? Our independent group attracts the very best in advanced nursing teams who thrive on being led by the vets they support. We encourage growth for all of our valued staff and the attraction to be praised, recognised and rewarded in our industry ensures it's a pleasure to encourage the cream of clinical and customer service support to join and remain with us.
    A real team! Events for all of our independent group including a Christmas Awards Ceremony on the Thames with champagne, glitter and laughter. Vet of the Year, Surgical Case, Medicine Case, Colleague of the Year - we like to praise our team and congratulate them all on their successes and advancement.
    In the summer we look forward to a team event held for all to enjoy! Rounders match, cricket, a picnic with Prosecco followed by an evening of dancing (energy permitting!).
    If the above description of our Independent Team intrigues you, send through your CV to begin to talk to one of our industry experienced Directors:
    Applications: Claire Baker (claire@dnavetcare.co.uk)
Experienced Vet Surgeon – Kent Branch
The role
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join our amazing, award-winning team in Deal, Kent.
  • An independent group, owned by vets who really do care about your progression and quality of life
  • Certificate support both financially and mentor driven
  • A caseload to keep you completely up to date with your surgical and medical knowledge
  • A fantastic rota
  • Excellent accommodation plus transport if required
  • Many insured and long standing welcoming clients with multiple pets
  • A support team who's reputation is immense for industry experience and supporting 'their vet'
  • A professional, well managed, friendly and knowledgeable front of house to complement your skills as a vet with their award winning customer service.
  • In short, a thriving, wonderfully large and happy ensemble, supporting each other and making the working week something to look forward to!
About the surgery
This busy, referral receiving surgery has a wealth of long-standing and insured clients, close to the beach, the countryside and a direct train route straight into London! It's no secret our independent vet owned group won UK's Best Vet 2018 and Best Small Practice 2019, plus London's Best Vet 2020 - our reputation is outstanding. As an extremely successful surgery, we are able to offer an incredible package to £65K!
Our independently owned surgery is extremely popular, well established with clients travelling long distances to see their trusted Kent team boasting certificate holders in Endoscopy, Surgery, Medicine and exceptional GP colleagues. This could certainly be a role where you could add your talent and work with them to attain further well recognised higher qualifications in a specialist area. The equipment is what you would expect from such a high calibre team with progressive new toys and procedures being introduced more frequently than most more conservative or corporate surgeries.

Application Requirements
The successful candidate will be a veterinary surgeon with some experience, keen to develop personal interests within a successful first opinion small animal practice. Flexibility and being a good team player are two key attributes. In this role, you will be encouraged to attain your own well recognized higher qualification in a specialist area. If you feel this role is tempting and where you'd like to be headed as an established and recognised premier veterinary surgeon as part of an industry leading Vet Team, then please do send through your CV recruitment@dnavetcare.co.uk and get in touch today!
Experienced Veterinary Surgeon – London Branch
The Role
  • Certificate support both financially and mentor-driven,
  • A caseload to keep you completely up to date with your surgical and medical knowledge,
  • A fantastic rota with long weekends,
  • Beautiful large accommodation plus transport if required,
  • Many insured and long-standing welcoming clients with multiple pets,
  • A nursing team whose reputation is immense for industry experience and supporting 'their vet',
  • A professional, friendly and knowledgeable front of house to complement your skills as a vet with their award-winning customer service.
About the Surgery
This prestigious vet role is within a successful London hospital where our clients travel long distances to see their trusted vets boasting certificate holders in Endoscopy, Surgery with exceptional GP colleagues. This could certainly be a role where you could add your talent and work with them to attain your own well recognised higher qualification in a specialist area. The equipment is what you would expect from such a high calibre team with progressive new toys and procedures being introduced more frequently than most more conservative or corporate surgeries. In short, a wonderfully large and happy ensemble, supporting each other and making the working week something to look forward to!

Application Requirements
The successful candidate will be a veterinary surgeon with some experience, keen to develop personal interests within a successful first opinion small animal practice. Flexibility and being a good team player are two key attributes. In this role, you will be encouraged to attain your own well recognized higher qualification in a specialist area. If you feel this role is tempting and where you'd like to be headed as an established and recognised premier veterinary surgeon, then please do send through your CV to recruitment@dnavetcare.co.uk and get in touch today!
Experienced Veterinary Surgeon – Busy London Branch
The Role
Forming an important and valued part of our 24 Vet London Team a new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to work in one of our multi vet successful London surgeries as a part of our genius team with some heavyweight soft tissue surgery equipment and high-end diagnostic imaging tools to make your progression into a more accomplished surgeon a case satisfying stroll! The rota is incredibly inviting (no OOH or Sunday's) and designed to provide a productive and progressive caseload whilst balancing your busy London life.

About the Surgery
As employers, we lead by example providing our Vets with extensive support from financially and location advantageous 3 bed accommodation, CPD, holidays, a salary reflective of your value to us as a solid team member and a veterinary management team with over 80 years industry experience to make your journey with us an enthusiastic, supported and prosperous one! Equipment at this thriving surgery includes : Storz Video Gastroscope, 3mm Flexible Endoscope and full Laparoscopic Tower with Rigid Telescopes for Rhinoscopy, Cystoscopy and Bronchoscopy. For imaging pleasure there is a Mylab Gamma Ultrasound. Digital X-Ray, Dental X-ray, In House Lab and committed, experienced and qualified support teams are a part of this exceptional package. There’s a very good reason we are the holders of London's Best Vet 2020, Best UK Small Practice 2019 and Best UK Vet 2018.

Application Requirements
The successful candidate will be a veterinary surgeon with some experience, keen to develop personal interests within a successful first opinion small animal practice. Flexibility and being a good team player are two key attributes. In this role, you will be encouraged to attain your own well recognized higher qualification in a specialist area.
At DNA Vetcare we do not believe or strive for average. We have  GREAT teams. Be a part of our continuing success!

Nurses

Head Veterinary Nurse – London’s Best Vet Hospital Team
Due to an increase in our expectation and delivery of support to our large veterinary team, we are looking for an incredibly special breed of Veterinary Head Nurse, to be based at our 24 hour hospital in Streatham Hill. Is this you? Below gives you a flavour of how much we want to value you and you must want to :
  • Work in a well managed and supported environment
  • Have a desire to champion the growth of others and yourself
  • Embrace offering change and implementing new ideas
  • Utilise the excellent nursing experience you have to demonstrate what good pet care and inpatient care really looks like!
  • Demonstrate your skills to others to help them progress
  • Want to be respected, listened to and valued for your nurse management qualities and industry experience
  • Work 8.30am to 5.30pm - Monday to Friday - NO Weekends
  • Know that the experience heavy management team have your back on days which are emotionally tough
  • Encourage and be instrumental in team work and positive culture
  • Enjoy a broad range of opportunity to utilise your skills and passion for first class care
  • Develop nurse led clinics to give our clients and their pets a premium experience to be proud of
  • Let us pay for your future progression by accepting our help entirely in paying for your further education/certificate
  • If no certificate is desired, then allow us to pay £1,000 CPD
  • Let us buy you a ticket each year to the London Vet Show, on top of your CPD!
  • Allow us to pay your professional subscription for you
  • Our large nurse team is intent on welcoming a truly passionate leader! Yes, this role is real, we are real and the care we give is genuine and absolutely real! Apply here to be considered for this one of a kind role within an independent team.
    Nurse Roles
    Is the hard drive of a corporate veterinary set up making you less passionate about your vital role in a veterinary surgery?
      Do you feel like just another payroll number with no progression, poor financial recompense, no feedback on your excellent ideas and gratitude of your value to the pets you help to care for?
      At DNA Vetcare, we are proud to remain independently owned with many branches and hospitals around London where we are boastful of our excellent teams and the awards we win, proving we really are the cream of veterinary professionals in London. This year’s well deserved title crowned us London’s Best Vet 2020 and if you work in one of our friendly and experienced teams, you’d be singing our praises too!
      In the past year our nurses have achieved further qualification in anaesthesia, emergency and critical care, physiotherapy, behaviour and diet. If you have a passion that’s not being indulged then a move in 2021 could be just the ticket for the next step for you in such a valuable role.
      Our shift patterns are flexible and cater for those with families or requiring a shorter week to study further. We treat every one of our exceptional support team with the value and praise they deserve.
      2020 was a tough year for all Veterinarians and their teams however, we stand strong and due to not surprising popularity and growth, we are looking for further experienced and driven registered/qualified VN’s to support the Very Best Veterinary Surgeon’s in London!
      We are currently recruiting in South London for:
    • A Head Nurse
    • Senior Veterinary Nurses
    • Qualified Veterinary Nurses
    • Exceptional Student Veterinary Nurses
      If you feel a role with us could reignite your passion for veterinary nursing and make you feel your worth once again, then please do send through your CV for an informal call with one of our Directors.

    Support Staff

    Receptionist
      Is the hard drive of a corporate veterinary set up making you less passionate about your vital role in a veterinary surgery?
      Do you feel like just another payroll number with no progression, poor financial recompense, no feedback on your excellent ideas and gratitude of your value to the pets you help to care for?
      At DNA Vetcare, we are proud to remain independently owned with many branches and hospitals around London where we are boastful of our excellent teams and the awards we win, proving we really are the cream of veterinary professionals in London. This year’s well deserved title crowned us London’s Best Vet 2020 and if you work in one of our friendly and experienced teams, you’d be singing our praises too!
      In the past year our valued reception teams have achieved further qualification in client relationship management, team building and leadership enhancement and received hundreds upon hundreds of rave reviews online for their excellent service and care. If you have a passion that’s not being indulged then a move in 2021 could be just the ticket for the next step for you in such a valuable role.
      Our shift patterns are flexible and cater for those with families or requiring a shorter week to study further. We treat every one of our exceptional support team with the value and praise they deserve.
      2020 was a tough year for all Veterinarians and their teams however, we stand strong and due to not surprising popularity and growth, we are looking for further experienced and driven Receptionists to support the Very Best Veterinary Surgeon’s in London!
      We are currently recruiting in South London for:
    • A Lead Receptionist
    • Veterinary Receptionist
    • Call Centre Receptionist
      If you feel a role with us could reignite your passion for veterinary customer service and make you feel your worth once again, then please do send through your CV for an informal call with one of our Directors.

    Peter

    The clinical freedom to treat pets properly is excellent  The case loads are extremely varied and whilst you may work hard, you're made to feel valued and rewarded. The company are very supportive of providing equipment to enhance treatment in your specialist area. The dedication and support from the Nursing and Reception teams is second to none.

    Viraf

    I joined DNA as a young vet in 2018. I enjoy that you are rewarded with equipment to suit your clinical interest and can work up as much as you like, within branch. The client base is lovely and there is a great network of excellent, smart fellow vets and nurses with generous employers who want you to learn and grow.

    Melania

    There is a dedication to ensuring gold standard treatment for the patient and exceptional communication with the clients. The practices are busy with a wide surgical and medical case load. Certificates and clinical interests are always encouraged.
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