Careers
Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon
We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious, and engaged Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon with 2+ years’ experience to join our large and experienced team.
About Us
We are a thriving hospital practice providing 24-hour care, supported by our own dedicated night team who also cover out-of-hours services for surrounding practices.
Our network includes:
- A well-equipped main hospital site
- 3 satellite branches
- CT scanner
- Advanced ultrasound and digital radiography equipment
- Endoscopy facilities
- In-house laboratory staffed by dedicated laboratory technicians
- A team of more than 20 veterinary nurses
Our veterinary team includes multiple certificate holders across a wide range of disciplines. We actively encourage professional development and fully support further training and postgraduate qualifications.
Our Culture
At Hampden Vets, we promote:
- A supportive and collaborative environment
- A just clinical culture
- Curiosity, continuous learning, and growth mindset thinking
- Regular Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) meetings
- Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM)
The Role
- Salary £38,000 – £50,000 per annum
- 40 hours per week
- 4-day working week
- 1 in 7 weekend rota (may vary slightly depending on team size)
- 2 full days off in lieu for weekends worked
What We’re Looking For
- Qualified Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon
- Minimum 2 years’ experience
- Strong clinical skills and a desire to continue learning
- Team-oriented and proactive approach
- Commitment to excellent patient and client care
Benefits include
- 6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
- £1750 CPD Allowance per annum
- Cash Health Plan – wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments – from dentistry to sports massage
- RCVS / VCI Membership paid
- Two other membership subscriptions
- VDS cover
- Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
- Discounted veterinary fees
- My Perks – offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
- Cycle to Work scheme
- CPD/training support
- Company sick pay
- Colleague engagement survey
- Annual pay reviews
- Focus on employee wellbeing
- Career progression opportunities
Interested?
To apply or find out more, please email: smallanimal@hampdenvets.co.uk
Careers at Hampden Vets
Placements and work experience at Hampden
We are happy to accommodate students where possible – if you’re interested in gaining experience at our small animal practice, please contact becky.gilkerson@hampdenvets.co.uk. If you are interested in work experience at our large animal department, please contact amy.smart@hampdenvet.co.uk. For students at large animal please be aware that we cannot accomodate anyone under 18 years old.
University EMS placements
We are happy to participate in the development of the next generation of veterinary surgeons through the university EMS placement scheme.
We can accommodate one student in each of our departments at any one time: small animal, equine and farm. Due to the demand for placements these are normally restricted to a maximum of two weeks.
There may be times when the practice is unable to take students, and certain periods of the year will be quieter and hence not as productive for placements, such as summer for farm work.
You will need to arrange your own accommodation locally and have your own means of transport, something which is especially for farm and equine placements, where you may need to travel to meet the vet at the start of the working day.
Work experience for school students
We are happy to help prospective vets and nurses with work experience prior to applying to veterinary college.
Due to the demand for places we can only provide work experience to those students at the end of Year 11 and above.
Work experience placements are for one week per student, Monday to Friday, at our small animal veterinary hospital only – we are unable to take work experience in our equine or farm departments.
We can only host one student at a time, and priority is given to those attending local secondary schools in Aylesbury.
As the amount of school holiday is limited, and due to the number of students wanting work experience with us, we ask for schools to be flexible in allowing students time off during term time if possible.
Please note that school holiday placements are normally booked over six months in advance.
Placements and work experience at Hampden
We are happy to accommodate students where possible – if you’re interested in gaining experience at our small animal practice, please contact becky.gilkerson@hampdenvets.co.uk. If you are interested in work experience at our large animal department, please contact amy.smart@hampdenvet.co.uk. For students at large animal please be aware that we cannot accomodate anyone under 18 years old.
University EMS placements
We are happy to participate in the development of the next generation of veterinary surgeons through the university EMS placement scheme.
We can accommodate one student in each of our departments at any one time: small animal, equine and farm. Due to the demand for placements these are normally restricted to a maximum of two weeks.
There may be times when the practice is unable to take students, and certain periods of the year will be quieter and hence not as productive for placements, such as summer for farm work.
You will need to arrange your own accommodation locally and have your own means of transport, something which is especially for farm and equine placements, where you may need to travel to meet the vet at the start of the working day.
Work experience for school students
We are happy to help prospective vets and nurses with work experience prior to applying to veterinary college.
Due to the demand for places we can only provide work experience to those students at the end of Year 11 and above.
Work experience placements are for one week per student, Monday to Friday, at our small animal veterinary hospital only – we are unable to take work experience in our equine or farm departments.
We can only host one student at a time, and priority is given to those attending local secondary schools in Aylesbury.
As the amount of school holiday is limited, and due to the number of students wanting work experience with us, we ask for schools to be flexible in allowing students time off during term time if possible.
Please note that school holiday placements are normally booked over six months in advance.