Careers & Vacancies
Join the Rutland House team
Pursuing our passions
Many of our team members have been with us for years, and it has been a pleasure watching them grow and evolve together, bonded by the shared commitment to exceptional patient care that defines our practice.
Our practice family supports each other in all that we do, and upholds our core values of honesty, collaboration and continuous learning.
Whatever your professional interests, you will be encouraged to take the opportunity to develop your career and complete CPD opportunities and further qualifications.
Join our team
We’re always open to hearing from qualified vets, vet nurses and support team professionals who are interested in joining our practice.
Based in the heart of the North West of England, our trusted practice has been supporting locals and their pets for over 50 years.
If you have a passion for quality veterinary care and great customer service, then our practice could be the perfect place for you to develop your career.
Delivering a complete in-house service
The excellent facilities at our modern hospital in St Helens, coupled with the vast experience across our local teams, mean that we can offer a full range of services to our patients and clients, including orthopaedics, internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, soft tissue surgery and advanced imaging.
Our team also has access to the latest equipment and facilities, such as our onsite CT and MRI scanners, fully equipped surgical suites and dedicated spaces for rehabilitation and physiotherapy.
For a confidential, informal chat about our availability, please get in touch.
We are committed to providing a fair recruitment process with equality of opportunity for all, and our vacancies are open to those from all backgrounds.
Current vacancies:
Veterinary Surgeon
We are currently recruiting for:
Veterinary Surgeon
Our tier 3 hospital is a training practice which is fully equipped with digital X-ray, ultrasound, various scopes, dental radiography, CO2 laser, laparoscopic equipment, 64 slice CT scanner and a 1.5T MRI scanner. Our hospital is located close to the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester with great airport links. We are also close the beautiful countryside of Wales and the Lakes.
We are looking for an experienced vet to join our fabulous team who is happy consulting and performing neuterings/small surgical procedures sole charge as some of you time will involve branch work. You must be client and patient care focused with an interest in working your cases up to a high standard working alongside a brilliant team of vets some of which have certificates in medicine, surgery and diagnostic imaging with others currently undertaking study towards theirs. Individual progression is encouraged.
We also have a close working relationship with the referral side of our practice.
50% of your time will be sole charge branch work or we could accommodate a candidate wanting a branch sole charge only role with the hospital as a backup. We will consider part time applicants also.
You will work a 4 day week and weekend rotas 1:8 Saturday and Sunday OR two Saturdays and one Sunday in 8 weeks. Some contribution to the OOH rota will be needed for holiday and sickness cover. 6.6 weeks annual leave inclusive of bank holidays. £1750 CPD allowance with 1 week for CPD attendance. VDS, RCVS and BSAVA or BVA paid. Salary commensurate with experience. A great staff pet discount scheme, maternity/paternity/adoption pay schemes, optional private medical insurance, healthshield and other great benefits.
To apply please email your CV and skills matrix to; gerard.tennyson@rutlandhousevets.co.uk