Clinical Lead vet Surgeon - Small Animal

Salary: Up to £72,500 FTE DOE

Hours: 35 hours per week - 3 x 8-hour shifts and 1 x 10-hour shift, plus 1-in-5 Saturday mornings (09:00-12:00)

Location: Airdrie, Lanarkshire - just 12 miles from Glasgow and 35 miles from Edinburgh

Lead. Inspire. Grow.

Are you an experienced and motivated small animal vet ready to take the next step in your career? Acres Veterinary Clinic is seeking a Clinical Lead Veterinary Surgeon to guide our talented team through an exciting period of growth and transformation.

We're a single-site, first opinion small animal practice with a loyal client base and a strong community reputation. As a Clinical Lead, you'll help shape the clinical standards, mentor and develop our fantastic team, and play a key role in driving our service and patient care forward.

• Exciting Future Ahead: We're relocating in 2026 to a brand new, purpose built practice within a local retail park - three times larger than our current site, offering exceptional opportunities to expand our services and caseload.
• State of the Art Facilities: The new clinic will feature high spec equipment, including digital direct radiography, dental radiography, ultrasound, in house laboratory, and tonometry - with future investment in endoscopy planned.
• Supportive & Skilled Team: You'll be joining a friendly, experienced team of 6 vets, 5 RVNs, and 9 support staff, in a RCVS GP accredited training practice.
• Strong Leadership Opportunity: This is an ideal role for a vet who enjoys mentoring, clinical decision making, and helping shape the future of a well established practice.

35 hour working week with a healthy work life balance, no on call or out of hours, opportunities for clinical and leadership development, support for further qualifications and CPD, collaborative and inclusive working culture.

• Has strong clinical experience in small animal practice.
• Enjoys mentoring and supporting colleagues.
• Is confident in leading cases and maintaining high clinical standards.
• Brings enthusiasm, approachability, and a team focused mindset.

If you're ready to take the lead in a forward thinking practice with an exciting new chapter ahead, we'd love to hear from you.

• 6.8 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays.
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday.

• Private Medical Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline.
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay.
• Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing.

• £1,250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata.
• Certificate support.
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy.
• Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider.
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding.
• All our Vets get £1,250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund.
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme.
• Quality Improvement Programme.

• BVA membership.
• VDS cover.
• RCVS fees.

• Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well.
• Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria.
• Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you.
• Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers.
• Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice.