Job Title: Veterinary Surgeon – Potters Bar & Berkhamsted
Location: Potters Bar, Berkhamsted & St Albans Hospital (Hertfordshire)
Practice: Village Vets
Hours: 42 hours per week across 4 days, including weekends (either 1 in 3 Saturdays or 1 full weekend out of 6, with time off in lieu)
Salary: Up to £60,000 per year + bonus scheme, plus relocation support available for direct candidates
We have three exciting roles across Hertfordshire Village Vets that give you the best of both worlds: the intimacy and continuity of branch life, and exposure to complex hospital cases to develop your clinical skills. You’ll join supportive teams, work in modern facilities, and have the opportunity to make your mark on a practice. These roles are perfect for vets who want variety, professional development, and a chance to shape a branch while enjoying loyal and engaged client communities.
Potters Bar – 2 Positions
Our Potters Bar team includes 2 RVNs and 2 Client Care Assistants who are highly capable, kind, and dedicated. The branch is being refurbished and will reopen in June with a brand-new client area, fully equipped consult rooms, and modern colleague facilities. This is a rare opportunity to join a practice having a full revamp and with no current vets, allowing you to influence systems, shape the culture, grow the practice your way, and build strong relationships with a diverse, loyal, and insured client base. Clients value continuity of care and are passionate about their pets, creating a warm, engaging environment for your work. With 3 days at the branch and 1 day at St Albans Hospital, you’ll enjoy the perfect balance of consult-heavy branch days and exposure to more complex hospital cases. Potters Bar is suburban yet very well connected, with trains to Kings Cross and Central London in under 25 minutes, and a close-knit community of families, professionals, and long-term residents.
Berkhamsted – 1 Position
The Berkhamsted team is stable and supportive, consisting of 2 vets (one with an exotics certificate and one working towards this), 4 RVNs, and 4 Client Care Assistants. You’ll spend 2 days per week at the branch providing first opinion care to an affluent, loyal client base (mostly insured), and 2 days at St Albans Hospital developing your hospital skills. Given the existing exotic expertise, the ideal candidate will have a bias towards dogs and cats. Berkhamsted is a picturesque town on the edge of the Chilterns, with countryside views, historic charm, and a welcoming community. It’s a great location for those wanting a mix of rural beauty and convenient transport links.
St Albans Hospital
At St Albans, you’ll join an experienced hospital team and gain exposure to complex cases, advanced diagnostics, and ECC, alongside certificate holders in dentistry, ophthalmology, surgery, and medicine. The hospital has a dedicated night team, so there are no out-of-hours responsibilities. The one-day hospital placement complements the branch work, giving you the best of both worlds: the personal feel of branch practice and the clinical challenge of a busy hospital.
What we offer
5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
RCVS and 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
Recruitment referral reward scheme
Wellness program including:
Employee assistance program
Eyecare voucher scheme
Free annual Flu jab
Cycle to work scheme
About Us
Spinney Vets is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.
At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best – care for pets.
We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Joanne in the recruitment team joanne.gray@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
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Salary Value: £60,000 per annum;
Salary Description: from and depending on experience;