Senior Veterinary Surgeon – Advanced Surgery & Orthopaedics

Senior Veterinary Surgeon – Advanced Surgery & Orthopaedics

Senior Veterinary Surgeon – Advanced Surgery & Orthopaedics

Love surgery? What if you could build something of your own, without having to own the business?

Vets of Geelong | Geelong, Victoria

Remuneration from $200,000 + superannuation + surgical revenue incentives

Predominantly Surgical Role | Four-Clinic Referral Network | No Routine On-Call

Are you an experienced veterinary surgeon who loves being in theatre?

Perhaps you've developed advanced surgical skills over many years and would love the opportunity to spend more of your working week doing what you enjoy most.

Perhaps you're already performing orthopaedic and complex soft-tissue procedures but find yourself spending too much time consulting, managing routine cases or dealing with the administrative responsibilities of running a business.

What if you could focus on surgery, develop your own surgical caseload and help build something special — without the financial risk and responsibilities of owning a veterinary practice?

At Vets of Geelong, we're looking for an exceptional veterinary surgeon to help develop and expand our advanced surgical services across our four-clinic group.

This is not a traditional general practice veterinary position.

We're looking for someone who wants to spend the overwhelming majority of their clinical time doing surgery, managing surgical cases and developing a high-quality surgical service.

A Surgical Career, Not Just Another Veterinary Job

We believe experienced surgeons should have the opportunity to focus on the work they enjoy and do best.





Our vision is to create a role where approximately 90% of your clinical time is dedicated to surgery, surgical consultations and surgical case management.

The remaining time may include supporting colleagues, discussing surgical cases and providing occasional clinical mentoring.

We are not recruiting someone to spend half their week in routine consultations or to take on a general practice management position.

We want a surgeon who loves surgery.

You'll have the opportunity to help shape how advanced surgical services are delivered within our group, including case selection, clinical workflows, surgical protocols and the development of a sustainable referral pathway.

Vets of Geelong is a proudly family-owned veterinary group, operated by veterinarians Dr James and Dr Jane Tiernan.

Our four clinics are located in:

- Highton
- Geelong West
- Lara
- East Geelong

Together, they provide an established source of surgical cases and a large, diverse small-animal patient population.

Initially, your surgical caseload would be developed primarily through internal referrals from our own veterinary teams.

As the service becomes established, there may also be opportunities to develop relationships with external referring veterinarians.

We believe this offers a compelling opportunity: the support and patient base of an established veterinary group,



combined with the freedom to help develop a more specialised surgical service.

What Would You Be Doing?

The role would focus on advanced small-animal surgery, particularly orthopaedics and complex soft-tissue procedures.

Depending on your experience and clinical interests, your caseload may include:

- Fracture repair and other orthopaedic surgery
- Complex abdominal and soft-tissue procedures
- Brachycephalic airway surgery
- Surgical assessment, case selection and treatment planning
- Pre-operative consultations and client communication
- Post-operative case management and follow-up
- Collaboration with referring veterinarians and nursing teams

We recognise that experienced surgeons develop different areas of expertise.

We're interested in understanding the procedures you already perform confidently, the surgical work you most enjoy and the areas you'd like to develop further.

The objective is to build the service around the capabilities of the right surgeon, rather than force someone into a rigid job description.

Clinical Autonomy With the Support of an Established Business

One of the attractions of this position is the prospect to exercise meaningful clinical independence without taking on the financial and administrative responsibilities of business ownership.

You'll be supported by an established veterinary group with experienced veterinarians, skilled nursing teams, reception and administration staff, and operational management.

Our aim is to provide an environment where you can concentrate on:

- Delivering excellent surgical outcomes
- Developing a rewarding and varied surgical caseload
- Buildi

📌 Senior Veterinary Surgeon – Advanced Surgery (Geelong)
🏢 Geelong Group
📍 Geelong