Organisational background

Drove began in Swindon as a Farm practice in 1839! Since then it changed site a few times and changed ownership even more! The current business exists as two separate entities – Drove Veterinary Hospital and Drove Farm Vets but it remains an independent practice. The current owners have exactly the same ethos as previous generations in providing the people & pets of Swindon and Wiltshire with a caring & trusted service.

Drove Veterinary Hospital is now a state-of-the-art hospital (in Old Town, Swindon) that supports the surrounding branches of Marlborough, Wootton Bassett, Stratton, Abbey Meads, and Ridgeway Farm. Our hospital is the base for the Vets Now emergency service in Swindon and the surrounding area. The owners continue to be passionate that they are building the future of excellence in veterinary care and pass to the next generation!

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Organisation aims & mission

We aim to provide outstanding patient and client care and create a sustainable practice that people aspire to work in.

Our Mission: We strive for clinical and professional excellence aiming to provide a complete first opinion service to our local communities. We believe that empathy is the key to exceptional service and that understanding our client’s individual needs is essential to achieve happy customers, patients and staff. We believe in the power of teamwork with every member of our team being motivated and committed to working together to achieve our vision. We are passionate about ongoing training and professional development and we aim to achieve growth to be able to re-invest and provide the best possible care and service to our clients and their animals. We believe that clients and staff should all be treated with fairness honesty and professionalism and that our people are the foundations of our business.

• Honesty, Integrity and Respect
• Responsibility
• Teamwork and Commitment
• Achieving and delivering excellence

These are consciously woven into all that happens at Drove – from our development reviews to our Thriving In Practice scheme to our expectations of colleagues. The values are visually displayed in every branch and, we hope, have become part of our culture over the past several years.

We are a strongly independent practice and you will be working alongside owners who are passionate about creating an environment where people want to work and clients want to visit!

We appreciate that our people are the cornerstone of all we aspire to achieve and we go the extra mile to adapt to those wanting to achieve the right work life balance. We were winners of the SPVS/VMG Wellbeing award 2019 and are committed to treating our staff as family.

Our ideal employee is a team player and has excellence in animal care at the heart of all they do. Being able to have a laugh, drink tea and eat cake is also strongly encouraged!

Meet the team.