Provision of Farm Animal and Equine 1st Opinion Clinical Care to a high standard.
Being comfortable with the out-of-hours rota.
Veterinary Surgeon
Job Type: Clinical Full time Part time Employer: Fakenham Farm & Equine Vets Posted: 3 weeks ago Sector: Equine , Large / Farm Animal Shortlist Email Job
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% Travel 100
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Qualifications MRCVS/ DVM / VMD (Veterinary degree)
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Benefits Private health insuranceVehicle allowance or company vehiclePaid parental leave (top up)
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Flexible Work Yes
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Will support visa sponsorship Yes
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Role Purpose Provision of clinical care
- Responsibilities + duties
Visiting clients to perform clinical veterinary services.
This could involve anything from scanning cows and flock health planning to routine dentistry, lameness work-ups and endoscopy in horses.
- Workplace supports to work life balance
Having a work-life balance doesn’t require formal structures.
In a small company, it comes from understanding and communication, something we are all trying to be better at.
Job Description
We opened our practice 2 years ago and are now looking for a 4th vet to join our team. We are seeking an individual with experience and first opinion capability in both farm and equine sectors but ideally someone who is has a keen to help drive the farm animal aspect of the business.
- £45-55’000
- Full or Part Time
- 1:4 OOH
- CPD open ended and 1 afternoon a month dedicated out of clinic for CPD
- VDS, RCVS and 1 other Subscription
- Practice Vehicle and Phone
- Health Insurance
The role is flexible but full-time is taken as either a 4.5-day week or 9-day fortnight. All vets contribute equally to OOH making a 1:4 rota. Normal Working Hours are 8.30am – 9pm.
The anticipated salary is £45000 – £55000 along with 30 days holiday (inc.BH). We encourage you to take the CPD that is interesting or helpful for you whether that is clinical or personal development and we allocate a half a day every month dedicated to CPD during work hours. VDS, RCVS, and one other professional subscription are paid for along with private health insurance, a business vehicle, and a business phone.
We have a full range of kit including Fertility Scanner, Bull Fertility Testing Kit, In-House Haematology and Biochemistry units, Radiography, Equine Ultrasound and 2 endoscopes (Airway and Gastro). All of it is battery powered to allow in field diagnostics.
We can offer you a supportive, enjoyable place to work with real scope for growth in both the professional and personal context. If you have a desire for part ownership then this would be encouraged for the right candidate. All the vets have young families so we understand the challenges that balancing work, family, and having a life presents and we will try to help where we can to ensure you have that balance right. It’s important to us that you enjoy and are challenged by your work without feeling stressed or pressured, we would like to have you with us for the long term.
We make decisions based on our values of Kindness, Transparency, Community, and Sustainability. That covers all aspects from how we treat each other to our support of local charities and riding schools and much more.
We can offer you a supportive, enjoyable place to work with real scope for growth in both the professional and personal context. If you have a desire for part ownership then this would be encouraged for the right candidate. All the vets have young families so we understand the challenges that balancing work, family, and having a life presents and we will try to help where we can to ensure you have that balance right. It’s important to us that you enjoy and are challenged by your work without feeling stressed or pressured, we would like to have you with us for the long term.
We make decisions based on our values of Kindness, Transparency, Community, and Sustainability. That covers all aspects from how we treat each other to our support of local charities and riding schools and much more.
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% Travel 100
-
Qualifications MRCVS/ DVM / VMD (Veterinary degree)
-
Benefits Private health insuranceVehicle allowance or company vehiclePaid parental leave (top up)
-
Flexible Work Yes
-
Will support visa sponsorship Yes
-
Role Purpose Provision of clinical care
- Key competencies
Provision of Farm Animal and Equine 1st Opinion Clinical Care to a high standard.
Being comfortable with the out-of-hours rota.
- Responsibilities + duties
Visiting clients to perform clinical veterinary services.
This could involve anything from scanning cows and flock health planning to routine dentistry, lameness work-ups and endoscopy in horses.
- Workplace supports to work life balance
Having a work-life balance doesn’t require formal structures.
In a small company, it comes from understanding and communication, something we are all trying to be better at.
