Veterinary Surgeon - Equine

Kernow Vet Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A veterinary care provider is seeking an ambulatory equine vet to join their team in the East Midlands, UK. The role involves providing high-quality care to a varied equine caseload, with opportunities for case management and professional development. The ideal candidate will be a qualified veterinarian with a passion for equine care. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working patterns, and significant support for continuous education, including a generous CPD allowance and additional perks to promote work-life balance.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced family-friendly policies

CPD allowance

Access to discounts/cashback

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified veterinarian with experience in equine care.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively with clients.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide ambulatory veterinary services to equine patients.
• Manage a varied caseload with support from the veterinary team.
• Participate in case discussions and professional development activities.

Skills

Ambulatory veterinary skills

Equine care experience

Communication skills

Education

Veterinary degree

Job description

Here at Scarsdale Vets, we’re looking for an ambulatory equine vet to join us on a permanent basis. This post is a is primarily an ambulatory position, with the opportunity to work cases up in our clinic. We have hospitalisation and operating facilities available in the Clinic with the usual range of equipment, enabling provision of an outstanding level of client and patient care, and deal with an extremely varied equine caseload. There is the opportunity to follow cases through with support from the team when required. We have friendly clients who are primarily sports and leisure horse owners, although we treat everything from miniature horses to shires, and everything in between. We’re keen to support candidates by offering full certificate support for those that have aspirations to study further.

Rota patterns that work for you

Ideally, we’re looking for a full time vet to cover 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday 08:30 – 17:30, along with our 1:5 weekends/OOHs rota. However, we’re keen to support part time applicants where possible.

About us

Our Markeaton practice is set in the Allestree area of Derby and offers high level equine and farm veterinary care. The farm and equine teams are both based at the Markeaton practice, which creates a lively and fun work place. We have experienced and dedicated teams and access to excellent facilities. These include sixteen stables with boxes for isolation and critical care patients, foaling boxes, indoor and outdoor schools, paddock turnout and an operating theatre. Our friendly team of seven equine vets have varying experience, from recent graduates to certificate holders, with different individual interests including but not limited to lameness, medicine, dentistry and reproduction. There are regular case discussions, and individual development is supported and encouraged. We also have assistance from visiting specialists. The equine veterinary team is supported by excellent equine nursing and reception teams.

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -

Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• 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

Development

• £1250 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 £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• 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

Scarsdale Vets Equine Centre

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Any questions before applying?

Speak to Marcus Alphonso from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.