About the Role

We are currently advertising for two separate roles:

(A) Maternity cover position- for a minimum of 6 months starting in July 2025, with potential to extend for the right candidate.

(B) One full time position (5 day week), though flexible part time options would be considered for the right candidate.

About us

Stables Equine Practice, located near Wells in the beautiful somerset countryside, remains independent as part of the University of Bristol Vet school. We are a 7 vet ambulatory practice with a purpose built clinic, including stables for outpatients, stocks, large examination room, trot up, menage and lunge arena, with portable up-to-date equipment. We have a loyal client base and our caseload varies from pet ponies to sports horses and everything in between.

What we offer:

We are a fun, friendly & cohesive team, with the majority of vets having worked here for over 7 years. We pride ourselves on developing excellent vet-client relationships. Within the team are two certificate holders, offering good support and clinical back up.

A work vehicle, phone and iPad will be provided. There is freedom to work up your own cases with support from others within the team if desired, the ability to internally refer to colleagues and free choice of excellent local referral hospitals.

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player who enjoys a varied general practice caseload. This role would suit someone with a few years experience wanting to build their own caseload and develop clinical interests within a fully supportive team. We form part of the ambulatory rotation for final year University of Bristol students and take pride in providing them with good quality, hands-on experience, so a desire to teach and coach students is essential. Sadly, we are therefore not able to support a new graduate at this time.

Package:

Pay : £35-65k depending on experience
Rota: Currently 1 in 5 weekends (aiming towards 1 in 6) on call with two days back in lieu per weekend. One weeknight on call per week. Financial bonus for horses seen OOH.
Holiday: 5 weeks per year plus Bank Holidays. Additional days of annual leave allocated for long service.
Generous CPD budget of £2000/5days with ability for further study (certificate/ teaching qualifications)
Affiliation with the University of Bristol enables access to numerous clinical papers
Family friendly policies: including enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service.
Generous pension scheme matching up to 8% pension contributions
RCVS + one additional professional membership fees covered annually (eg BEVA/BVA)
Employee discount on veterinary fees.
Re-location package negotiable for the right candidate

How to apply:

If you are interested, please feel free to phone of our vets for a confidential initial discussion: Tim 07890260971 or Jenny 07917107973.

Please apply with your CV, covering letter and 2 references via this link: https://www.langfordvets.co.uk/work-with-us/equine-veterinary-surgeon-the-stables-equine-practice/

We look forward to hearing from you.

Responsibilities

Job purpose

Reports To: Clinical Leads

Job Purpose:

To provide excellent ambulatory and clinic based diagnostic examinations and treatments
To provide excellent customer care.
To provide clinical teaching/supervision to undergraduate students

Principal Accountabilities (the list is not exhaustive but includes the main tasks):

To perform medical and surgical diagnoses, treatments and procedures to the standards expected by the RCVS
To contribute towards the continuing growth of the practice by providing excellent customer and patient care
To perform duties by supervising of students undertaking the tasks below as and when appropriate
To record all case records within the appropriate timescale
To ensure that client consent is gained as necessary and that they are aware of and kept up to date with treatment costs
To follow all practice protocols and policies
To ensure telephone and email queries are answered
To ensure that clients are informed of test results and if any further actions or costs are likely
To contribute to the assessment and delivery of appraisals of students on their practical rotation within the practice
To comply with the debt protocol
To ensure the correct pricing and charging of all procedures
Ensure that animals are properly restrained and use chemical restraint where necessary
To provide formal and informal tuition of veterinary and nurse students and to assist with practical assessment of the students.
To be on the rota (aiming for 1 in 5) to provide cover for the relief of pain and suffering in animals
To perform administrative tasks as required
To undertake any reasonable requests made by one of the Management team

Person Specification

The skills, abilities, experience and knowledge outlined below provide a summary of what is required to carry out this job effectively.

Essential	Desirable
At least 2 years clinical experience including the ability to work independently	Ambulatory experience
Ability to multitask	Additional medical or surgical qualifications (e.g. RCVS certificate or AVP)
Good organisational skills	Been involved in training undergraduates
MRCVS
Good team player with good interpersonal skills
Flexible approach to work with a clean driving licence
Be available to work between 8am - 7.30pm weekdays
Eligibility to work in the UK