About the Role

Langford Vets is pleased to offer a three-year Residency in Veterinary Neurology, starting July 2026.

The successful candidate will join our experienced neurology team within a multidisciplinary small animal referral hospital. The programme provides comprehensive training in all aspects of neurology - including neurosurgery, diagnostic imaging, electrodiagnostics, and neuropathology - within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Residents will focus on clinical case work and preparation for the ECVN Diploma in Veterinary Neurology, alongside teaching and research responsibilities, including the preparation of manuscripts for publication.

Benefits and wellbeing

Our people are at the heart of what we do and as your employer we want to ensure we offer flexibility, support and staff development, where possible, through:

Time off
- 5 weeks holiday per year (plus bank holidays)
- Additional holiday entitlement for Long Service

Wellbeing
- On site Mental Wellbeing Champions
- EDI committee
- Employee Forum – to ensure all employees voices can be heard
- Menopause Café
- Wellbeing talks and events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity and paternity pay (after 2 years’ service)

Health
- SimplyHealth Cashplan membership
- Free annual flu vaccination
- Free Specsavers eye test voucher

General
- Free onsite parking
- U2 bus service link to Bristol
- Annual CPD allowance
- Employee discount
- Generous pension scheme – we match up to 8% pension contributions
- Reimbursement of one professional membership fee per year

How to apply

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, don’t delay, click ‘Apply’ and begin your career with Langford Vets.

Closing date: Monday 5th January

Interviews: TBC

Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit and meet the team. For informal enquiries, please contact: tom.harcourt-brown@bristol.ac.uk and sophie.martin@bristol.ac.uk.

Langford Vets is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Responsibilities

Job purpose

Job Title: Resident in Veterinary Neurology

Reports To: Neurology Clinical Lead

Job Purpose

• To support the neurological caseload within the Small Animal Referral Hospital and the Large Animal and Equine departments where necessary

• To provide excellent care for patients.

• To provide excellent customer care.

• To communicate and liaise effectively with clinicians and nurses working within other services to ensure cases are managed and efficiently.

• To provide clinical teaching to undergraduate students and junior clinical training scholars (interns) as and if required.

Principal Accountabilities:

• To provide small animal neurological services for the Small Animal Referral Hospital, ensuring all cases are accepted and treated appropriately.

• To work with multidisciplinary teams to provide excellent care for all patients.

• To ensure the continuing growth of the referral caseload by providing excellent customer and patient care.

• To perform diagnoses, treatments and procedures to the standards expected by the RCVS for a referral teaching hospital.

• To record all case records accurately.

• To ensure that client consent is gained as necessary and that they are aware of and kept up to date with treatment costs.

• To ensure that laboratory findings are reported to clients.

• To assess and examine in patients on a daily basis, and to keep all records up to date and update all relevant staff of any changes.

• To follow all Langford Vets protocols and policies.

• To ensure telephone queries are answered in a timely manner.

• To have students assigned to you on their clinical rotations and on EMS as required.

• To contribute to the assessment and delivery of appraisals of students on their practical rotation when applicable.

• To ensure that Veterinary Nurses are supervised to the required level.

• To ensure the correct pricing and charging of all procedures.

• To be available when requested on the rota (minimum 1 in 3) to provide cover for the relief of pain and suffering in animals and to receive and treat emergency cases.

• To perform administrative tasks as are required by the hospital manager and the CEO.

• To undertake any reasonable requests made by the service clinical leads.

• To execute and publish research projects to ensure credential requirements for European Board examinations are fulfilled.

• Proactively identify and act upon opportunities for business improvement. Openly identify and discuss problems in order to implement and sustain improvements that increase the value we deliver to our, clients, employees, and students.

• Responsible for keeping themselves and others safe, reporting accidents, near misses and hazards and adhering to health and safety requirements and policies as required by the business/their line manager.

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
More than 2 years working as veterinary surgeon	Worked in a teaching hospital
Completion of a recognised internship
MRCVS
Excellent client communication
Good team player
Good organisational and prioritisation skills
Eligible to work in UK