Interested in this role?
Langford Vets is excited to offer two Residencies in Anaesthesia at our state-of-the-art Small Animal Referral Hospital.
As a resident, you will work as part of the Anaesthesia department, gaining hands-on experience and training in all aspects of anaesthesia care. You’ll be joining a dynamic and supportive team of experts, including six Senior Anaesthetists, three other residents, five anaesthesia nurses and a broad range of other specialists across our hospital. You will be based primarily in the Small Animal Referral Hospital with some time spent in the Translational Biomedical Research Centre, Large Animal Practice, and Bristol Zoo. Visits and externships to equine hospitals with whom we have reciprocal agreements are scheduled to meet the requirements of the ECVAA training programme.
What You'll Do:
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Work as part of the anaesthesia department, anaesthetising individual cases and contributing to peri-anaesthetic and critical care of inpatients.
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Receive structured training and mentorship from experienced specialists
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Participate in the emergency anaesthesia out-of-hours rota (currently 1 in 4)
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Contribute to clinical teaching and collaborative research initiatives
This position is ideal for a Veterinary Surgeon wanting to pursue a specialist career, who has spent a minimum of 2 years in practice including a rotating internship. The positions are tenable for 36 months
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 Employee 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
Key Dates:
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Application Deadline: Wednesday 27th of May 2026
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Interviews: Wednesday 10h of June 2026
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Start Dates: Monday 12th October 2026 and Monday 11th January 2027
For informal enquiries, feel free to contact Paul MacFarlane at pd.macfarlane@bristol.ac.uk or Gwen Covey-Crump Gwen.Covey-Crump@bristol.ac.uk .
Job Description
Responsibilities
Job purpose
Reports to: Anaesthesia Clinical Lead
Principal Accountabilities:
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Job Purpose
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To support the anaesthesia caseload within the Small Animal Referral Hospital.
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To provide excellent care for patients.
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To communicate and liaise effectively with clinicians and nurses working within other services to ensure cases are managed efficiently.
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To provide clinical teaching to undergraduate students as and if required.
Principal Accountabilities:
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To provide anaesthesia services for the Small Animal Referral Hospital, ensuring all cases are handled efficiently and with excellent clinical care.
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To work with multidisciplinary teams to provide excellent care for all patients.
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To ensure the continuing growth of the referral caseload by facilitating case management in the hospital.
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To perform anaesthesia and related procedures to the standards expected by the RCVS for a referral teaching hospital.
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To ensure all case records are accurate.
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To assess and examine patients prior to anaesthesia and update clinicians of any significant changes.
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During care of anaesthesia cases to keep supervising clinicians informed of significant changes in the cases status.
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To follow all Langford Vets protocols and policies.
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To have students assigned to you on their clinical rotations as required.
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To contribute to the assessment and delivery of appraisals of students on their practical rotation when applicable.
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To ensure the correct pricing and charging of all procedures.
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To participate in an out of hours rota no more than 1:4, to provide anaesthesia and critical care support to the Small Animal Hospital out of hours and at weekends.
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To perform administrative tasks as required by the hospital director or CEO.
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To undertake any reasonable requests made by the service clinical lead.
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To contribute to the delivery of continuing professional development (CPD) through the Langford Academy when requested.
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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.
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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.
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Person Specification
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 a veterinary surgeon |
Worked in a teaching hospital |
Completion of a recognised rotating internship |
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MRCVS |
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Excellent client communication |
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Good team player |
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Good organisational and prioritisation skills |
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Eligible to work in UK |