Farm Veterinary Surgeon

Are you a skilled Farm Vet ready for the next step in your career?

Fancy working in a dairy rich area of Somerset / Devon with progressive dairy farmers in a happy team that enjoys working together to provide a top class service?

Do you want :

• Autonomy to ensure best practice and to drive

the clinical side of the business?

• Backing for post-grad qualifications or to develop your areas of interest.
• Access to a varied case load? As well as having over 30 dairies on routine visits we have beef, sheep and significant youngstock work.
• To work in a practice with vet techs and ATT staff to ensure you can concentrate on clinical work?
• To get involved in discussion groups or farmer training?

Practice :

• FarmVets SouthWest is a farm-animal only Veterinary Practice covering Somerset and East Devon. The practice prides itself on traditional service values, with a modern approach. We have an experienced team of farm vets, with expertise in the dairy sector.

If you are a Farm Vet ready to take on routine fertility work and drive our clinical offerings whilst sharing in the (usually quiet) out of hours provision (currently 1 : 6) then we are keen to talk to you.

What our Vets say :

Very supportive team with expert knowledge in key areas and ample opportunity and encouragement for higher education”

FVSW is a great place to work! I have constantly been supported by the whole team and encouraged to develop my areas of clinical interest”

What we offer (pro rata) :

• A happy place to work with a team that we are proud of and brilliant support staff. We achieved a 3 star rating on the B-heard employee survey.
• Generous salary commensurate with your capabilities and reflective of that of an experienced Vet in a leadership role.
• Happy to talk flexible working.
• A real and demonstrable commitment to funding CPD / post-grad studies
• As Part of VetPartners we have access to copious top class CPD, training opportunities and a network of leading UK Farm Vets.
• 6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
• 1750 CPD Allowance per annum
• Health Shield - wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments - from dentistry to sports massage
• RCVS Membership paid
• Two other membership subscriptions
• VDS cover
• Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
• Discounted veterinary fees
• Annual pay reviews
• Focus on employee wellbeing
• Career progression opportunities

Where we are :

Based around Taunton in Somerset, in between the picturesque Quantock and Blackdown hills within easy access of the Jurassic Coast (World heritage site).

Check out our Facebook page to get a feel of who we are and what we do.

Contact Eoghan on eoghan.mcalonan@thefarmvets.co.uk for a confidential chat, or to apply with your CV.