Experienced mixed veterinary surgeon required to join our proudly independent mixed 17-vet practice in South Wales. We are an XLVets member practice with one main hospital in Neath and three small animal branch surgeries nearby (consults only).
The new position is for a full time (four day week) with out of hours – two weekends and five weeknights in every 8 week block (first or second on call) shared equally between all mixed veterinary surgeons.
The practice offers 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays (when BHs are worked there will be time off in lieu of days worked).
The new employee will be entitled to 5 days CPD per annum (~£1500 expenditure) and further studies including certificates are funded and encouraged.
RCVS, VDS and BVA all paid for.
Salary £48-65k DOE
Our independent practice has been long established in the community, and we have family farms as our clients for generations. Many of our farms are within a 15-mile radius of the practice and include beef, sheep and a couple of dairy farms. We are privileged to have an on-site large animal block for lambings, ewe caesareans and calf in-patients. We can carry out faecal egg counts with our FECPAK machine on-site. We provide bull and ram fertility visits as well as regular farm meetings and newsletters.
Our small animal hospital has four consulting rooms, separate kennels and cattery wards, isolation kennels, digital Xray machine, a dental suite with digital radiography, ultrasound, ECG and in-house laboratory (Idexx haematology and biochemistry machines).
We provide our own out of hours service with 24-hour on-site nursing care.
We have a mixture of new graduates to experienced veterinary surgeons. Several of our veterinary surgeons have further studied to obtain certificates in many subjects including advanced cattle practice, soft tissue surgery, feline medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology and an internal medic in the pipeline! As such, our collective team of veterinary surgeons have a vast array of clinical and practical knowledge.
We have an excellent nurse team to support our vets and are an RCVS-accredited nurse training practice. We provide generous employee discount and are enrolled in the NEST pension scheme. Interested? Give us a call on 01639 642739 or drop us an email: admin@afonvets.com
