Job Description
***Farm Veterinary Surgeon - FarmVets SouthWest- Somerset***
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.