Veterinary surgeon - equine and farm

Job Title: Equine and Farm Veterinary Surgeon

Salary: Up to £65,000 (D.O.E.) Plus up to £5,000 welcome bonus (direct applicants) or relocation package available

Location: Shires Vets Farm, Staffordshire

Job Type: Permanent, full-time

Role Overview

Shires Vets Equine and Farm are recruiting for an additional sixth Veterinary surgeon. We are looking for someone with 4-5 years experience, who is wanting to progress to a lead vet/clinical director position and has a passion for supporting younger team members whilst advancing their own career. The workload will be biased towards equine but will entail the odd farm call and farm OOH work.

What we Offer

• Salary initially £60-65K depending on experience for a lead vet (progression to a clinical director will have a salary uplift)
• Annual leave of 25 working days plus bank holidays and birthday off
• Eventual 1:6 OOH rota (currently 1:5 due to GDP support)
• Time off in lieu for on‑call duties
• Normal working day 08:30‑17:00 (half hour unpaid lunch) 40 hour week
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Private health insurance
• Life assurance
• 5 days CPD fully funded (further days available for certificate study)
• E‑car salary sacrifice scheme
• Enhanced equal family leave

About the Practice

We are a close‑knit, supportive 5‑vet ambulatory team based in the picturesque village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire. Our equine business is expanding rapidly and caters for pleasure and local‑level competition horses. On the farm side we have some dairy work but are mainly beef, sheep and small‑holder. We have all the expected equipment for an enthusiastic ambulatory practice, some of which is listed below.

• Portable digital battery x‑ray
• Videoscope (respiratory and gastroscope)
• Oroscope
• Laser
• Motorised dental kit (one per vet)
• Shock wave
• Tendon, abdominal and rectal scanners
• Bull and ram fertility testing kit
• In‑house lab for basic blood profiles and WEC
• Post‑mortem and small ruminant surgery room

Next Steps

If you are ready for the next stage in your career and want to be involved in managing an expanding young dynamic team, please contact Lissa Semerdak at or call 07523 268918.