Job description
Out of Hours Emergency Farm Animal Vet – Dyfed Farm Vets - South Wales
Are you a Farm Vet looking for a role that will offer that elusive work life balance?
Are you looking to provide outstanding OOH veterinary care?
If the answer is yes, then we have the job for you…
Dyfed Farm Vets is a dedicated farm animal veterinary practice, operating from our practices in Carmarthen and St Clears, Carmarthenshire. We boast a team of 16 farm vets and 6 administrators who have a real enthusiasm for all aspects of farm animal health.
We look after dairy, beef and sheep farms alongside our small holding enterprises. Within the practice we have a purpose built and equipped lambing room meaning lambing's are a dryer and warmer experience for all involved!
Our out of hours is seasonally variable and we run using our own answer service between 5.30pm and 8am weekdays and over the weekend.
Within easy reach of Cardiff and Bristol airports, and surrounded by the beautiful Welsh countryside and beaches, this position is ideal for someone wanting to achieve a fulfilling career whilst maintaining a great work – life balance.
This exciting new role can be flexible dependant on you – this could be alternating one week on call and one off, working weekends or 2 weeks on call every month – we want this to work for you and us. You will work closely alongside the daytime team to provide a professional service, with a careful transition into covering the on call.
Package and Benefits
- Salary commensurate with experience and dependant on working pattern
- Farm bonus scheme – currently 10% of the difference between your salary and fee turnover
- Holiday would depend on working pattern but pro-rata our vets receive 25 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to use the down time to locum, for further study or to pursue your own hobbies
- RCVS fees and membership to one veterinary society of your choice
- Company van provided
- Pension scheme
- Share save scheme
- Staff discount
- Generously funded CPD
- Enhanced maternity pay consisting of 10 weeks full pay and 10 weeks at 50% pay with no claw back as well as enhanced paternity pay
- Access to a range of flexible benefits to suit your needs – such as subsidised gym membership, private healthcare and cycle to work scheme
If this exciting new opportunity sounds of interest to you then click ‘apply now' to upload a current CV. Or contact Senior Practice Director, Sarah Kemp [email protected] for more information.