We’re always looking for talented and passionate veterinary professionals to join our team.
With six branches, including hospital-standard facilities at our Berwick and Galashiels practice, we offer our team fantastic opportunities to develop their skills and take on interesting cases. We offer a generous CPD budget for all of our team, encouraging our vets to pursue certificates and reception teams BVRA awards.
If you’re interested in joining our team, get in touch for an informal, confidential chat.
We have a great team spirit and love to spend time together, with weekend dog walks, cake Fridays, cinema evenings, as well as team-building activities such as paddle boarding and bicycle polo. We’re lucky to be based in a beautiful area, with stunning coastline and countryside, all within commuting distance of Edinburgh and Newcastle.
If you’re interested in joining our team, get in touch for an informal, confidential chat.
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Farm Vet, Kelso, Scottish Borders
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced farm vet to join us in Kelso, in the Scottish Borders.
The role would suit a confident vet who enjoys working as part of an experienced and enthusiastic team providing excellent clinical care and who is keen to develop their skills.
Galedin is a mixed practice with an established beef, sheep and dairy client base alongside small animal and equine services. The role will mainly involve working with our progressive suckler farms where we offer routine services from pelvimetry, AI and bull testing through to pregnancy scanning and blood sampling in addition to any emergency work. There is the opportunity to work with our pedigree beef and sheep flocks and confidence with herd and flock health planning is essential. The role includes an equally shared, farm-only out-of-hours rota.
The practice has a number of certificate holders and colleagues enrolled in certificate programmes and excellent support is available from experienced colleagues.
Galedin is a rural practice but with excellent links to both Edinburgh and Newcastle. The team enjoy regular practice dog walks and social evenings. The Borders offers an excellent base for outdoor pursuits and our team are members of local hockey and rugby teams, triathlon clubs and support various youth clubs and other organisations. There is also a great local agricultural show circuit and active Young Farmers and Agricultural Discussion groups.
We have all the essentials including phase contrast microscopy, Pulsator-V and both linear and curvilinear ultrasound scanners.
Salary upto £65,000 FTE depending on experience plus vehicle available for private use.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Mary Hall at the Kelso practice on 01573 224496.
Applications should be sent to [email protected]
Benefits
About Galedin Veterinary:
Our journey to become Galedin Vets began over 200 years ago. In 1817, Robert Glaister was invited and paid 50 guineas by the Border Union Agricultural Society to move his practice from Wooler in Northumberland, to Kelso. This practice changed hands and more buildings were developed, until eventually the practices became part of the Merlin Veterinary Group. In 2015, Renton Swan Vets and Merlin Vets decided to team up, and now we practice collectively as Galedin Vets. This partnership has led us to become one of the largest veterinary practices around the Scottish Borders, offering a variety of animal care services.
In November 2018, Galedin Veterinary became part of VetPartners. Whether it’s a small household pet, horse or livestock that needs our attention, our team of over 40 vets have broad collective experience to ensure that animals get incomparable care.
To learn more about our practice, please visit our website: About | Galedin Vets
Our Nursing team:
Nursing Services comprises of a Nursing Manager, Head RVN’s, Senior RVN’s, RVN’s, SVN’s and VCA’s/ACA’s. There is currently a headcount of over 30 nurses within a wider business of over 120 team members who include Clinical Directors, Veterinary Surgeons and Support colleagues. The main function of the Division is to provide consistently high levels of care to patients and clients across our group of practices.
The Role:
This is an ideal opportunity to develop your career in a varied role, within a growing business undergoing cultural change.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for an individual who is proactive, passionate about patient and customer experience, is good with aligning behaviour in line with Galedin and VetPartners values and has the motivation to strive for better outcomes for themselves and their team.
Our ideal candidate will have gained initial experience in practice RVN roles and will be confident completing routine RVN duties. We’re looking for someone with experience in managing teams and further qualifications relevant to this position is desirable.
As part of the VetPartners family, we can offer the following benefits (pro rata):
If this sounds like the role for you, please apply today! If you have any questions, please email Clare Lackenby on [email protected] to arrange an informal discussion. Applications will close on Monday 29th September.
**Please Apply Directly – No Agency Submissions
