Our client on the outskirts of Yeovil are looking for an experienced vet (or vets) to add to their existing small animal team at their practice close to the M5 and A303

The team work between two branches, the main surgery and the branch surgery, both within easy reach due to good road links.

The position can be adapted to suit your needs in both location and hours; to fit around your life outside work. There will be some sole charge and you will need to be confident in both routine and emergency work but they are in the process of transferring all of their OOH work to an OOH provider so there will be no on-call.

The team will still maintain care of their inpatients on a case by case basis, those with more intensive needs can be transferred for ongoing night care.
The weekend and night rota for inpatient care will be 1:4. This rota will include a Saturday morning surgery and attention to inpatients as required.
They often have no inpatients so, many weekends and evenings will be work free.

The nursing team is made up of 4 RVN's and 2 SVN's. There is always a nurse available to help with inpatients. The role will be a mixture of consulting and surgery, any interests you have will be supported and would fully encourage a certificate in your chosen area.

Consults are 15 minutes, the last of the day booked 45 minutes before they close at 6.30pm, meaning they are rarely late leaving.

A competetive salary is on offer, in line with experience and hours worked. Holiday allowance will be 20 days pro rata + bank holidays.

If this role sounds of interest please email your CV through to [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

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Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

This mixed animal practice, based just 25 minutes south of Leicester, are looking for an experienced Small Animal Vet to join their team.

The practice is in a period of exciting change and as they continue to develop their small animal department they are looking for some amazing additional vet staff to take them in a fantastic new direction. The practice has been providing veterinary care in Leicestershire since the 1970's. The Clinical Director and Practice Manager are excited to now be leading the large team with a separate focus on their companion and farm teams.

With this new direction the team are looking for small animal vets to help them to continue to provide great general practice care, but also who have a dynamic approach to developing both their own careers and that of the practice.

You will be joining a great team of vets, nurses and support staff, who are passionate about their jobs and committed to providing quality veterinary care. A leadership team that are committed to developing the skills of our people within the clinic and advancing the clinic services and a clientele that they are proud to work with, and who are equally passionate about their pets.

The right candidate will ideally be knowledgeable and comfortable enough to work up their own cases and perform surgery without supervision.
You will need to be a confident team player and enables the team to perform day to day operations smoothly and efficiently.

The role will be working a 40 hour week over 4 days, plus a share on the Saturday rota but there are no out of hours.
In return the package includes 29.5 days holiday (7.3 weeks) per year, 5 days funded CPD, Certificate opportunities, pension contributions and salary dependent on experience.

If this role sounds of interest please email your CV through to [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

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Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

Our client in the Kings Lynn area would like an additional veterinary surgeon, ideally with around 12 months or more experience to join them. The successful candidate will share their time between the three practices. Some of the time will be sole charge and some will be working alongside the more experienced vets. When working sole charge, more experienced vets are always available on the phone of cases can be forwarded to the main branch.

Candidates need to be comfortable with basic surgeries, medical workups and lab diagnostics.

All the practices are well equipped first opinion sites with digital x-ray, ultrasound etc. Between the three practices, they see a very wide variety of cases.

Our Norfolk based hospital have a vacancy for an experienced vet to join their team Their ideal candidate would have an interest or certificate in Exotics

As the main hospital supporting a number of branches, this practice sees an exceptionally high and varied caseload. For those candidates who haven't yet started or are part way through certificates, there is ample caseload to support all disciplines.

As well as being superbly equipped for small animal work, Endoscopy, Digital X-ray, quality ultrasound etc. They also have lots of exotics equipment, such as small ultrasound probe and endoscopy and dental kit as well as a dedicated exotics ward. This will be really attractive for those vets with an exotics interest.

The successful Candidates will be joining a 7 vet team and will be happy with routine surgeries and working up their own medical cases. Candidates from 12 months experience up to any small animal certificates looking to take in internal and external referral work would be considered for this role.

The rota is based around a 4 day week with 1/6 weekends.

Our client also pay industry beating packages to attract the very best talent.

Our client based on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales are looking for a full time experienced veterinary surgeon to join their practice on a permanent basis.

The team have 14 vets and 16 RVNs plus trainees and support staff over 3 sites. Each site is fully equipped with x-ray, ultrasound, dental and operating facilities. Enhanced facilities are available at the main surgery, and they have recently invested in a video endoscope, arthroscope and a laparoscope.

The vets in the team are very experienced and have certificate holders in medicine, cardiology and surgery, and nurses doing diplomas in anaesthesia, ECC and hydrotherapy. The team also pride themselves on offering their own inpatient and OOH service to all their clients.

The ideal candidate will want to work a full time 40 hours over 4 days, but the team are also open to discussing part-time hours for the right individual.
The role will suit a certificate holder, or someone interested in studying for a certificate, as the team see a wide and interesting case load backed up by a large proportion of insured clients.

The OOH commitment would be based around 1-5, with time off in lieu.

You will have a minimum of 1 years UK experience and achieved a starting salary of around 34,000. More expereinced vets will be rewarded comfortably and fairly with a highreer salary.
In addition you can also expect;
5 days CPD with a 1500 allowance
RCVS, BSAVA and VDS fees paid
6.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays (or time off in lieu)


Based on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, yet within 30 minutes by train to Leeds and 20 minutes from Leeds Bradford International Airport you really will have the best of both worlds and be able to achieve a fantastic work life balance.


If this role sounds of interest please email your CV through to [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

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Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

Our client on the Wirral have a vacancy for an experienced veterinary surgeon to join their team of one other veterinary surgeon, plus a nursing team of 5.

This is a very busy, established practice with a wide caseload with the capacity to support most small animal certificate interests candidates may have, are part through or are ready to start. For candidates who are tied in to a training agreement with current employers, they can consider assisting with this. Our client are happy to fund certificate training.

The rota is based on a 4 day week with 1/6 weekends.

Our client offer industry leading packages and also fund RCVS fees, VDS, BVA subscriptions.

Our lovely client in the picturesque spa town of Knaresborough are looking for an experienced Small Animal Vet to join their small and friendly team with a strong and loyal client base.

This first opinion single site has a sister practice in nearby York both ideally located to enjoy the beautiful surrounding areas on your days off.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to lead and develop this small practice. You’ll have significant autonomy to organise your day and develop your interests – funding for clinical study, or management/leadership training is available.

This is a part time role, working 3 full days per week plus 1:3 Saturday mornings only and no OOH.

The team can also offer great benefits which include:

Allocated CPD funding
Excellent career opportunities/development
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
Contributory pension scheme
Healthshield policy


If this role sounds of interest please email your CV through to [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

Not all of our roles are on our website, so if you are looking to move jobs, please get in touch to discuss your options.

If this vacancy isn’t quite right for you, please visit www.brightleaf.co.uk to view a full list of our current vacancies. You can also sign up for email alerts to receive news of new vacancies the second they are posted.

Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

Our client in Essex would like to welcome an additional veterinary nurse to join their team. Working with a large team of vets, including multiple certificate holders in the main hospital, they will see a large variety of cases and be actively involved in their own clinics.

In addition to time spent in the main hospital, the successful candidate wwill also work in one of the branches.

The hospital and branches are very well equipped centers offering full veterinary care. All have digital x-ray and ultrasound.

The rota is worked on a 40 hour week basis and shifts vary, the earliest start being 7:30am, the latest finish being 7.30pm. Saturday mornings are on a 1 in 6 or 7 basis. There is also a voluntary requirement to work full weekends, but this is paid overtime and nurses can work as few or as many as they like.

Our client in this lovely West Yorkshire town are looking for a Lead Nurse to join their small team.

The Lead Nurse role is key to the business ability to provide a high level of clinical standards. As the Team Lead you will ensure that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective, you will support the profitability and further growth of the practice, work enthusiastically with your team and help maintain a happy, efficient working environment whilst providing outstanding patient and client care.

Approximately 95% of the role will be clinical duties, allowing for 5% of your time for admin that comes with the role.

You will work with the Clinical Nursing Manager to help support the identification, prioritisation and implementation of learning, development and CPD for nurses in your team where required. You will ensure all new nurses entering the business are supported to complete their induction and provide effective line management to those in your team including regular feedback to the Clinical Nursing Manager who can ensure mentoring, coaching and development discussions where needed.

It will be necessary to carry out Nurse appraisals if and when required by the Clinical Nursing Manager for those who work as part of your team and participate in external CPD appropriate to your role plus any training in-house, ensuring post-training feedback forms are completed/cascade of relevant information to appropriate team member.

You will need to have at least 1 years post RVN registration experience and be an excellent listener who is pro-active and well organised with the ability to multitask, plan and prioritise effectively in accordance with the business needs. You will need to have an eye for detail and the ability to manage projects through to completion whilst meeting deadlines and targets, and have the ability to remain calm under pressure and make decisions that benefit the whole team and not individuals.

This is a full time role, working a 40 hour week including 1:4 Saturday shifts and would suit those living in Halifax, Bradford, Leeds, Dewsbury, Brighouse and Wakefield as transport links to the practice are excellent.


If this role sounds of interest please email your CV through to [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

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Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

Our client is a friendly and long established 100% Small Animal practice sitting within the heart of our semi-rural community but in close proximity to the vibrant cities of York and Leeds, the North Yorkshire Moors and the East Coast gives us easy access to all that Yorkshire has to offer.

The purpose built and recently extended and renovated premises provide the perfect working environment and enable the team to practice a high standard of first opinion care. They have all the usual equipment readily to hand to enable them to offer the complete, efficient, and comprehensive service that is relied upon by the loyal client base. The progressive team have a strong and inclusive culture where everyone is empowered to follow their interests and be the best version of themselves.

With all of this in mind the practice is now looking for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to fulfil a lead/senior clinical role. The role will be full time, but you will enjoy a standard 4 day working week, with an equal share in our Saturday rota (working 2 Saturdays in 5). There is no requirement for Out of Hours work as this is covered elsewhere. Primarily you will be based at the main surgery alongside our other Veterinary Surgeons, help inspire and develop the New Graduate Vets and may cover occasional sole charge work at a Branch Surgery. You will get a good mix of both medical and surgical cases and will have outstanding nursing support across the board.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and compassionate experienced Veterinary Surgeon with a passion for client care equal to their natural clinical drive. You will enjoy working within a close-knit team and be keen to continue to develop your skills whilst sharing your unique experiences. Enthusiasm for inspiring younger Vets starting out on their careers will be important as some mentoring of newly/recently graduated Vets will be required. A surgical bias would be preferred and if not already at a level of certificate holding in this area, CPD would be encouraged to achieve certificate status.

For more information on this role or if you would like to apply then please contact [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

Not all of our roles are on our website, so if you are looking to move jobs, please get in touch to discuss your options.

If this vacancy isn’t quite right for you, please visit www.brightleaf.co.uk to view a full list of our current vacancies. You can also sign up for email alerts to receive news of new vacancies the second they are posted.

Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters
have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

This forward thinking, independent client in Milton Keynes have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced small animal veterinary surgeon to join their family owned, independent veterinary group on a permanent basis.

The position will require an experienced veterinary surgeon who wants a practice to run as their long term future. There will be no management requirements as the Practice Manager and Owner cover these responsibilities but you will need to get involved and help to grow the site and maintain its high standards.

This is a sole charge, full-time position running alongside their experienced part-time surgeon. The 40 hour week is made up of four full days and every other Saturday morning with no on call requirements.
You will be supported by registered veterinary nurses and a reception team. You will also have 15 vets within the bigger company who you can contact for advice and help as well as the other Milton Keynes surgeon. This is very much an integrated team that work together across all practices. There will be the requirement for more vets in future as the practice continues to expand from a sole-charge to multi-vet site.

The salary package on offer is dependent upon experience with up to 5 days paid leave for CPD. Plus 33 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays, giving plenty of time and days off to enjoy the beautiful Dorset coastline.

If this role sounds of interest please email your CV through to [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

Not all of our roles are on our website, so if you are looking to move jobs, please get in touch to discuss your options.

If this vacancy isn’t quite right for you, please visit www.brightleaf.co.uk to view a full list of our current vacancies. You can also sign up for email alerts to receive news of new vacancies the second they are posted.

Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

Our client has a group of well-established practices in the Leicester area who are looking for an experienced Farm Vet to join them.

The practices offer a comprehensive, all-round service with Small and Farm animals being catered for. There is also a referral service that allows clients and their animals to feel secure and filly protected.
You will be joining a strong team of 6 farm vets who work primarily dairy focused, and they have a large beef contingent too.

• Excellent salary with team performance related pay
• 1 in 9 OOH rota, with the option to do more paid
• Minimal TB testing as the team includes dedicated TB testers
• 4.5 day working week
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, fully supported CPD and in-house training
• An excellent working environment where you will never be held back

The ideal candidate will be a strong team player with a good sense of humour who enjoys the challenges of effective communication with colleagues and farmers. The ideal candidate would be familiar with farm software tools and be committed to their use for herd health work. Would suit a certificate holder or fully funded certificate is on offer.

• Employee Discounts
• Specsavers Free Eye Test (and voucher for glasses for VDU use if applicable)
• Employee Assistance Programme with BUPA
• Focus on employee well being
• VDS Cover
• RCVS Fee Paid
• Company sick pay
• Free flu vaccination
• Cycle to work scheme
• Bonus scheme
Leadership training is very much encouraged and fully funded

For more information on this role or if you would like to apply then please contact [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

Not all of our roles are on our website, so if you are looking to move jobs, please get in touch to discuss your options.

If this vacancy isn’t quite right for you, please visit www.brightleaf.co.uk to view a full list of our current vacancies. You can also sign up for email alerts to receive news of new vacancies the second they are posted.

Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters
have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.

Our client have a vacancy for an experienced veterinary surgeon to join them in a lead vet capacity. Heading up one of 8 branches, the successful candidate will always have colleagues within the region on hand to help them with clinical inquiries but also to assist with unfamiliar aspects for those new to lead vet roles.

Equipment levels include; digital x-ray, dental x-ray, ultrasound, tonometer, bronchoscope, endoscope, ECG and full labs. In addition there are also other tools/equipment available within the the region.

The region has various certificate holders, as such, candidates considering starting a certificate will be encouraged to do so. Similarly, for vets still tied into a learning agreement claw back, our client will consider buying these out.

Our client offer exceptional remuneration packages, upto 70k depending on experience to attract the best talent as well as a a 4 day week with rota's Saturdays on a 1 in 3 basis.

Our well equipped practice (including laparoscopic kit) have a vacancy for a vet with around 12 months experience to join them. This is a small vet and nurse team who work really closely together. The incoming vet will spend some time working alone so must be comfortable with some routine surgeries and be confident in their clinical judgement.

Our client has a successful small animal first opinion practice near Fife. They are now looking for a full time Registered Veterinary Nurse to join them.

The practice is based in a beautiful area allowing an excellent quality of life, benefiting from beautiful beaches and charming coastal villages, with huge potential for water sports, cycling and walking. The local schools are excellent.

The practice benefits from being purpose-built, affording a very pleasant working environment with well-maintained facilities. They have well-equipped, spacious operating theatres with multiparameter capnography, BP and ECG; up to date imaging equipment, including dental radiography, DR x-ray, CT scanner and ultrasound. They have the use of in-house haematology, biochemistry and microscopy.

There is a friendly and supportive team of 6 vets, 8 nurses and 5 front of house staff. 2 of the surgeons are European specialists in their field of Small Animal Surgery, many of the other vets are certificate holders too. There are 2 ECC trained nurses as well as a certAVP nurse.

As the shifts allow for a varied rotation, your days are never dull. One day your role will be filled with providing excellent nursing skills to inpatients onwards, discharging referral patients and maintaining a high level of cleanliness throughout the kennel area. The next day you can be enhancing your role within the diagnostic imaging department with the CT scanner or DR x-ray or maybe you will be monitoring anaesthesia in the spacious theatres or getting the chance to be a surgical assistant. Then, for a week in the block you will get to throw yourself into the 1st opinion department, keeping your knowledge fresh and seeing something a bit different to the orthopaedic cases we see.

The nurses currently work a 5 day week, a 1 in 6 Saturday morning and a 1 in 6 weekend, they also receive a long weekend off in lieu of this.

Shift pattern is split between:
• 8am-5pm ward shift
• 9am-6pm referral consult shift
• 8am-5pm/ 10am-7pm referral surgical shift
• 8am-5pm / 9am-6pm 1st opinion shift or a 2pm-10pm late shift.
• No OOH.

For more information on this role or if you would like to apply then please contact [email protected] or give me a call on 01422 433900.

Not all of our roles are on our website, so if you are looking to move jobs, please get in touch to discuss your options.

If this vacancy isn’t quite right for you, please visit www.brightleaf.co.uk to view a full list of our current vacancies. You can also sign up for email alerts to receive news of new vacancies the second they are posted.

Bright Leaf Recruitment is a recruitment agency specialising in veterinary recruitment. We have been placing exceptional veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in great roles around the United Kingdom, Dubai and Australia since 2010. Our team of expert recruiters
have over two decades of experience in the veterinary recruitment industry.