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Are you a vet looking for truly flexible working, a practice that makes as much room for your outside commitments as it does for your career progression and training, and prioritises your mental health making sure you have the clinical and personal support you need at work? With a fun, friendly, and open-minded team?

If so, come and join our wonderful team at Harrogate Vets4Pets.

‘My team and I make sure that everyone who works at the practice feels like a friend as well as a colleague. You’re always surrounded by people who are ready to help and are proud of the work you all do together.’
Leigh-Anne, JVP

At Harrogate Vets4Pets we pride ourselves on our kindness, compassion and respect for each other and our clients. We all look forward to going to work and enjoy our jobs while we are there. Leigh-Anne, our JVP, has been with the practice since 2008 and has led the practice from strength to strength. You will be joining 3 other vets, 3 RVNs, 1 SVN, an experienced clinical care team including a Mental Health First Aider and Hatty, our top office dog. As a team, we spend time together outside of work enjoying paddle boarding, wild swimming, horse riding, fantasy gaming and recently completed the ‘Macmillan big hike’ Dales half marathon together. If pub quizzes are your thing, we regularly attend these, and, in the summer, have the odd post work social in a ‘pop-up’ pub close to the practice.

This role is due to growth and can be full or part time. We are happy to discuss compressed hours or unconventional shift patterns and any surgical or consult bias you may have. Our Saturday rota will be 1 in 4 and you get a day off in the week for working on Saturday from 9am-6pm. We close on Sundays. Our practice manager Sue, known as ‘Super Sue’, manages the diary so that we all have the time to think, eat, have longer consults for complex cases, report results and (almost always) leave on time. If you finish late, you will get time off in lieu or paid overtime. Sue arranges our rota well in advance to ensure it works the best it can and allows time for commitments outside of work. Whether you’re in a choir, do evening classes, play sports, or have childcare commitments, we want you to be able to do what’s important to you.

I like it here so much I’m prepared to travel an hour each way! – Lil, Senior RVN

We see the great variety of cases you would expect in an established general practice and can work-up and treat most of these in-house. If you are a certificate holder, we are busy enough to keep you entertained; if you are less experienced, we can provide the structure and support you need to progress. Welcoming peripatetic practitioners in imaging, cardiology, orthopaedics and ophthalmology means we refer very little and our visiting vets are very happy to mentor if you have a specific interest in one of their disciplines. We offer finance to owners and have a good rate of insured pets so we can minimise financial constraints on cases. Our OOHs are covered by a 24 hour hospital in Leeds who are able to keep patients on when it’s best for their welfare.

It’s the most supportive team I’ve ever worked with- Sue, Practice Manager

As a team we are always looking to improve using the skills and knowledge of all our colleagues. We hold regular team and practice meetings as well as monthly individual 1 to 1s to ensure everyone has what they need, is progressing as they want to and that we are keeping as up to date as possible. We foster a ‘no-blame’ culture, implementing learnings from human factors to continuously develop this and are open to any CPD or certification requests. We welcome students from schools, colleges and universities which has led to permanent staff members. Lucy, one of our vets, officially joined the new grad scheme in 2020 but has been seeing practice with us since her GCSEs!

We are subscribed to Vet CT, send x-rays to our orthopaedic specialist for a second opinion when needed, have advanced practitioners in a number of disciplines available on a Whatsapp group and Leigh-Anne is always contactable: advice on cases or how to do things is never far away.

‘The practice feels like home- I’ve felt well supported during and after the Grad scheme and have the right balance of challenges and friendliness’- Lucy, Vet

You will find our practice in Harrogate, a beautiful Spa town in North Yorkshire, close to Leeds and York. There is a great theatre, a vibrant literary scene and the town is really close to the Yorkshire dales for those who enjoy outdoor pursuits. Proximity to larger cities allows for excellent transport links for travel by road, rail and to airports. We’re a ten-minute walk away from Starbeck train station.

The practice itself is based in its own building and is large and spacious with windows letting in natural light. We have air-conditioning for those long, hot days in summer and are situated opposite a beautiful park and next to a supermarket. We have ‘bean to cup’ coffee and a vast selection of teas. There’s a sandwich van who comes daily if you forget lunch and we have a pantry of food to share. We doubt anyone chooses a job because they sometimes have cake, but just in case you would, ours is often from Bettys bakery as we have many clients who work for them. And several locums have complimented us on the cleanliness of our toilets!

Our practice is wheelchair accessible; we have a hearing loop and a digital stethoscope and would welcome a discussion about what accessibility means to you. We are an inclusive practice and believe everyone should be able to be their full selves at work.

When you’re with a team who respect, trust and support each other, you can be at your best. – Leigh-Anne, JVP

We are looking for a team member that shares our values of trust, empathy, respect and openness and who will enjoy being part of a really close, fun and vibrant team. We would love to meet anyone interested in the role and would welcome them to come and visit us. Contact Sue to find out more information at Sue.Unsworth@vets4pets.com or call the practice on 01423 886 666

Location: HG2 7DB