Small Animal & Equine Veterinary Surgeon
£2,000 Joining Bonus + Up to £1,500 Relocation Support
Isabelle Vets, Guernsey | Permanent | Flexible working hours | Competitive salary + excellent benefits
An exciting opportunity to join a growing practice and help shape the future of veterinary care in Guernsey
Isabelle Vets is looking for a Small Animal & Equine Veterinary Surgeon to join our growing team in Guernsey.
This is a particularly exciting time to join us. As part of our continued expansion and growth, we are currently building a brand-new veterinary practice at Garenne Park, due to open in January 2027 and is pending hospital status with facilities designed to support both small animal and equine patients.
Alongside a competitive salary and excellent benefits, we are offering a £2,000 joining reward and up to £1,500 relocation support for eligible direct applicants. Accommodation is typically provided for your first six months (depending on availability), helping make your move to Guernsey as straightforward as possible.
If you enjoy variety, want to maintain a broad skill set and like the idea of helping shape a growing service, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
Something new is coming!
Our new practice will bring together modern facilities and dedicated spaces for both small animal and equine patients, including:
-
Six consulting rooms
-
Four operating theatres
-
CT and X-ray
-
Dental facilities
-
Dedicated small animal hospitalisation
-
Dedicated equine facilities and stabling
-
Modern inpatient facilities
-
24-hour veterinary care
You’ll have the opportunity to work across both areas of the practice while developing your own clinical interests.
About the role
We are looking for a Vet who genuinely enjoys the variety that a combined role offers.
You might be consulting small animal patients one day and seeing equine cases the next. The exact balance can be shaped around your skills, interests and experience.
Whether you are already working in mixed practice or are a Small Animal or Equine Vet looking to broaden your experience, we would be interested in speaking with you.
Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, collaborative and keen to be part of a team that is building something exciting for the future.
This is an opportunity to develop your clinical interests, work alongside colleagues across different areas of the practice and have a genuine influence on the direction of a growing service.
Why Isabelle Vets?
Isabelle Vets has been part of the Guernsey community for over 100 years. You’ll be joining an established practice with a strong local reputation, but at a time when we’re investing heavily in our future.
Our continued growth and expansion are creating exciting opportunities for veterinary professionals to help shape the next chapter of Isabelle Vets.
The new practice provides an opportunity to develop our services, introduce new facilities and provide an even greater level of care to our patients.
For a Vet who enjoys variety and wants to have a genuine influence on the direction of a growing service, this is an opportunity not to miss.
Find out more about Isabelle Vets: Home Page
Here’s a little more about us:
https://vimeo.com/259872815/fb62acbcf1
Make the move to Guernsey
Guernsey is a beautiful island, boasting a rich heritage and culture alongside a laid-back atmosphere and an exceptional quality of life.
It offers an excellent work-life balance, a safe and welcoming environment and is a fantastic place to live for individuals and families.
Residents enjoy:
-
Beautiful beaches and stunning cliff walks
-
A fantastic outdoor lifestyle
-
Beach evenings, watersports and boat trips to neighbouring islands
-
An abundance of nature reserves and countryside
-
Excellent schools
-
A strong community spirit
-
A safe, low-crime environment
-
Excellent standard of living
-
A private healthcare system
-
A great environment for families
There are good transport links to the UK, with flight times from as little as 40 minutes or ferry sailings from around three hours.
Making your move easier
We want to make relocating to Guernsey as easy as possible.
Available to eligible new starters who apply directly to VetPartners/Isabelle Vets.
-
Up to £1,500 relocation support
To help with the costs associated with moving to the island.
-
Accommodation typically provided for your first six months (depending on availability)
Giving you time to settle into island life while you find permanent accommodation.
The joining reward and relocation support are available to candidates who apply directly to VetPartners/Isabelle Vets and are not applicable to candidates introduced via recruitment agencies or other third-party recruiters. Full terms and eligibility criteria apply.
Our VetPartners benefits
As proud members of the VetPartners family, our fantastic range of benefits includes:
-
Competitive salary - dependent on experience
-
£2,000 joining reward for eligible direct applicants
-
Up to £1,500 relocation support for eligible direct applicants
-
Accommodation typically provided for the first six months (depending on availability)
-
Paid holiday including bank holidays (9 bank holidays!)
-
CPD allowance £2,250 per annum and training support, on successful completion of probationary period
-
Flights paid for
-
Health Cash Plan - wide-ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments, from dentistry to sports massage
-
RCVS Membership paid and two other membership subscriptions
-
VDS cover
-
Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
-
Enhanced colleague discounted veterinary fees, including:
-
£250 towards services and insurance excess
-
Medications and food at cost price
-
Offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
-
Company sick pay
-
Colleague engagement survey
-
Annual pay reviews
-
Focus on employee wellbeing
-
Career progression opportunities
-
Work permit costs funded
Other bonuses of living in Guernsey
-
A maximum flat rate of 20% tax on all your earnings
-
No Council Tax
-
No Road Tax
-
No VAT
-
9 bank holidays per year
-
70 miles from the coast of England and 30 miles from the coast of France
Join us at an exciting time
If you’re a Small Animal or Equine Vet who enjoys variety and would like the opportunity to broaden your experience, develop your clinical interests and help shape a growing service, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Isabelle Vets as we enter an exciting period of expansion, investment and growth, and become part of the team helping to build the future of veterinary care in Guernsey.
If you’d like an informal conversation about the role or to apply, please get in touch with:
Kiara Mills
[email protected]
