Poultry Health Services – Leominster, Herefordshire
Are you an experienced Poultry Vet, an experienced Small Animal/Farm Vet looking for a change in direction or a New Grad ready to take your first steps in your professional career?
We have an exciting opportunity to join us at Poultry Health Services -one of the largest dedicated commercial poultry and game bird practices in the UK.
About us:
Poultry Health Services was founded in 2018, our main practice is in Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire with 6 other bases country wide plus two in house laboratories and a biosecurity company within the group.
Our core work is with commercial poultry farms supplying eggs and meat to supermarkets. We also work for poultry genetic companies and offer consultancy to a number of bodies including pharma companies and research institutions.
We are proud to have won the Employer of the Year Award in 2024 at the first ever National Women in Agriculture Awards! We are committed to the support of every single member of our team.
The Role:
This is a full-time or part-time permanent position with flexible options considered, for an RCVS registered vet, based at our Leominster practice in Herefordshire.
Working hours are 08.30 – 17.00 Monday to Friday with 1:4 weekends on call after training.
Salary – dependent on experience in other disciplines and qualifications
**This opportunity offers a good life to work balance compared with other veterinary disciplines and offers rapid career progression for those wanting more responsibility within the practice.
Duties include:
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Diagnostics via postmortems, farm visits and laboratory work
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Routine visits for veterinary health and welfare plans, schemes such as Lion Code and Red Tractor
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Surveillance visits for disease outbreaks such as Avian Influenza
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Occasional export certification
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Data analysis and epidemiology
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Developing relationships with clients and applying innovative approaches to optimise health and welfare
Training and Development:
We are a large, friendly and supportive team. Our experienced vets have a range of post-graduate qualifications and areas of expertise.
Your career development and growth are important to us and CPD is actively encouraged, with at least one international CPD per year. At Poultry Health Services we support applicants that wish to undertake further qualifications.
Could you be our ideal candidate?
Ideally, we’re looking for an experienced poultry vet or a small animal/farm vet with post graduate experience as many of your skills are transferable to poultry, and specific poultry medicine training will be given.
However, if you’re a new or recent graduate, we can fully support you offering an internship and a dedicated VetGDP advisor.
We’re looking for:
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Excellent interpersonal skills
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Ability to lead, delegate, and stay calm under pressure
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Team player
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Resilience
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Problem-solving
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Attention to detail and capacity to analyse data
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Empathy and communication
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Confidence and decisiveness
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Enthusiastic
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An interest in poultry medicine and production
A little about our team:
At our Leominster practice, which covers the whole of the Hereford area, and parts of Shropshire and Wales, our fabulous team comprises of 2 experienced Vets, 1 Practice Manager, a Senior Administrator and a Vet tech. We work collaboratively and get together for monthly clinical clubs.
The Area:
Set in the heart of north Herefordshire, Leominster is a thriving historic market town surrounded by beautiful countryside, making it an ideal location to live and work. It offers an excellent quality of life, with affordable housing, good local schools, and easy access to outdoor pursuits such as walking, cycling, and riding in the Black Mountains, Mortimer Forest, and along the Welsh borders.
Despite its rural feel, Leominster is well connected with direct rail links to Hereford, Worcester, and Birmingham and easy road access via the A49, linking to the M5 and M50.
As proud members of the VetPartners family our excellent range of benefits includes:
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7.2 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
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Free onsite parking - car allowance provided
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Health Cash Plan - wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments - from dentistry to sports massage
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£1,750 allowance and 5 days a year for CPD
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RCVS membership paid plus 2 other subscriptions
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VDS cover
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Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
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Discounted veterinary fees
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My Perks – offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
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Cycle to work scheme
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Company sick pay
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Weekly mental health and wellbeing activities
And more!
Join an Employer of the Year! VetPartners has been recognised for outstanding team culture and support.
We look forward to hearing from you
