Current job vacancies from across the XLVets community of independent veterinary practices in England, Scotland and Wales. The XLVets community is a mixture of Small Animal, Farm Animal, Equine and Mixed Practices with job opportunities for graduate veterinary surgeons, experienced veterinary surgeons, registered veterinary nurses (RVN), operations and support staff. Kickstart your veterinary career by searching for supportive 2024 graduate vet jobs in the UK using our search filters.

Registered Veterinary Nurse at Fenton Vets, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

We are looking for an RVN to add to our current team of 10 nurses who provide a wide-range of nursing services to a modern, busy small animal department. 

The role includes consultations, inpatient care, animal handling, sample collection, anaesthetic monitoring, lab work and much more. 

You may work up to 37.5hrs/week, all nurses contribute equally to the on call rota supporting the team of 11 SA vets. 

Our opening hours are 8:00am - 6.30pm Monday –...

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Client Care Assistant (Receptionist) at Fenton Vets, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

We have an exciting opportunity for a Client Care Assistant to join the team working on reception at Fenton Vets. The position is based mainly from our Haverfordwest branch but will require some shifts to be worked at our Pembroke Dock branch. We have an amazing team of 11 Small Animal Vets, 9 Farm Animal Vets, 10 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 3 Patient Care Assistants, 10 Client Care Assistants and not to forget the amazing Stock Team and Administrators.

Our working hours are 8:00am...

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Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon at Armour Veterinary Group, Mauchline, Ayrshire

We are looking for an experienced small animal vet who is able to carry out a combination of consultations. This position offers flexible, part-time hours, three days per week with no OOH. We are a supportive practice and are dedicated to promoting an excellent level of client and patient care.

To apply, please send your CV to edhewitt@armourvetgroup.co.uk or for an informal chat, please call 07967585871


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Experienced Small Animal Vet at Priory Veterinary Group, Christchurch, Dorset

Are you a veterinary surgeon looking for a vibrant, supportive environment to advance your veterinary career? If you are looking for a job where you work alongside an enthusiastic and friendly team, get to collaborate with experienced colleagues, and live in a beautiful area on the edge of the New Forest with good links to London, Southampton and Bristol, then look no further!

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  • Dynamic Team: We are a team of 14 vets working across...
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New or Recent Graduate Small Animal Vet at Priory Veterinary Group, Christchurch, Dorset

Join Our Team at Priory Vets: Exciting Opportunity for New or Recent Graduates!

Are you a veterinary surgeon looking for a vibrant, supportive environment to advance your veterinary career? If you are looking for a job where you work alongside an enthusiastic and friendly team, get supported by experienced colleagues, and live in a beautiful area on the edge of the New Forest with good links to London, Southampton and Bristol, then look no further!

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Deputy Client Service Leader at Bishopton Vets, Ripon, North Yorkshire

We are looking for a friendly, organised and people-oriented individual to join our team in the beautiful North Yorkshire city of Ripon. Bishopton Vets is a busy, wellequipped RCVS Hospital and ISFM Cat Friendly Accredited Practice. Our veterinary team includes RCVS Advanced Practitioners in surgery, medicine and small animal practice and we have visiting specialists.

This is a full-time position working within a team rota, four or five days a week. The successful candidate will also...

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Approved Tuberculin Testers (ATT) at Farm First Vets, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Farm First Vets is situated in a pleasant rural location in the heart of Monmouthshire. The practice works hard to be as sustainable as possible and personal wellbeing is a priority. We enjoy regular social events both within the team and alongside the farming community.

Approved Tuberculin Testers (ATTs) are Animal Health para-professionals with the authority to carry out statutory TB skin testing of cattle. We have recently trained and employed two of our own ATTs and are looking to...

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Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon at Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic, North Dorset

Veterinary Surgeon | North Dorset | Full (4-day week) or part-time position available / up to £80,000

Are you a dedicated and experienced small animal vet looking for a fulfilling role in an independent practice?

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Approved Tuberculin Tester (ATT) and/or Clinical Vet at Fenton Vets, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Join Our Growing Team at Fenton Vets! We're looking for an Approved Tuberculin Tester (ATT) and/or Clinical Vet to join our thriving independent practice based in Haverfordwest, West Wales.

We're seeking a dedicated and skilled individual to join our friendly and growing team of 11 farm animal vets in beautiful Pembrokeshire. We are a proudly independent practice which is part of the XLVets community. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a progressive,...

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Experienced Small Animal Vet at Bishopton Vets, Ripon, North Yorkshire

Bishopton Vets is an independently-owned and progressive veterinary practice which has been serving the local community for over 80 years. We are looking for an experienced vet with a strong medical interest to lead our busy internal and expanding external medical referral services. The position is ideal for candidates with a strong imaging skill base. Advanced practitioners, certificate holders or those working towards a medical or imaging certificate would be encouraged to apply,

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Graduate Equine Vet at Torch Equine Vets, Barnstaple, Devon

Thriving independent practice requires two additional equine vets to join our team in Devon. Live by the ocean! Join a great community! Be part of an independent and supportive team!

New or recent graduate Equine Vet 

  • Salary up to £33,500 dependent on experience 
  • Coaching and Mentoring 
  • Actively encouraged and funded CPD 
  • Blended learning approach through the Graduate Development Programme (training days, in-house...
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Experienced Equine Vet at Torch Equine Vets, Barnstaple, Devon

Thriving independent practice requires two additional equine vets to join our team in Devon. Live by the ocean! Join a great community! Be part of an independent and supportive team!

Experienced Equine Vet with a minimum of 3 years experience 

  • Salary dependent on experience and further qualifications 
  • 4- day week working opportunity 
  • Actively encouraged and funded CPD 
  • Full team support and...
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Small Animal Registered Veterinary Nurse at Larkmead Veterinary Group, Didcot, South Oxfordshire

We have an exciting vacancy for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly team, providing care to our patients and assisting the veterinary team in all aspects of nursing care.

Larkmead is an independent busy first-opinion mixed practice based in South Oxfordshire.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, hardworking, kind, and compassionate. You should be able to work well as part of a team and individually and keen to provide a great service to all of our...

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Experienced Small Animal Vet at Larkmead Veterinary Group, Didcot, South Oxfordshire

This opportunity is open to full-time and part-time applicants.

Want to enjoy the clinical freedom that independent practice offers? Join our supportive, motivated, and talented team. We have an extremely loyal client base and see a wide variety of cases including orthopaedics, allowing us to work cases up internally to a high level. Ideally, we are looking for a certificate holder (or someone keen to study for one), and someone who is happy to help younger members of...

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Small Animal Vet at Larkmead Veterinary Group, Didcot, South Oxfordshire

This opportunity is open to full-time and part-time applicants

Looking for a practice with the freedom to manage your own cases to an advanced level? Join our supportive, motivated, and talented team. We are a fiercely independent practice in South Oxfordshire seeing a wide variety of cases. We have a range group of certificate holders so we can support you in working cases up to a high level (including orthopaedics), and we are keen to support further development for...

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Equine Vet at Hook Norton Veterinary Group, Banbury, Oxfordshire

If you have at least 12 months Equine experience and are actively looking for your next opportunity or just exploring what’s out there, our well-established and thriving independent practice welcomes hearing from you.

We have an excellent opportunity for a passionate and ambitious Equine Vet to become part of our experienced team, consisting of 8 equine vets and 5 veterinary nurses/assistants. If you believe you could complement our existing team by bringing your well-honed skills and...

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Experienced Farm Vet at Hook Norton Veterinary Group, Banbury, Oxfordshire

If you are a Farm Vet, with at least 12 months experience and are either actively looking for your next opportunity or just exploring what’s out there, we welcome hearing from you.

Our farm team is 13-strong, consisting of Farm Vets, TB Testers, and ATT’s. Our specialised farm department caters for an array of proactive dairy, beef, and sheep holdings. If you believe you could compliment our existing team by bringing your well honed skills and experience, here is...

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Experienced Farm Vet at Craven Farm Vets, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Craven Farm Vets is looking for a cheerful, confident and experienced farm vet to join our proudly independent business.

We are a friendly, health-focused and progressive team of six vets striving to provide the best possible service while enjoying our work. The practice workload is dairy-based with significant beef and sheep work including an advanced sheep breeding enterprise. We have an excellent support team and great premises on Skipton’s auction mart site. Skipton is in the low-...

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Small Animal Clinical Director at Oakhill Veterinary Centre, Preston, Lancashire

Oakhill Veterinary Centre – proudly independent since 1974

Job Title: Clinical Director, Small Animal
Salary: Package negotiable, commensurate with experience and reflective of the importance of this key position
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: 40 hours per week, over 4 days, with equal share of the weekend rota – currently 1.5...

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Small Animal Night Nurse at Hook Norton Veterinary Group, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Can you have it all?...The answer is yes you can!

Join our experienced HNVG night team on a favourable working pattern of 5 nights on (Monday to Friday) followed by 9 nights off, allowing for ample time to not only recharge your batteries but also to pursue your passions outside of work, giving you an excellent work life balance!

We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional care to our patients and have...

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Small Animal Vet at Rutland Veterinary Centre, Priors Hall, Corby

We are a privately owned, independent practice seeking an additional experienced Small Animal Vet to join our expanding team at Priors Hall. 

This position is open to applicants looking for both full time or part time opportunities and will primarily involve working at our Priors Hall practice.

As a practice we strive to combine the provision of exceptional, bespoke care with progressive current best practice in veterinary medicine. Our team of over 20 vets are down to...

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Registered Veterinary Nurse at Rutland Veterinary Centre, Uppingham, Rutland

This is an opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our Uppingham branch, full time (min 1 year experience)

We are proud to say that we have recently achieved hospital status at our Uppingham practice and as such are expanding our team.

We welcome applications from candidates who are keen to be involved in all aspects of small animal veterinary nursing, bringing new ideas and motivation to the current close-knit team.

A number of our RVNs are...

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Registered Veterinary Nurse at Rutland Veterinary Centre, Oakham, Rutland

This is an opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our Oakham branch – with Rutland Veterinary Centre being the only independent veterinary practice in Rutland, this is a really exciting role!

We are seeking an additional RVN to join our expanding team at Oakham on a full time basis. We welcome applications from candidates who are keen to be involved in all aspects of small animal veterinary nursing, bringing new ideas and motivation to the current close...

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Out of Hours Small Animal Vet at Bishopton Veterinary Group, Ripon, North Yorkshire

Bishopton Vets is an independently-owned and progressive veterinary practice which has been serving the local community for over 80 years. We are seeking an OOH Small Animal Vet to join our dedicated OOH team. This role is based at our RCVS accredited Hospital in Ripon, and we have four additional small animal surgeries in Thirsk, Northallerton, Easingwold and Pateley Bridge.

Working Pattern

  • Shift: 7 nights on (6pm – 8.30am), Monday to Sunday
  • Rest...
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Small Animal Night Vet at Hook Norton Veterinary Group, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Can you have it all?……
The answer is yes you can!

Join our esteemed Night Vet Team on a favourable 1-week on, 2-weeks off working pattern allowing for ample time to recharge and pursue your passions outside of work.  

We pride ourselves on delivering consistently high-quality care to our patients around the clock and have invested in a dedicated team of night vets and nurses to provide this.  As a well-established, independent practice deeply rooted in...

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Experienced Farm Vet at Bishopton Veterinary Group, York, North Yorkshire

Are you an experienced, energetic and enthusiastic farm vet? Would you enjoy living in or near the delightful city of York and being part of a thriving, independently-owned practice?

Based at Bishopton York, we are looking for a farm animal vet with a passion to integrate with the local farming community. We have a good mix of beef, dairy and sheep clients who we aim to provide with first class proactive veterinary support. The growing workload is...

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Experienced Small Animal Vet at Broad Lane Vets, Coventry

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All of our vets (whether a recent graduate or 30 years qualified) receive support tailored to their needs, along with a fantastic package of benefits. Mentoring is moulded to the individual's needs, with practical in-house scanning sessions, theatre scrub-ins, monthly clinical club discussion groups, or just regular one-to-one chats.

Our team of 15 vets includes several Certificate holders (along with a wealth of experience) covering imaging, surgery, medicine,...

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Summer 2025 Graduate Small Animal Vet at Broad Lane Vets, Coventry

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All of our vets (whether a recent graduate or 30 years qualified) receive support tailored to their needs, along with a fantastic package of benefits. New grads have a designated VetGDP Adviser for the day-to-day, along with access to the well-regarded XLVets Small Animal Graduate Development Programme. Mentoring for more experienced grads is moulded to the individual's needs, with practical in-house scanning sessions, theatre scrub-ins, monthly clinical club...

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Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon (Consulting-only) at Kings Veterinary Centre, Syston and Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

We are a privately owned, independent small animal practice seeking an additional CONSULTING ONLY Small Animal Vet to join our expanding team.

This position is open to applicants looking for both full time or part time opportunities and would involve working within our branches in Syston and Melton Mowbray. This is a great flexible working position as hours could easily be worked around the school day. The diary is always adjusted to make way for important...

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Experienced Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon at Kings Veterinary Centre, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

We are a privately owned, independent small animal practice seeking an additional experienced small animal vet to join our expanding team at our practice in Melton Mowbray.

A keen interest in surgery would be advantageous – preferably a surgical certificate holder or keen to undertake one

As a practice we strive to combine the provision of exceptional, bespoke care with progressive current best practice in veterinary medicine. Our clinical club meetings are a...

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Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon at Kings Veterinary Centre, Syston, Leicestershire

We are a privately owned, independent small animal practice seeking an additional experienced small animal vet to join our expanding team at our practice in Syston.

As part of our continued growth we are seeking an additional experienced veterinary surgeon to join the team at Syston where we have recently achieved general practice status through the RCVS practice standards scheme. 

Certificates are encouraged and fully funded as our clients would much prefer an...

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Experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse at Kings Veterinary Centre, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our expanding independent practice in Melton Mowbray – full or part time 

Having outgrown our current premises in Melton Mowbray, we are moving to a brand-new veterinary hospital and are seeking an additional RVN to join the team.

We welcome applications from candidates who are keen to be involved in all aspects of small animal veterinary nursing, bringing new ideas and...

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Head Veterinary Surgeon at Rutland Vets, Uppingham, Leicestershire

We are an expanding, privately owned independent small animal practice seeking an experienced, ambitious Head Small Animal Vet to manage and oversee the day-to-day clinical case load and business operations at our practice in Uppingham.

Offering support and leadership to your colleagues along with mentorship to our graduates, you would strive to combine the provision of exceptional, bespoke and affordable care with progressive current best practice in veterinary...

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Registered Veterinary Nurse at Rutland Vets, Priors Hall, Corby

This is an opportunity for an experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our expanding team at Priors Hall!

We welcome applications from candidates who are keen to be involved in all aspects of small animal veterinary nursing, bringing new ideas and motivation to the current close-knit team.

A number of our RVNs are certificate holders; we actively encourage and fund these. In addition to a generous personal CPD allowance, we hold regular in-house CPD days for the...

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Registered Veterinary Nurse (Night Nurse) at Rutland Veterinary Centre, Uppingham, Rutland

This is an opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join the night team at our Uppingham practice

We are an INDEPENDENT small animal practice seeking an experienced and dedicated night nurse for our practice in the bustling market town of Uppingham in Rutland. We are proud to say that we have recently achieved hospital status at our Uppingham practice and as such are expanding our team.

You should feel comfortable working sole charge, be...

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2025 Graduate Small Animal Vet at Fenton Vets, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Why will this be a great opportunity for you?

  • Accommodation provided
  • 4.5 day week
  • Structured support program, including 8 days of external CPD
  • No on-call after 10pm
  • 12-month contract
  • On completion of this program, we guarantee you will be a better-skilled general practice vet.

We will have given you the opportunity for:

  • Development of competent surgical skills for basic first-...
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Experienced and Graduate Small Animal Vets at Millcroft Veterinary Group, Cockermouth, Cumbria

Thrive with the supportive team at Millcroft Vets, winners of the XLVets Inspirational Teams award, where you can enjoy a great work-life balance, stunning scenery, and endless outdoor adventures. 

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Since the 1920s, Millcroft Vets has been a cornerstone of animal care in Cumbria. We're a fiercely independent, award-winning practice built on a commitment to providing exceptional veterinary care. But it's the supportive, collaborative spirit within Millcroft...

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