Pig Vet

Garth Pig Practice Ltd

Pig Vet Position

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic pig vet to join our team.  This job would suit a vet who has pig experience, but we would consider a veterinary surgeon looking for a career change or a new graduate with a strong interest in pigs.  Good communications skills are essential to maintain our high standards and deliver the best support to our clients. 

About Us

Garth Pig Practice is one of only a few practices in the UK with 100% focus on pigs.  We comprise of a team of 10 vets as well as a strong commercial and support team. The practice is based in East Yorkshire, but our client base extends throughout the UK with offices in Scotland and East Anglia.

What We Do

• Work with integrators, owners, managers and staff as part of a pig production team to maximise health, welfare, performance and improve farm efficiency.
• Promote high welfare standards through knowledge transfer and on farm assessments.
• Clinically appraise individual pigs within farms and advise accordingly.
• Work with clients to develop and achieve farm specific business goals.
• Provide training and assessment to pig stock carers.
• Work with producers to set and review production parameters for reproduction and feeding herd performance.
• Develop and implement health improvement strategies.

The Job

Liaising with the Garth vet team, you will work very closely with our clients, becoming an important part of their business.   You will help to deliver our professional services and will be involved in the following:

• Farm visits with advice on welfare and husbandry, health management, housing and production.
• Post mortems examinations.
• Farm disease investigations including monitoring health status which will include various sampling procedures, abattoir inspections, and pregnancy scanning.
• Training of unit staff in person or virtually.
• Potential to be involved in trial work with various industry partners.
• Participation in industry groups and producer meetings
• Some travel and overnight stays will be necessary.

What We Offer

In addition to standard employment offerings, we also offer:

• A generous CPD allowance – minimum 5 days annually.
• Excellent internal support with regular veterinary meetings, guest speakers and clinical clubs.

• Salary: highly competitive and will depend upon experience
• PVS & BVA membership
• Health Shield discount package.
• Car allowance/company vehicle
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Various enhanced T&C’s including discounted medical insurance and life insurance.
• A good work-life balance with a maximum of 1:4 weekend only rota with call outs rare.
• May consider less than full time hours and geographical location can be flexible, particularly for those with greater experience

Please send your CV to Rachel via the APPLY button.