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- 📰 Veterinary Trends & Jobs - 22 May 2024
📰 Veterinary Trends & Jobs - 22 May 2024

🩺 Hi there…
This Week | We explain how social media has gone mainstream when it comes to boosting your veterinary career. Our Locum Relief Community shares five essential personal traits for locum relief success and news that a big consolidator just offloaded a bunch of practices for just $2. This week's featured jobs span London to New York, San Francisco to Sydney. And for you traveling veterinary professionals, there are opportunities in Huntsville, Alabama, Melbourne in Victoria, London in the UK, and many more; and for practices, there are available locum relief team members in Boulder, Colorado, Kilmarnock in Scotland and Brisbane in Queensland and another 1,000+ to explore. This week's Trends & News links explore learning from honeybees about teamwork, more on Artificial Intelligence for beginners, and some handy tools for tackling customer complaints. And as always…please take care of yourself; you deserve it, and if you can, someone else too 🤗
🩺 Job Of The Week
Veterinarian - Associate
🔸Multiple Locations🔸National🔸Australia🔸Replace looking out from your practice window onto dull, rainy days with breathtakingly beautiful sunshine and golden beaches. Enjoy flexible schedules and unparalleled mentoring and training to build a solid foundation for your career. Full visa and relocation costs paid for! If you're ready to explore new opportunities and transform your career, please contact our Vetnovo team now!
📰 Your Hand-picked Veterinary Trends
🪄 Boost Your Veterinary Career with a Dash of Social Media Magic
In today’s digital age, social media has transcended beyond personal use to become a powerful tool for professional growth, especially in the veterinary field. By strategically leveraging platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, veterinary professionals can enhance their careers, build robust networks, and showcase their expertise. This evolution not only connects veterinarians with potential employers but also fosters a vibrant community for sharing knowledge and staying updated with industry trends. Embrace these digital avenues to propel your veterinary career to new heights...
🧘♂️ Serenity and Skills: 5 Essential Traits for Locum Relief Success
Navigating the world of locum relief work requires a very special set of attributes, where flexibility is your superpower, and confidence is your North Star. It’s a unique blend of thrill and skill, and for those who can balance the demands with a zen-like calm, the rewards are as plentiful as treats in a puppy training session. We’re not just talking about any relief vet; we’re diving into the traits of the greats. The ones who step into the clinic and, with a smile and a steady hand, have tails wagging and teams eager to follow their lead. So, grab your stethoscope and a cup of your preferred brew as we unfold the top five traits that could see you become the captain of your destiny. It’s not just about the medicine; it’s the art of merging serenity with skills, ensuring every clinic feels like they’ve hit the jackpot when you walk through their doors…
⚖️ What exactly does work-life balance mean for you?
What does work-life balance look, feel, and sound like for you? There is no formula answer, but the next time you hear someone mention work-life balance, remember it is personal - we all have to define it for ourselves, communicate it, then schedule it, and be realistic for the stage in your career and the pathway you have chosen...
💰 Veterinary consolidator CVS sells all their Irish and Dutch practices for $2
Announcing the deal in a market filing today, CVS didn't state how many practices are involved. According to its website, it has 4 practices in Ireland and 27 in the Netherlands. The move marks a significant setback in the group's global expansion ambitions, coming six years after it entered Ireland and eight years after it entered the Netherlands...
Adding genetic testing into day-to-day veterinary practice
Wisdom Panel DNA Testing - Screen for 265+ canine genetic health variants and 45+ feline genetic health variants, making personalized recommendations that lead to longer and healthier lives for your patients. Screen for MDR1 and bleeding disorders before anesthetic or surgical procedures for the best patient outcome.
🩺Featured Jobs USA + Canada
Veterinarian
🔸San Francisco🔸CA🔸USA🔸Are you a compassionate and skilled veterinarian seeking a fulfilling career in a non-corporate, family-owned practice? Look no further! We are a reputable small animal clinic located in the beautiful Sunset District of San Francisco, serving our community for over 60 years with a legacy of exceptional veterinary care and customer service. Join our warm, welcoming, talented, and highly supportive veterinary team.
Small Animal Veterinarian
🔸Bedford🔸PA🔸USA🔸Join our established practice that has been a cornerstone in our community for over fifty years, delivering exceptional veterinary care. Engage with our team of passionate and skilled veterinary professionals armed with the resources to provide quality medicine and surgery. Enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance in a location and community that offers an ideal lifestyle, making every day rewarding both personally and professionally.
Emergency Veterinarian
🔸Bakersfield🔸CA🔸USA🔸Are you interested in joining the experienced team of a locally owned, private emergency veterinary hospital? We provide quality urgent and emergent medicine and surgery by practicing our core values every day - high standards, patient advocacy, exceptional service, mutual regard, creativity, and sound fiscal management. Come by and meet our team. We would love to visit with you to explore this opportunity.
Associate Veterinarian/Managing DVM
🔸Austin🔸TX🔸USA🔸Our team culture is exceptionally inclusive, and self-expression is encouraged. Our low stress approach also applies to how we work together, and work-life balance is a high priority. We not only strive to provide excellent care for our clients' pets, but also to improve the lives of pets in the community through various outreach programs. Join our welcoming, talented and highly collaborative team.
Clinical Veterinarian
🔸Houston🔸TX🔸USA🔸Come make a difference with Charles River Labs as a Clinical Veterinarian! We believe our employees are best empowered to innovate and achieve their professional goals when they are safe, healthy, happy, and look forward to coming to work each day. Charles River fosters an inclusive work environment where our people can be their authentic selves.
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🩺Featured Jobs Australia + NZ + ASIA
Small Animal Veteinarian
🔸Whangarei🔸Northland🔸New Zealand🔸Come and join our much-loved Small Animal general practice, where you will feel happy to walk through the door each day! We have a happy and kind team, loyal clients and long-standing connections with local veterinary specialists, allowing you great professional satisfaction. Whangarei is almost always sunny and with a wonderful diverse community, you can enjoy a wide range of cultural experiences
Veterinary Sonographer
🔸Central🔸Singapore🔸Singapore🔸Passionate about Diagnostic Imaging and willing to evolve within a solid international team of professionals and veterinary specialists? Love interacting with and helping your colleagues with their cases? Singapore Veterinary Imaging has been providing abdominal ultrasound and echocardiography services to all veterinary clinics in Singapore since 2019. Come join us!
Lead Veterinarian
🔸Central Coast🔸NSW🔸Australia🔸We are seeking a lead veterinarian with aspirations for greater responsibility that is rewarded and recognised. As the Lead Vet, you will be involved in a mix of consulting, surgery and leading a wonderful team of passionate vets and nurses. Lead a team of like-minded veterinary professionals delivering personalised and dedicated veterinary care to our local patients and owners.
Mixed Animal Veterinarian
🔸Baham🔸NSW🔸Australia🔸Join our warm, welcoming, talented, and highly supportive team. We constantly rise to the challenge of a continually changing environment and care about you, your patients, and developing your future. Our professional team skills are backed by the excellent facilities and equipment at all of our regional clinics. Enjoy the prospect of genuine work-life balance in an ideal lifestyle location.
Emergency & Urgent Care Veterinarian
🔸Gatton🔸QLD🔸Australia🔸Join our growing Small Animal Primary Care team at UQ Vets, a leading veterinary facility committed to delivering high-quality care and compassionate services. As an Emergency & Urgent Care Veterinarian, you will provide exceptional care to small animal patients, including avian and exotic species, in urgent and critical situations. We invite you to join us for a rewarding and fulfilling career.
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🩺Featured Jobs UK + Europe + Worldwide
Veterinarian - Associate
🔸Multiple Locations🔸National🔸Australia🔸Replace looking out from your practice window onto dull, rainy days with breathtakingly beautiful sunshine and golden beaches. Enjoy flexible schedules and unparalleled mentoring and training to build a solid foundation for your career. Full visa and relocation costs paid for! If you're ready to explore new opportunities and transform your career, please contact our Vetnovo team now!
Veterinary Surgeon
🔸Blackheath🔸Greater London🔸UK🔸We are looking for a full-time Vet to join us, offering 40 hours per week with a weekend rota of 1 in 3 Saturdays. You will have sole charge responsibility on occasion but no OOH, ensuring a healthy work/life balance. You will be confident with all routine medical and surgical cases. We are looking for a confident Vet with 2/3 years’ experience, and an interest in exotics would be desirable.
OOH Veterinary Surgeon
🔸Stoke-on-Trent🔸Longton🔸UK🔸Let your passion for best practice ECC shine every day. We are seeking an Out-Of-Hours Veterinary Surgeon with a passion for Emergency and Critical Care. Join our well-equipped practice and experience a varied and interesting caseload! We pride ourselves on delivering the highest standards of care and we are looking for like-minded vets who share these same principles.
Lead Veterinary Surgeon
🔸Finsbury Park🔸Greater London🔸UK🔸Medivet Finsbury Park is a much-loved and established practice based in North London. We have been providing exceptional care to the local community for over thirty years! Due to an internal move, we are seeking a Lead Veterinary Surgeon to join us in this new chapter of our journey. We encourage you to pursue your interests with opportunities for support should you wish to work towards further qualifications.
Veterinary Surgeon
🔸Harrow🔸Greater London🔸UK🔸We are looking for two confident vets who want to experience some well-managed sole charge time in a branch, but also have the support of a senior vet each week, in this hybrid role between our practices in Harrow and Wembley. You have exceptional organisational, communication and customer service skills, and a commitment to gold standards of care. Join us in delivering professional and dedicated care to our patients and owners.

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🩺 AVAILABLE ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP
🔸KILMARNOCK🔸SCOTLAND🔸UK 🔸My name is Emer. I have over 16 years of experience as a mixed-practice vet. I am confident and happy with sole charge routine and emergency consultations and surgeries. I enjoy working up cases and achieving outcomes tailored to the wants and needs of clients and their pets while balancing financial constraints...
🩺 AVAILABLE ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP
🔸BRISBANE🔸QUEENSLAND🔸AUSTRALIA 🔸Small animal locum veterinarian in Brisbane and Gold Coast - my name is Danny, and I am a small animal GP locum veterinarian. I have had 29 years experience in Brisbane and Gold Coast practices. I enjoy meeting new people, and caring for the clients needs. I am comfortable with most surgery...
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🏥 NEEDED ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP
🔸MELBOURNE🔸VICTORIA🔸AUSTRALIA🔸We are a bunch of ordinary vets treading on territory where few have been before and are achieving the extraordinary. We have just opened our new, purpose-built clinic which includes a full rehab centre with a pool and underwater treadmill, Cat only consult rooms and high and low-care cat hospital wards, dental...
🏥 NEEDED ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP
🔸HUNTSVILLE🔸ALABAMA🔸USA🔸We are a a full-service pet hospital offering comprehensive services to dogs and cats in Madison, Huntsville, Decatur, and the surrounding areas. From preventive care to routine exams, surgery, and dental care, our broad and varied service offerings can meet all of your pet’s health needs in one place. We are proud to be...
🏥 NEEDED ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP
🔸LONDON🔸GREATER LONDON🔸UK🔸We are a small animal practice that also sees exotics. We are open from 8 am til 6 pm, Monday to Friday. There is no OOH and no weekend work. You will be supported by two RVNs, an SVN, a receptionist and a practice director who is an RVN of 10 years. We wholeheartedly welcome locum veterinary staff...
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