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This Week | Our Top 10 Reads of 2024 showcase the stories that resonated most with our veterinary community worldwide. Is it time to rethink Locum Relief work? Why the current relief agency model may be costing professionals and practices more than you think. We share 15 fresh ways to recognize your team beyond the usual pizza parties, and there’s breaking news about the USD$4.1 billion acquisition of Patterson Veterinary. Browse exciting opportunities from Santa Barbara in the USA to Bath in the UK to Bundaberg in Australia, perfect for both seasoned professionals and rising stars. Check out our active Locum Relief positions spanning three continents, and catch up on trending topics from cost of care concerns to lab-grown pet food innovations. And as always...particularly over the holidays, please take care of yourself; you deserve it, and if you can, someone else too 🤗

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📚 Top 10 Reads of 2024 - Here's What Caught Your Eye

Whether you were a practice owner shaping your dream team, a manager fine-tuning your hospital culture, or an Emergency Veterinarian exploring your next move, 2024 was a busy one. Our Community Team – all veterinary professionals themselves – have been busy, too, crafting articles that tackle the real challenges and opportunities you’ve shared with us.

In case you missed one or two of the best, these Top 10 pieces sparked conversations from emergency clinics in Sydney to specialty hospitals in London, from bustling practices in Toronto to family-owned clinics in California. You’ve shared your success stories, challenged our thinking, and helped create better workplaces across our veterinary community in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

So, as the holiday season draws near, we’ve gathered our most-read articles of 2024 – perfect for browsing with that leftover Christmas pudding or during a quiet moment between emergency cases…

💰 The Relief Agency Model Is Broken – And You're Paying the Price

While recent articles from locum relief agencies comparing relief veterinary work to full-time employment highlight some important points about flexibility and hourly rates, they don’t always tell the full story or make an “apples to apples” comparison. It’s crucial to understand the complete financial picture to make an informed career decision. We examine the key factors that impact actual take-home earnings as well as your lifestyle. The results are eye-opening…

🌟 15 fresh takes on recognition – beyond pizza parties

While pizza parties are a fun and easy way to show appreciation, they might not fully capture the gratitude your staff deserves. If you are looking for more meaningful and varied ways to thank your veterinary team, here are 15 creative and impactful ideas...

🤝 Patterson Veterinary to be acquired by investment firm for $4.1 billion

Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO), a leading dental and animal health distributor, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Patient Square Capital (Patient Square), a dedicated health care investment firm. An all too familiar story...

🩺Job Of The Week

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🩺Featured Jobs USA + Canada

Veterinarian

🔸Nashville🔸TN🔸USA🔸Make a profound difference in Nashville's animal welfare landscape through innovative shelter medicine. Be part of something bigger – where your veterinary expertise transforms lives, drives positive change, and shapes community-wide initiatives. This is shelter medicine reimagined, where your skills create lasting impact. Ready to combine clinical excellence with community impact?

Associate Veterinarian

🔸Yucca Valley🔸CA🔸USA🔸Join us in providing top-notch care at a hometown clinic and come enjoy all the area has to offer. Yucca Valley is a rapidly growing town with affordable housing, plenty of land, minutes from Joshua Tree National Park and close to Palm Springs, as well as close proximity to the beautiful mountains and endless So-Cal beaches. Enjoy the prospect of genuine work-life balance in an ideal location.

General Practice & Emergency Veterinarian

🔸Middletown🔸DE🔸USA🔸Middletown Veterinary Hospital is looking to hire General Practice and Emergency Veterinarians to join our thriving, multi-doctor practice in Middletown, DE. If you are looking for a place to call home, work with a wonderful and talented team, practice medicine your way and maintain an ideal work-life balance in an exceptional lifestyle location, then Middletown Veterinary Hospital is for you!

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🩺Featured Jobs Australia + NZ + ASIA

Lead Veterinarian

🔸Hamilton🔸VIC🔸Australia🔸Are you looking to further your career and move into a leadership position? Join our management team, which is responsible for the professional management of all clinical operations. Clinical operations include managing, training, developing and supervising veterinary associates, graduates and nursing staff, as well as being hands-on in the delivery of veterinary services to patients.

Small Animal Veterinarian

🔸Bundaberg🔸QLD🔸Australia🔸Join our warm, welcoming, and talented Small Animal Hospital team! With a growing demand for our services, we need dedicated vets to provide exceptional care to our patients. You'll have the opportunity to guide each case from consultation to recovery, ensuring the highest standards of veterinary care. If you are passionate, skilled, and ready to make a difference, we want you on our team.

Veterinary Nurse

🔸Cromwell🔸Otago🔸New Zealand🔸Are you an experienced Veterinary Nurse looking for your next adventure? Join our welcoming Cromwell team, where every day is an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of pets and their people. Grow and develop in our inclusive team. Use your proven experience as a Veterinary Nurse + full NZ work rights to provide proactive care to animals in an ideal lifestyle environment.

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🩺Featured Jobs UK + Europe + Worldwide

Senior Veterinary Surgeon

🔸Stockwell🔸Greater London🔸UK🔸Our popular practice in the heart of southwest London is getting increasingly busier, resulting in the need for a senior vet to join our growing team. This senior role can offer the ability for growth in any area you are passionate about, especially if clinical management is your next step, and also offers a flexible rota during the week to ensure there is the optimum work-life balance.

Veterinary Surgeon

🔸St. Ives🔸Cambridgeshire 🔸UK🔸Do you have a particular interest and experience in Surgery? Join our small animal, multi–vet practice, led by our experienced and knowledgeable Branch Partner who also holds a certificate in surgery. The ideal candidate will have all round surgical skills, a good blend of communication skills and a confident, can-do approach.

Veterinary Referral Clinician

🔸Bath🔸Somerset🔸UK🔸We are looking for a Referral Surgeon to join our small, friendly team. We offer referrals in small animal medicine, soft tissue surgery, orthopaedic surgery, medical neurology, spinal surgery, cardiology, ophthalmology, and rehabilitation, where we see referral cases from across the South West and South Wales. Join our warm, welcoming, talented, and highly supportive team.

🏥 Find Locum Relief Jobs & Shifts 24/7…

🏥 NEEDED ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP

🔸Miami🔸Florida🔸USA🔸We are a small cozy animal clinic located in Lakeland Fl. There are so many fun activities and great places to visit. We are surrounded by lakes and amazing views. We are a small 3 doctor practice who encourages our staff to take vacations regularly. We are equipped with digital imaging,...

🏥 NEEDED ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP

🔸Canberra🔸ACT🔸AUSTRALIA🔸We are a small, supportive and fun team who see a wide variety of animals. We are a true mixed practice, no two days are the same, from dairy work to routine equine to cattle AI and all the puppies and kittens you can handle! We have in house blood machines, computed radiography, iM3 dental...

🏥 NEEDED ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinary Nurse - RVN

🔸Edinburgh🔸Scotland🔸UK🔸We are a family-run, independent veterinary practice in County Durham. We aim to provide first-class care to all species of pets and want to bring back the family and community feel to veterinary care. We welcome our locum veterinary friends and offer every level of support that we can as well as...

🩺 Find Locum Relief Vets, Nurses & Technicians 24/7…

🩺 AVAILABLE ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - Emergency

🔸New York City🔸New York🔸USA🔸I'm a shelter veterinarian at heart, currently working towards ABVP certification in Shelter Medicine Practice. I primarily provide exclusively per diem services to shelters, spay/neuter clinics, and ERs, but I also occasionally perform soft tissue surgery for general practices. I view myself as...

🩺 AVAILABLE ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinary Nurse

🔸Canberra🔸ACT🔸AUSTRALIA🔸My name is Jess and I am locuming around Australia throughout 2024. I have been working as an Emergency and Surgery nurse at ARH in Canberra for 2 years and I love what I do. Being in emergency, we get such a variety of cases walk in the door and it’s incredibly rewarding...

🩺 AVAILABLE ➡️ Locum Relief Veterinarian - GP - Mixed Animal

🔸Glasgow🔸Scotland🔸UK🔸My name is Emer. I have over 16 years 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...

📣 Veterinary Trends News & Memes

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💵 New analysis has revealed a rapid growth in veterinary professionals' concern about the cost of care

📈 The number of vets registered to practise in the UK is expected to rise by more than 50% over the next decade

🦌 AVMA and NAVTA clear Santa's reindeer for annual flight - they're all in peak condition for their important global journey

✅ 10 ways you can boost preventative compliance benchmarks with your clients and their patients

🧪 Lab-grown meat is poised to enter a domain that few would have thought possible even a year ago - pet food

🚀 We've entered an exciting age where innovation is back, the rate of change is accelerating, and the future is bright

🧘 To tackle and potentially solve it, we need to understand and accept that burnout isn't a "one-size-fits-all" problem that's beyond our control.

🎄 It's the most wonderful time of the year. but if you're in veterinary medicine, it can be extra stressful. If you know, you know.

Prices as at noon GMT on Tuesday, 16 December 2024 - Source yahoo!finance

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