Companion Animal

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Let’s find a career in Companion Animal

Who We Are

We have over 470 Companion Animal first opinion veterinary practices in the UK. They retain their unique identity and individual feel with clinical autonomy to give the best possible care to their patients. We pride ourselves on career development and progression within the division, whilst maintaining our focus on delivering a great client journey. 


Our MiNightVet is a dedicated out-of-hours emergency provider for local veterinary practices. We have 40 companion animal out-of-hours MiNightVet practices to ensure 24/7 joined up care. Each has state-of-the-art facilities and dedicated overnight colleagues to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care. 

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Companion Animal roles

Regional Directors are vital to the success of our business. They provide support, coaching and leadership to enable our people and practices to achieve their full potential. Day-to-day our Regional Directors; give strategic direction and leadership to our practices; ensure the delivery of excellent clinical and client care; provide consistent support, training and coaching to meet the needs of practice teams; and help maximise the operational performance of each practice.

Our Clinical Directors lead and support our practice teams. The role is open to qualified veterinary surgeons already in leadership or experienced vets with a desire to progress into a management role. Our Clinical Directors are supported by a wide clinical support network throughout our group.

Our veterinary roles include a variety of consults, surgeries and sole charge. There’s the ability to become involved in QI projects and the opportunity to move into advanced practitioner, certificate holder, internship, specialist or management roles. Our vets are supported by an advanced practitioner and specialist clinical network. 

The operational anchor for all of our sites, our Practice directors and Managers recruit, train and supervise team members. They play a huge role managing day-to-day operations and ensure high levels of client satisfaction. From veterinary or non-veterinary backgrounds they normally have management or leadership experience.

We encourage our nurses to be the nurse they want to be! We promote career and skills development and support our nurses in schedule 3 procedures where they wish to. CVS offers an exciting and varied caseload and career development with our internal Nursing Career Pathway. There’s also the ability to move into leadership roles.

Enthusiastic individuals with a passion for animals make great Patient Care Assistants. The PCA role is one of the foundations of an outstanding veterinary practice, and our PCAs are involved in supporting our team of qualified RVNs and Vets to provide outstanding care to our patients. Many of our PCAs go on to be veterinary nurses. 

Our valued receptionists are the backbone of our practices. On the front line, they regularly act as the key point-of-contact for clients - a key focus of the role. They also play a huge role in organising the workload of a practice, including triaging cases. We offer regular sessions to support our receptionists, where team members collaborate, share experiences and support one-another.

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Current Vacancies

Registered Veterinary Nurse - Nights

RVN Companion Animal Nursing Registered Veterinary Nurse The Harrogate Vet up to £30,000 FTE, dependent on experience plus benefits Region 3 5247 Harrogate North Yorkshire United Kingdom Harrogate Nursing Nursing Permanent
  We have a fabulous, vibrant and talented team and are looking for the next new member to join us! Are you an RVN with an interest in Emergency & Critical Care? Would you like access to an interesting caseload?  We know that you value your tim...

Registered Veterinary Nurse

RVN Companion Animal Nursing Registered Veterinary Nurse Market Hall ( St Clears) Salary up to £30k FTE DOE Region 8 5104 St Clears Carmarthenshire United Kingdom St Clears Nursing Nursing Permanent
  Part Time Registered Veterinary Nurse, Market Hall Vets Salary up to £30k FTE + Dependant on Experience   Exciting opportunity for a RVN to join our friendly and happy team here at Market Hall Vets. We are a progressive practice based in St...

Veterinary Surgeon - Up to £70,000

Vet Companion Animal Small Animal Vets Vet Surgeon - Small Animal Harbour (Hayling Island) Up to £70,000 + Benefits Region 16 HAR Hayl0016 Hayling Island Hampshire United Kingdom Hayling Island Small Animal Vets Small Animal Vets Permanent
Up to £70,000 DOE Up to £5,000 Welcome bonus  Full or Part time  Veterinarian Surgeon at Harbour Veterinary Group, Hayling Island branch - Up to £70,000 DOE Here at Harbour Veterinary Group, Hayling Island branch, we are looking to recruit a Sma...

Registered Veterinary Nurse

RVN Companion Animal Nursing Registered Veterinary Nurse Falkland (Newbury) Up to £30,000 DOE + Benefits Region 15 FALK New0098 Newbury Berkshire United Kingdom Newbury Nursing Nursing Permanent
Up to £30,000 DOE (FTE) Full or Part time  Open to Newly Qualified RVN   Registered Veterinary Nurse at Falklands Vets – Up to £30,000 DOE Established in 1989 Falklands vets is a small but busy practice, with a loyal client base and varied cas...

Small Animal Vet

Vet Companion Animal Small Animal Vets Vet Surgeon - Small Animal White Oak Vets £40,000-£65,000 FTE depending on experience Region 2 WOV0001 Peterlee Country Durham United Kingdom Peterlee Small Animal Vets Small Animal Vets Permanent
  Exciting opportunity for a vet to join us in our brand new practice, opening Spring 2025! Salary £40,000-£65,000 FTE depending on experience. No OOH. Become a part of our journey at our new £1.1 million site on either a full or part time basis...

Small Animal Vet

Vet Companion Animal Small Animal Vets Vet Surgeon - Small Animal Seadown Veterinary Hospital Salary up to £83000 DOE inclusive of OOH contributions Region 10 5046 Southampton Hampshire United Kingdom Southampton Small Animal Vets Small Animal Vets Permanent
Looking for that ideal job in a well-equipped Hospital status practice, with a large, experienced team around you for support, and a leadership team that listens to you as an individual? When do we start listening to you? Right from the first me...
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