When you join Vets Now, we'll support you to become the vet or vet nurse that you trained to be.
ECC can be a challenge, but the biggest challenges reap the biggest rewards. At Vets Now, you’ll regularly see cases that are rare in daytime practice. You’ll learn from top ECC clinicians and above all, you’ll help us save pets’ lives.
You’ll work in a small and close-knit clinic team, but our dedicated support staff will always be on hand to help and support you.
Working out of hours can mean you’re free to take your children to school, enjoy your hobbies, or even just the daylight hours.
A fast-paced working environment, plus the emotional rewards of saving a pet’s life, is what sets ECC apart from other disciplines.
Work with the UK’s best ECC clinicians, perform life-saving procedures, and enjoy unique training and CPD programmes.
We look after you so that you can look after them. Packages may vary between roles and locations, but here's what your benefits package will likely include:
You’ll be at the forefront of ECC, regularly treating cases that are rare in daytime practice and saving pets’ lives.
You’ll be an exceptional clinician, with all the communication and teaching skills you need to lead the next generation of ECC vets.
You’ll enact change, release potential working with several clinics taking on wider management and leadership duties.
You’ll put your skills into practice, whether you’re supporting clients, triaging cases or providing life-saving treatment.
You’ll help maintain clinical excellence, leading the nursing, ACA and reception teams and managing the daily operations in your clinic.
You’ll lead several clinics taking on wider management and leadership duties, often branching into commercial and operation areas.
You’ll tend to patients and make sure they’re comfortable, assist with diagnostics, set up theatre for surgery plus much more.
You’ll be the first point of contact for our clients, helping to make sure their visit runs as smoothly as possible.
For those still at university, we have placements available at several clinics throughout the year to give you a feel for life in clinic.
For those who’ve just graduated, with the chance to focus on a chosen discipline or rotate between several.
For vets with six months’ experience in day practice (minimum). Spend the first 10 weeks of your new role learning all you need to know.
“At Vets Now, we’re passionate about emergency and critical care (ECC), and we’re committed to giving people and their pets the care and support they need, at the time they need it most.
“We partner with local practices to provide their clients with a dedicated out-of-hours service. At the heart of this is a team of vets, vet nurses and support staff who only work at nights, weekends and bank holidays.
“We’re the UK’s leading out-of-hours care provider, and handle the largest ECC caseload in Europe.
“As part of the IVC Evidensia group, we’re in an even stronger position to provide the highest quality of care and offer the best opportunities for everyone within our team.”
Our greatest asset is our people. We couldn't deliver great service without the dedication, expertise and talent of our staff, both in our clinics across the UK and our central support team.
To help you study for your ECC certificate, you'll get 100 hours of CPD per year plus 45 hours' exam preparation time.
You'll also receive a 'qualification award' of up to £2,500 when you pass.
This course is the first of its kind, designed to help you extend your ECC knowledge.
You'll get 100 hours of CPD study over 18 months, plus a 'qualification award' of up to £1,250 when you pass.
CPD for receptionists and ACAs includes the veterinary practice client care award and level 2 diploma for veterinary care assistants. We also offer CPD for non-clinic staff, including IT, finance and marketing.
We offer a unique programme of training courses to help you continue your own learning and development.
Our training is diverse and flexible, you can study online at a time and place that suits you, attend onsite training sessions with your district team, day seminars, plus our annual ECC UK Congress.
We fund VECCS membership for all vets and RVNs, which gives access to online journals and discounted rates at IVECCS and EVECC Congress.
If you manage a team, you’ll receive leadership development training to help you make the most of your people’s talents and abilities.
We understand that working in ECC can be a challenge. That’s why we offer a first-class benefits and rewards package that helps us attract, motivate and retain the best talent.
Our health and wellbeing team works with the NHS and Mind Matters, the RCVS’ mental health initiative, to make sure we maintain a healthy working environment for our people.
Their priorities include:
Our 24-hour ECC and specialist referral hospitals offer unique opportunities for vets and vet nurses, both in ECC and complementary disciplines like internal medicine, surgery and oncology.
Our disciplines are diplomate-led, and we’re always interested in speaking to specialist and referral clinicians about joining us.
Residencies are also available, both in ECC and surgery. We’re hoping to expand into more disciplines in the future.
Email our talent team for more info about joining one of our hospital teams.
