Flexible Working
Vets Now is an ideal employer for many overseas veterinary professionals, as our full time staff work an average of just 3 nights per week with a share of weekends spread over each month, giving you plenty of daylight hours, free time and flexibility to explore the UK, or even visit friends and family back home. You’ll have lots of opportunity to tour around and even make the most of the UK’s excellent transport links to visit the rest of Europe!
We have a range of vet and vet nurse jobs across the UK, and are always looking for talented veterinary professionals, so whether you envisage living in a picturesque corner of Scotland, or see yourself working as a vet in a bustling town near London, Vets Now could offer the perfect UK veterinary job for you...
Vets Now will support you from visa application to registration:
Whilst UK immigration is a relatively straight-forward and inexpensive process, we would like to help make the experience as easy for you as possible. We will offer qualified veterinary applicants all the help and advice you might need in securing the correct visa and ensuring that everything is in place for you to pursue your veterinary career in the UK.
To view a list of our current vacancies, please click here.
For any overseas applicant enquiries, please contact Lisa Docherty or Fiona McArthur in Recruitment by telephone on 0044 1383 841181 or email recruitment@vets-now.com
Who are we looking for?
We ask that all applicants:
- Have a minimum of six months small animal experience in an English speaking practice
- Can communicate fluently in English
- Are comfortable and confident to be the sole charge vet or vet nurse within a clinic
- Have an interest in Emergency and Critical Care medicine.
You should also consider the following before applying:
Does your veterinary degree give you immediate RCVS registration?:
In order to practice veterinary surgery in the United Kingdom, you must be named on the register of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and must have the requisite knowledge and skill to do so.
You should allow enough time for your RCVS registration application to be processed before intending to start work. In a normal case this usually takes approximately six to eight weeks.
Eligibility for registration is based either on having a recognised qualification or passing the RCVS Statutory Examination for Membership.
Qualifications currently recognised by the RCVS are listed below:
- Degrees awarded by the six veterinary schools in the United Kingdom
- European Union qualifications listed in the Directive 2005/36/EC: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Accession Countries: Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria
- Foreign and Commonwealth qualifications recognised by RCVS Council which are also shown to meet the minimum EU training requirements for practice only within the United Kingdom, which currently are: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa , USA and Canada.
RCVS Examination Route
Graduates of veterinary schools and colleges from a country that is not listed above, and non-EU nationals or those without a community rights entitlement with EU degrees, are normally required to sit and pass the RCVS Statutory Examination for Membership.
Nationality is not a factor in determining eligibility to be registered, except in relation to those with EU qualifications, who must be nationals of an EU member state or community rights entitled persons.
UK Work Permits: Want to work for Vets Now in the UK, but don't hold an EU Passport?
We are more than happy to discuss the options open to Non-European Union passport holders allowing you to work legally in the UK.
So for any overseas applicant enquiries at all, please contact Lisa Docherty or Fiona McArthur in Recruitment by telephone on 0044 1383 841181 or email recruitment@vets-now.com
For more information on working as a vet or vet nurse in the UK, please click on the links below:
Veterinary Surgeons Membership & Registration
Overseas Qualified Veterinary Nurses
Work Permit Information