Join a village practice where clients bring their pets back for years. Work in a calm, neighbourly team that knows your patients by name, with genuine support from leadership and no external emergency cover required.
One night per week on-call for inpatients only. External emergencies handled externally.
Palmerston Vets in Buckhurst Hill is a long-standing village practice with a London postcode and a distinctly neighbourly character. This is a place where clients return year after year, where pets are known by name as they grow up, and where the focus is on continuity of care rather than throughput. You'll join a steady team of nurses, vets, and care assistants who work side by side, with handovers that are personal and inpatients cared for by people who know them.
This full or part-time role includes two Saturdays in six and one night per week on call for inpatients only, meaning your out-of-hours duties are manageable and directly linked to cases you know. External emergencies are handled elsewhere, so your on-call genuinely protects your evenings.
The caseload is varied and satisfying: surgery, consultations, long-term care, and plenty of familiar faces. Leadership is human and focused on supporting your skills and protecting a working day that lets you do good medicine without rushing.
Palmerston Vets is part of Linnaeus, a forward-thinking partnership of highly-respected primary care and referral veterinary practices across the UK and Ireland. Linnaeus is owned by Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, the group is driven by purpose rather than short-term profits.
The practice benefits from access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities, and a comprehensive wellbeing package. The team is empowered to speak up and deliver quality services with a genuine commitment to excellence and the purpose of creating a better world for pets. Leadership at Palmerston is built on warmth, fairness, and high standards, with a focus on supporting team skills and protecting the kind of working culture where good medicine happens.
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