Junior Clinician in Veterinary Behaviour

As a Junior Clinician, you will work as part of our Behaviour department, gaining hands‑on experience in all aspects of behavioural medicine. You’ll be joining a dynamic and supportive multi‑disciplinary team in our busy Small Animal Referral Hospital and contributing to the expansion of behaviour services. Our behaviour team currently consists of a staff clinician in Veterinary Behaviour and a Behaviour Nurse.

This is a unique opportunity for a candidate interested in starting or advancing a career in veterinary behaviour and is ideal for a Veterinary Surgeon with at least 2 years of post‑graduation clinical experience, who has developed a range of skills in clinical animal behaviour.

• Work as part of the behaviour department, assisting with initial consultations and follow‑up care, contributing to client support and the prescribing of psychoactive medications as appropriate.
• Provide excellent written communication and reports to referring veterinarians and clients.
• Receive mentorship from our experienced veterinary behaviourist and behaviour nurse, as well as the clinicians, nurses and physiotherapists in the wider hospital team.
• Provide continuous veterinary cover for behaviour patients during periods of colleague absence.
• Participate in regular rounds and case discussions between the behaviour and chronic pain rehabilitation teams.
• Contribute to clinical teaching of veterinary nurse students.

Our people are at the heart of what we do and as your employer we want to ensure we offer flexibility, support and staff development, where possible, through:

• Time off
  • 5 weeks holiday per year (plus bank holidays)
  • Additional holiday entitlement for Long Service
• Wellbeing
  • On site Wellbeing Champions
  • EDI committee
  • Employee Forum – to ensure all employees voices can be heard
  • Menopause Café
  • Wellbeing talks and events
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity and paternity pay (after 2 years’ service)
• Health
  • Simply Health Cashplan membership
  • Free annual flu vaccination
  • Free Specsavers eye test voucher
• General
  • Free onsite parking
  • U2 bus service link to Bristol
  • Employee discount
  • Generous pension scheme – we match up to 8% pension contributions
  • Reimbursement of one professional membership fee per year

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, don’t delay, click ‘Apply’ and begin your career with Langford Vets.

Langford Vets is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Closing date: Friday 20th March (applications may close early if we receive a high volume)

Reports To: Rehabilitation Clinical Lead

• To support the behaviour team to develop behaviour medicine services within the Small Animal Referral Hospital.
• To provide excellent care for patients.
• To provide excellent customer care.
• To communicate and liaise effectively with clinicians and nurses working within other services to ensure cases are managed and efficiently.
• To contribute to clinical teaching of undergraduate students.

• To provide behaviour medicine services for the Small Animal Referral Hospital, ensuring all cases are accepted and treated appropriately.
• To work with multidisciplinary teams to provide excellent care for all patients.
• To ensure the continuing growth of the referral caseload by providing excellent customer and patient care
• To support growth of the service through involvement in marketing initiatives undertaken by Langford Vets.
• To undertake relevant training as requested in order to expand services offered within Langford Vets.
• To perform diagnoses, treatments and behaviour training of patients to the standards expected by the RCVS for a referral teaching hospital.
• To record all case records accurately.
• To ensure that client consent is gained as necessary and that they are aware of and kept up to date with treatment costs.
• To ensure that laboratory findings are reported to clients.
• To assess in patients as necessary to provide anxiolysis and behaviour management advice, record treatment and update all relevant staff of any changes.
• To follow all Langford Vets protocols…