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Equine Veterinary Surgeon Employment Contract UK

Define mobile equine practice around field safety, suitable facilities and continuous clinical responsibility.

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When to use this contract

Deliver clinical assessments, diagnosis and equine treatment plans entered into clinical or service records, prescribing records and medicines administration logs where authorised, and handover notes and transfer summaries for active caseloads.

Workplace context: Regulated care, clinical, education or service premises.

What makes this role different

Maintain clinical accuracy in assessments, treatment and handover records. Protect patient, prescription and regulated health records and report suspected breaches promptly. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering adhere to medicines controls and only prescribe where authorised. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering raise safeguarding disclosures, significant clinical deterioration and incident reports to the registered manager or service lead without delay. Use clinical, appointment and incident systems only for authorised vet (equine/horse) work.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: You decide clinical scope of practice and when to work under supervision; you may prescribe only where expressly authorised and must follow medicines controls. Escalate any safeguarding disclosure, serious clinical deterioration, suspected loss or unauthorised disclosure of records, or competence/licence concerns to the registered manager or service lead and use RCVS escalation where applicable. Systems, mobility equipment and PPE are for authorised vet (equine/horse) work only. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

  • the territory clients and clinical scope
  • the vehicle travel and lone-working arrangements
  • the on-call emergency and rota duties
  • the imaging medicine and equipment custody
  • the referral hospital and safety thresholds

Day-to-day operating brief

What Vet (Equine/Horse) work looks like in practice

Vet (Equine/Horse) delivers clinical care for horses, plans and documents casework, performs vet (equine/horse) quality checks, manages medicines where authorised, and protects patient, prescription and regulated health records. The role follows employer operating controls and RCVS escalation routes and makes timely stakeholder updates to the registered manager or service lead.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

  • Assess and treat horses at practices and yards.
  • Perform authorised diagnostics and procedures.
  • Manage medicines samples and mobile equipment.
  • Communicate with owners trainers and yards.
  • Record visits findings and urgent follow-up.

A realistic working scenario

You run ambulatory and in‑premises equine consultations and treatment sessions, complete clinical assessments, prepare treatment and discharge plans, enter cases in the appointment or caseload system, record prescribing in medicines logs, hand over active cases and notify the registered manager or service lead of material risks, delays or safeguarding disclosures.

Outputs to agree

  • Clinical assessments, diagnosis and equine treatment plans entered into clinical or service records
  • Prescribing records and medicines administration logs where authorised
  • Handover notes and transfer summaries for active caseloads
  • Incident and safeguarding reports submitted to incident and safeguarding records and the registered manager or service lead
  • Client consent notes and stakeholder updates recorded in the appointment or caseload system

Records and evidence

  • Clinical notes and assessment records in the clinical or service records.
  • Treatment records and care plans in the appointment or caseload system.
  • Prescribing records and medicines administration logs where authorised.
  • Incident and safeguarding records for disclosures and reportable events.
  • Handover checklists and transfer summaries.
  • Work records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

  • You decide clinical scope of practice and when to work under supervision; you may prescribe only where expressly authorised and must follow medicines controls. Escalate any safeguarding disclosure, serious clinical deterioration, suspected loss or unauthorised disclosure of records, or competence/licence concerns to the registered manager or service lead and use RCVS escalation where applicable. Systems, mobility equipment and PPE are for authorised vet (equine/horse) work only.
  • Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

  • Care planning systems.
  • Mobility equipment.

Workplace context

  • Regulated care, clinical, education or service premises.

Training and certification

  • Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
  • Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

  • Maintain clinical accuracy in assessments, treatment and handover records
  • Protect patient, prescription and regulated health records and report suspected breaches promptly
  • Adhere to medicines controls and only prescribe where authorised
  • Raise safeguarding disclosures, significant clinical deterioration and incident reports to the registered manager or service lead without delay
  • Use clinical, appointment and incident systems only for authorised vet (equine/horse) work

Information the employer should prepare

  • the territory clients and clinical scope
  • the vehicle travel and lone-working arrangements
  • the on-call emergency and rota duties
  • the imaging medicine and equipment custody
  • the referral hospital and safety thresholds

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Work setting

Regulated care, clinical, education or service premises.

Primary duties

  • Assess and treat horses at practices and yards.
  • Perform authorised diagnostics and procedures.
  • Manage medicines samples and mobile equipment.
  • Communicate with owners trainers and yards.

Tools and training to confirm

  • Care planning systems.
  • Mobility equipment.
  • Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
  • Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Governance focus

RCVS context where applicable. Maintain clinical accuracy in assessments, treatment and handover records. Protect patient, prescription and regulated health records and report suspected breaches promptly. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering adhere to medicines controls and only prescribe where authorised.

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Vet (Equine/Horse) duties

Deliver clinical assessments, diagnosis and equine treatment plans entered into clinical or service records, prescribing records and medicines administration logs where authorised, and handover notes and transfer summaries for active caseloads.

Assess and treat horses at practices and yards. Perform authorised diagnostics and procedures. Manage medicines samples and mobile equipment. Communicate with owners trainers and yards. Record visits findings and urgent follow-up.

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You decide clinical scope of practice and when to work under supervision; you may prescribe only where expressly authorised and must follow medicines controls. Escalate any safeguarding disclosure, serious clinical deterioration, suspected loss or unauthorised disclosure of records, or competence/licence concerns to the registered manager or service lead and use RCVS escalation where applicable. Systems, mobility equipment and PPE are for authorised vet (equine/horse) work only.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Maintain clinical accuracy in assessments, treatment and handover records.

Protect patient, prescription and regulated health records and report suspected breaches promptly.

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Frequently asked questions

When must I escalate a safeguarding disclosure?

Escalate immediately to the registered manager or service lead and record the disclosure in the incident and safeguarding records. Include timestamps, observations, actions taken and client contact, and follow any RCVS escalation steps applicable to the disclosure.

Can I prescribe medicines for equine patients?

Only prescribe where you are expressly authorised to do so. Record all prescriptions in the prescribing records and medicines administration logs, obtain and note client consent in clinical notes, and consult the registered manager or service lead if scope or authorisation is unclear; follow RCVS escalation if competence or licence concerns arise.

Can the Vet decline an unsafe examination?

Yes; seek suitable restraint, facilities or support.

Who provides the vehicle?

Allocate insurance, fuel, equipment and checks.

Are race-day duties included?

State them only where genuinely required.

How are controlled medicines secured?

Use authorised custody and records.

Who approves hospital referral?

Apply clinical urgency and owner-consent arrangements.

What must yard handover record?

Include horse identity, findings, treatment, medicines and follow-up.

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