Bridge Referrals

Bridge Referrals We are an independent multidisciplinary small animal veterinary referral hospital in South Tyneside! 🐾🩺

JOIN THE TEAM! ✨We are looking for someone highly motivated and experienced to join the Client Care Team at Bridge Refer...
02/12/2025

JOIN THE TEAM! ✨

We are looking for someone highly motivated and experienced to join the Client Care Team at Bridge Referrals, an established, multi-disciplinary veterinary centre. As part of Team Bridge, you’ll be contributing to our continued growth and success, making Bridge Referrals the best in the area for both our patients and staff.

As the first point of contact for our clients and referring vets, the role of a client care administrator requires you to have excellent communication and customer service skills, a welcoming friendly manner and a love of pets and people.

The ideal candidate should work well in a team, and thrive in the varied environment of a veterinary centre. You should have a positive attitude, be used to working under pressure effectively with a high attention to detail, and in a fast-paced setting. We are looking for someone to make an important contribution to the effective delivery of administrative and customer care services here at Bridge Referrals.

This full-time role is based on a 40-hour week, this will consist of two weekday shifts and every Saturday and Sunday. Previous reception experience, especially within a veterinary environment is preferred.

Duties/Responsibilities
🔷Manage and deal with appointment bookings in a professional and efficient manner.
🔷Answer and make calls to veterinary practices, insurance companies and clients.
🔷Have a high level of attention to detail to make sure paperwork is completed and correct to support the team and wider business.
🔷Bereavement handling – offer emotional assistance to clients in sensitive situations.
🔷Show awareness of financial control within the practice and follow up with clients for outstanding payments.
🔷Keep waiting areas, consulting rooms, and offices, stocked and clean.
🔷Be courteous & polite when dealing with clients and colleagues.
🔷Work closely with clinicians, the nursing teams and management to maximise the efficiency of the hospital.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience
🔷A proactive attitude and ability to work independently.
🔷Adapt well to learning a new system if no previous experience.
🔷Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
🔷Highly motivated to provide excellent service to clients and the hospital.
🔷Ability to work at a fast pace under pressure.
🔷Competent IT skills

5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays | Paid Birthday holiday | Paid lunch break | Generous sick and parental leave policies | Employer contribution pension scheme | CPD allowance + in-house training | Generous staff discount scheme | Cycle to work scheme
Salary National Living Wage

To apply for this position please email your CV with a covering note to [email protected]

Christmas has officially arrived at Bridge Referrals! ✨🎄🎁 thanks to the help of two of our wonderful VCA’s, Heidi & Meg!...
02/12/2025

Christmas has officially arrived at Bridge Referrals! ✨🎄🎁 thanks to the help of two of our wonderful VCA’s, Heidi & Meg! 👏

I think you’ll all agree that they’ve made a fabulous job! 😍

We had the pleasure of celebrating with the RSPCA Sunderland Hartlepool and South Tyneside last weekend at their Festive...
29/11/2025

We had the pleasure of celebrating with the RSPCA Sunderland Hartlepool and South Tyneside last weekend at their Festive Frost & Fizz! 🪩 we are so happy to be able to support such a great cause! 💖✨

Pet Cancer Awareness Month!🐾🩵 As we come to the end of Pet Cancer Awareness Month, we want to highlight the importance o...
28/11/2025

Pet Cancer Awareness Month!🐾🩵

As we come to the end of Pet Cancer Awareness Month, we want to highlight the importance of getting any lumps or bumps checked by your veterinary surgeon. Early detection truly can save lives.

Here at Bridge Referrals, we’re always here to support your primary care vet with further investigations whenever needed.

➡️ 1 in 4 dogs and 1 in 5 cats will develop cancer in their lifetime
➡️ Many cancers are highly treatable when caught early

If you spot something unusual, don’t wait - book a check-up. Your pet’s health and comfort are always worth it! 💛🐾

Here's just some of our gorgeous oncology patients, and of course our wonderful oncology nurses! 💖

The gorgeous Ginny has completed her chemotherapy with Darren and the oncology team here at Bridge! 💖Ginny has done so w...
28/11/2025

The gorgeous Ginny has completed her chemotherapy with Darren and the oncology team here at Bridge! 💖

Ginny has done so well and we can't wait to see her again soon for her re-check appointment!

Well done Ginny!! We're so proud of you! 💚💙

Fantastic work by the Soft Tissue team here at Bridge Referrals! 👏If you didn't get a chance to read Cooper's story, sim...
27/11/2025

Fantastic work by the Soft Tissue team here at Bridge Referrals! 👏

If you didn't get a chance to read Cooper's story, simply click on the link below ⬇️

Cooper, a five-month-old Shih Tzu puppy, was referred to the soft tissue team at Bridge Referrals after being diagnosed with an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (EHPSS) by his primary care vet. Cooper had suffered from lower urinary tract signs as well as early changes in mentation. Following a peri...

Could your dog help to save a life? ❤️🐾 This is one of our gorgeous donors, Derry! 😍 If your dog fits the criteria below...
26/11/2025

Could your dog help to save a life? ❤️🐾

This is one of our gorgeous donors, Derry! 😍

If your dog fits the criteria below, please consider coming along and supporting Pet Blood Bank UK ⬇️

❣️Between 1 & 8 years old
❣️Weigh over 25kg
❣️Happy & healthy
❣️Confident & friendly

Our next donation session will take place on Sunday 14th December! ❤️

To find out more and register your dog to donate at our next session, please visit the Pet Blood Bank website - https://www.petbloodbankuk.org/pet-owners/dog-blood-donation/

It’s MRI day at Bridge Referrals! 👏 All referrals can be made via our website! Or for more information simply give us a ...
26/11/2025

It’s MRI day at Bridge Referrals! 👏

All referrals can be made via our website! Or for more information simply give us a call on ☎️ 0191 5808330!

Burgess Diagnostics Limited

Laparoscopic portosystemic shunt success for Cooper! 🎉Cooper, a five-month-old Shih Tzu puppy, was referred to the soft ...
25/11/2025

Laparoscopic portosystemic shunt success for Cooper! 🎉

Cooper, a five-month-old Shih Tzu puppy, was referred to the soft tissue team at Bridge Referrals after being diagnosed with an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (EHPSS) by his primary care vet. Dogs born with this condition have poor liver function and can develop a range of clinical signs - in Cooper’s case he had suffered from urinary problems as well as early changes in mentation. Following a period of medical stabilisation, a CT scan at Bridge Referrals confirmed an EHPSS connecting part of his portal system (draining blood from the bowel) to the large vein draining blood from his abdomen.

Having reviewed the potential approaches for Cooper it was decided that a keyhole (laparoscopic) approach might be a good option. One attraction of this approach was that a period of rest would not be required following discharge from hospital, making life easier for Cooper and his owners. This surgery is not widely available in the UK and is challenging to perform, but our experienced soft tissue team were up for the challenge!

Cooper was anaesthetised and placed on his side and several 5mm ports were placed to look inside his abdomen. Following identification and dissection of the shunt, a cellophane band was placed around it and secured with clips. No complications occurred and Cooper was discharged from hospital following a period of inpatient monitoring for post-surgical neurologic complications.

Surgical specialist Mark Gosling, who leads the soft tissue team at Bridge Referrals, said: “I am thrilled to be able to offer yet another minimally invasive procedure to veterinary patients in the north of England. This was a challenging surgery, not least due to Cooper’s small size, but the team worked fantastically together to achieve the outcome we hoped for. My preference is still to fully tie off shunts where this is feasible but for cases like Cooper where that is not likely to be possible, a keyhole approach offers a rapid recovery time and is low risk. Advances in surgical techniques are always exciting and I am proud to work in a practice where these are supported and encouraged.”

25/11/2025

We are hiring! ⬇️

18/11/2025

BSAVA CPD hosted by Mark Gosling at Bridge Referrals! 🩺

Mark will present a case-based talk on skin reconstruction in general practice, this CPD will focus on reconstructive surgery!

📆Thursday 5th February 2026
⏰7pm - 9pm
📍Bridge Referrals, Boldon Colliery

You will find more information and payments/bookings can be made via the BSAVA link below ⬇️

https://bsavaportal.bsava.com/s/community-event?id=a1mTw000004vofJIAQ

We look forward to seeing you in the new year! 👋

If you would like to make a referral, please follow the link below to our referral platform! 🐾
18/11/2025

If you would like to make a referral, please follow the link below to our referral platform! 🐾

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