Castle Vets Farm

08/08/2024

What a lovely day for Okehampton show! ☔️

📍Come and say hello to us at stand 16 along the top row by the cattle lines

We look forward to seeing you all!

03/08/2024

13/07/2024

Come and see us at Liskeard Show today!

09/07/2024

It’s Show Time!

This year we will be attending the following shows:

Liskeard - Saturday 13th July
Launceston - Thursday 25th July
Okehampton - Thursday 8th August
Holsworthy - Thursday 22nd August

Visiting our stand is a great opportunity to meet the team and find out more about all of the services that Castle Vets offer. There will also be games, competitions and refreshments, so please come along and say hello 🐖🐏🐑🐄

22/04/2024

We want to celebrate Veterinary Reception Week with all of our wonderful and hardworking receptionists during 21st-27th April. I am sure you will all agree they all do a fantastic job at Castle Vets. 📞🐶🐱🐹☎️
The vast amount of jobs that each receptionist does, is unlimited and they always do this with a smile on their faces. We would be completely lost without them🐶♥️
We would like to use this week to raise awareness for the recognition that our veterinary receptionists deserve all year round! THANK YOU.

28/03/2024

🐣🐑EASTER BANK HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS🐑🐣

⏰FRIDAY 29th - Closed
⏰SATURDAY 30th - open 8.30am untill 12.30pm
⏰Sunday 31st -Closed
⏰Monday- 1st Closed
⏰Tuesday -open as normal 8.30am - 5.30pm

✅We are available 24 hours for emergency’s - please call us on 01566 772371 for any out of hours calls.

08/03/2024

Happy International Women's Day ♀️✌️✌️

18/01/2024

🚜FARM CLIENTS 🚜

Now that our Liskeard Branch is fully open:
We are able to offer an improved meds ordering/collection service.

Ordering:
Between 9am - 5pm
Monday - Friday

Collection:
Collection from surgery
Between 9am - 6pm
Monday - Friday

Collection from meds box
24/7

🐮🐷🐏🦙🐾🚜

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12/01/2024

Our team are working hard, finishing off the final touches to your new local branch.
We are finalising the registrations for our lovely new clients, for those who have registered already, we will be in contact with you over the next few days.

Watch this space for further updates 💚

11/01/2024

We have two exciting vacancies available !!!!

We are a large MIXED, INDEPENDENT veterinary practice in Launceston, Cornwall, looking to recruit either an experienced Farm Vet or an experienced Approved TB tester.

Our long-established practice is in a fantastic location, surrounded by beautiful countryside and only 30 minutes from North Cornwall’s famous coastline but with easy access to Exeter and Plymouth as well as A30 and M5.

FARM VET
We are looking for an experienced Farm Vet to join the team. Our current caseload is 50% Dairy and 50% Beef and sheep and can offer scope for further clinical/service development. No Equine!!
We are a progressive 22 Vet mixed practice comprising of (11 farm vets and 5 ATT's and 11 small animal vets together with an incredible non-clinical support team including SQP’s and Vet Tech’s on the farm side)
• Equal share of on-call
• Compact working area spending more time on farm than in your car
• Hospitalisation pens for calves, lambing bay and comprehensive Lab. We use Easi scanners
• Vehicle provided for work and personal use
• RCVS, BVA and other membership included
• CPD allowance 5 days with no set financial budget, happy to consider on a case by case basis
• Career progression supported, including certificates
• Competitive salary based on experience
• 5 weeks annual holiday plus bank holidays

APPROVED TB TESTER
* 4 day week
* Vehicle provided for work and commute
* Competitive salary depending on experience
* 28 days annual holiday including bank holidays (pro rata)

As a practice we offer:
**Supportive teams & management
**Practice wide engagement to ensure wellbeing and mental health support
**Regular staff events
**Annual salary reviews
**Auto-enrolment pension scheme

In return we are looking for a dedicated team player with competence in handling cattle, good communicator, happy to work in all weathers and have a good sense of humour.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence. If you are interested in either of these positions please email our practice manager ​[email protected]​ or ring 01566 772371 to have an informal chat with Bekky, one of our Farm Vets.

www.castleveterinarygroup.co.uk

No Agency applications please.

10/01/2024

📣📣📣 EXCITING NEWS!! 📣📣📣

Castle Vets Liskeard will officially be opening its doors
💚 MONDAY 15th JANUARY 💚

Our opening hours will be 8.45am – 6pm Monday to Friday

Please feel free to come down and meet our team, bring in your furry friends and say hi ( And possibly a treat or two😉 )

- All our wonderful new clients who have registered already, you will be getting a phone call over the next couple of days from our team to say hello and confirm some final details 😃

Consultations:
Our Liskeard branch has facilities and equipment that enables us to offer veterinary consultations and treatment for most of the problems that we see in dogs, cats and other small companion animals. We have one of our team of experienced veterinary surgeons from the Launceston Branch there every weekday. All our consultations are by appointment only.

Consultation appointments are available
9am – 5pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday
10am – 6pm Tuesday and Thursday

We do not have facilities for surgery or intensive inpatient care at Liskeard, therefore, if our receptionist thinks your pet might have a problem that we can’t manage at Liskeard, they may advise you that the quickest way to get the appropriate treatment will be for you to take your pet directly to an appointment/emergency fit in appointment at Launceston. Please be aware that we are not able to transport your pet between Launceston and Liskeard.

Out of Hours Emergencies:
All our Out of Hours emergency work is done by our own vets at our main practice premises in Pennygillam Way, Launceston. We believe this provides the best service for you and your pets as we have the facilities there for surgical procedures and intensive inpatient care. Your pet’s clinical notes will be available.

Home Visit:
Providing a home visit service is important to us, and where possible we will arrange a home visit when requested. However, unfortunately we cannot guarantee that a home visit will be possible at all times and requests for a home visit will be judged on a case by case basis. Whether we can provide a home visit will depend on the individual pet’s needs, the location and our staffing levels.

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03/01/2024

NEWS FLASH 💥

Our Liskeard Branch has now moved!!!

We are now at 6B Heathlands Industrial Estate
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Our opening hours are currently
Monday - Friday 9.30am to 1pm

You can still collect meds out of ours from our meds cupboard located to the right of the building

Please keep an eye on this page for further updates and also follow our new Castle Vets Liskeard page 💚

24/12/2023

The office is now closed until Wednesday 27th December….. There on call vets available on 01566 772371 if needed. Merry Christmas 🎄

22/12/2023

Medicine collection box @ Liskeard

Just to let you know we have now moved the med collection box to our new practice in Liskeard
📍Unit 6B, Heathlands Industrial Estate, PL14 4DH

21/12/2023

UPDATE ON LISKEARD MOVE:

We are nearing the time of moving our Farm practice from Miller Court to Heathlands Road, in Liskeard. Our telephone lines are in the process of being transferred to our Launceston branch whilst the move of the technology is being carried out.

Please can you ring 01566 772371 to place any Liskeard orders and to also confirm which address you need to collect your medications from.

Please follow our page for further updates.

We are sorry for any inconvenience in the short term.

Castle Vets Farm Team

12/12/2023

💚Farm Clients💚

Change is happening... Watch this space 🥳

12/12/2023

Some of our eagle-eyed clients may have noticed a mistake on our December farm newsletter. We would just like to confirm that our normal opening hours will resume on Tuesday 2nd January not Tuesday the 4th of January as previously written. We apologise for any confusion this may have caused. This post shows our full Christmas and New Year opening hours for Launceston and Liskeard.

03/12/2023

27/11/2023

Sarah had a very interesting day today out on farm 🩺🐄🐮

23/11/2023

A Great Evening hosting Landrake YFC ✨

18/11/2023

✨One of our vets Lucy is speaking at a MoleValley event held at Duchy College farm, all about combating calf pneumonia 🐮
⏰This free-of-charge event is on 30th of November, 11am-3pm.
👩🏼‍⚕️Lucy is focusing on pneumonia diagnostics and vaccines, with AHDB speaking about calf housing, and Chris from MoleValley feed solutions discussing nutrition.
🐄There will also be a tour of the farm’s calf housing facilities, trade stands and lunch.
Please ring 01566780261 to book your place, as MoleValley are coordinating 👍

03/11/2023

A new Branch of Castle Vets will be opening in Heathland Road, Liskeard soon! 😀😺🐶🎉

We will be open from Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 6pm with Pet Consultations available every weekday from 9am to 5.00pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 10am to 6.00pm Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that all surgical and investigative procedures or animals that need inpatient care will need to go to our main Launceston Practice at Pennygillam. We will, of course, provide 24-hour emergency cover for our customers and pets registered at Liskeard but it will be located at our Launceston branch in Pennygillam Way, where we have 24-hour nursing available for patients needing emergency treatment and can provide the best intensive care.

If you would like to register with us, please go on our website www.castleveterinarygroup.co.uk and complete the form.

Our Farm department will be continuing to offer our services to our Farmers in Liskeard, with the addition of you being able to collect meds during the improved longer hours, as above.
We will be sending updates to our farm clients in due course, but we will continue to still be operating out of Miller Court in the meantime.

We will provide more information in the weeks ahead and announce our opening date as soon as we can. Please spread the news!!

13/10/2023

🐄Join us for a Farm Walk on Wednesday 18th October at
📍Trenance Farm
Tideford
PL12 5JB
By kind permission from Katie and Kevin H***e.

Trenance Farm runs a grass based herd with a Bennamann Slurry system. The Methane is harvested and used to run farm machinery.

Becky from the Carbon Toolkit will also be in attendance.

Arrive at 10.45 am for a prompt 11am start

Lunch is kindly sponsored by Crediton Milling

Booking is essential, please contact Lesley Bennett on 07890001117

12/10/2023

✨ Great meeting with Business Information Point’s David and vet Lucy at Liskerret community centre last night! 🐂🐑🐄 Over 30 of our clients attended to learn more about navigating the move away from single farm payments. For news of more upcoming meetings and 1-2-1 free on farm support, visit businessinfopoint.co.uk/ffr

06/10/2023

Come and join our FARM RECEPTIONIST team !!!

We are looking for a full-time enthusiastic individual to join our Farm Department at our Mixed Veterinary practice in Launceston. You will join our team of 8 Farm Receptionists and help support our large team of Farm Veterinary Surgeons and Approved TB Testers.

The job role:
• 40 hours per week plus a share of the Saturday morning rota:
• The hours will range between 8.15am to 6pm, Monday - Friday and share of Saturdays: 8:30am – 12:30pm
• The role involves answering the phone, liaising with farmers and dispensing medications (full training will be given), assisting with various administration work, laboratory work and ensuring the equipment is cleaned and ready for use and medications are ready for dispensing and much more !!

The person specification:
The success candidate must have:
• A farming background or farming knowledge
• Minimum of 2 years Customer service/reception experience
• We are looking for a confident, friendly and outgoing personality to slot into our team
• Someone who has proven strong communication skills both in person and on the phone
• Attention to detail and an organised approach to work
• A positive ‘Can do’ attitude
• A full driving licence

Veterinary Practice experience or having worked in a similar role would be advantageous, as would familiarity of the local area


What we can offer YOU !!
• A fantastic and friendly working environment
• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Uniform provided
• Holiday 28 days including bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Auto-enrolment pension
• Staff discounts on services after successful probation
• Enhanced sick pay after successful probation
• Social events

TO APPLY: Please email your CV to our Practice Manager, [email protected]