Penbode Pet Veterinary Surgeons

25/12/2025

🎄🎁 From our furry families to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

18/12/2025

This lovely older lady is currently with us at Stratton. Not microchipped. She was found on primrose road. If you own her or know who does please contact us.

17/12/2025

💊 Please make a note of our opening hours over the festive period, and check that you have enough of your pet's medication so you don't run out. Remember that we need 24 hours' notice to fulfil repeat prescription requests💊

🎄🎅Happy Holidays!🎅🎄

16/12/2025

We have sadly had a deceased cat brought in to our stratton branch. Female, young, all black and not microchipped. Found near Kilkhampton. Please call 01288359500 if you recognise the description.

16/12/2025

Penbode Pet Vets has just attained our Zero Pain Philosophy accreditation!

This accreditation recognises our Team’s passionate care and diligence to provide and deliver exceptional pain management and care to our patients; from those coming in to us for surgical procedures, those hospitalised when they are unwell, and for those who have long term chronic pain conditions that needs ongoing management.

The assessment for accreditation centres around providing evidence of optimal pain relieving methods and techniques; the aim of Zero Pain Philosophy is to work towards ensuring no veterinary patient suffers unnecessary pain.

Our whole team continue to educate themselves in best analgesic practice and are committed to providing the very best care to each and every patient, as an individual. We ‘think outside the box’ and can offer additional techniques and modalities to our patients, including local nerve blocks, analgesic infusions, acupuncture, physiotherapy. Further, we routinely use acute and chronic pain scoring techniques, to record and ensure ongoing comfort, intervening with additional measures where appropriate.

Alongside our passionate, experienced vet and nursing team who all have individual additional areas of interest, such as exotics, medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, complementary therapies, behaviour medicine, anaesthesia and critical care, dedicated Pain Clinics are run by Dave Tittle. His particular interests lie in anaesthesia, acute and chronic pain management. He is passionate about pain relief in animals – both in the time around a trauma or surgical procedure, and also in those animals suffering from chronic pain states and has taken a lead in ensuring we provide optimal pain management to our cases.

For us, pain is a priority and pain education for our team is a key focus for us. We look for pain in our patients, and we provide effective solutions to ensure comfort.

15/12/2025

Safe Disposal of Veterinary Medicines

To protect your pets, family, and the environment, please do not throw unused or expired medications in the bin or down the drain.

Any unused or expired veterinary medicines can be returned to Penbode Pet Vets. We will then dispose of them safely and responsibly at no cost to you.

If you're unsure about what to do, please don't hesitate to ask a member of our team.

Thank you for helping us keep our community and environment safe!

09/12/2025

08/12/2025

🌟 RVN Maternity Cover | Flexible Contract & Supportive Team

We are seeking Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) to join our friendly small animal team on fixed-term maternity cover contracts. This is a brilliant opportunity to work across beautiful North Cornwall/Devon with a highly supportive team and great flexibility.

Start Dates: January 2026
Contract 10 months
Hours per Week 4-5 Day Week 31-38 hours

We are happy to be flexible with the distribution of the 4 and 5-day work weeks, so we highly encourage interested applicants to contact us to discuss the pattern that best suits you!

Primary Locations: Cover will be mainly between our Holsworthy and Camelford branches, but coverage at any one of our four branches may be required.

⚠️ MANDATORY REQUIREMENT: Due to the need to cover all branches and drive the pets ambulance, own transport and a manual driving licence are essential for this role.
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Duty Clarity: Routine, Nurse Clinics & Emergency Skills

These roles offer a varied and engaging workload, split between our local clinics and the main hospital.

Holsworthy & Camelford (Weekdays): These are first-opinion branches with a relaxed pace where you will conduct routine operations, nurse clinics, general patient preparation, and vet support.

Stratton (OOH & Weekends): This is where the higher complexity is managed. You will cover a share of weekend and out-of-hours (OOH) duties here, where the focus is on inpatient care, emergency work, and more complex surgical procedures. You will utilise your full clinical and emergency skills during these shifts.
OOH Pay: OOH shifts are paid at an enhanced rate (time and a half for night shifts)
Bank Holidays: A share of bank holidays is required as part of the OOH rota.
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Team Excellence
We have an experienced team of Vets and Nurses who love to share and learn from others, creating a positive and collaborative environment.
We are lucky to have a wealth of in-house knowledge, including Vets with certificate-level expertise in Ophthalmology, Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Exotics, Medicine, Behaviour, and vets working towards Dermatology and Dentistry.

As part of the wider VetPartners family, we are proud to offer an enhanced benefits package (all annual entitlements are calculated pro rata for fixed-term contracts less than 12 months):

Investment in You Detail
Salary up to £30,957 (38-hour week)
Holiday: 6 weeks' holiday (pro rata, includes bank holidays)
CPD Budget: £600 annual budget
RCVS fees paid
Health & Wellbeing Healthshield cash-back plan and access to VetPartners' Enhanced Wellness Programmes
Staff discount scheme

Other VetPartners Benefits
Access to VetPartners' wider range of benefits (details available upon inquiry)

Interested in Joining Us?
If you are an RVN seeking a flexible contract where you can balance a great routine clinical role with valuable emergency experience, we would love to hear from you. Call us for an informal chat or email our nurse manager [email protected] to discuss the contract that works for you.

👉 To find out more about our culture, locations, and facilities, please take a look at our website! www.penbodevets.co.uk

27/11/2025

🎄As our cupboards start getting stocked with our favourite festive treats, remember that many of these goodies can be toxic to our pets.⚠️

🍫Mince pies, Christmas pudding and chocolate, among others, can all pose a risk to our pets if ingested.

Be sure to keep these foods out of reach, and if you suspect that your pet may have eaten something they shouldn't, then get in touch straight away for advice.📞

15/11/2025

Unfortunately we have had a deceased entire male black cat handed into us at the practice. Unfortunately no microchip to reunite him with his owner 😞 He was found in the maramchurch area.
If he is yours or you know who he may belong too please contact us

14/11/2025

*Our phone lines and electric at our Stratton branch is down*
Please bear with us whilst we get this sorted.
In the event of an emergency please just head straight into our branch.