Our Director, Jonathan, will be running the Monmouthshire 10k on the 29th January. This will be another charity run for the Learning Disability charity Mencap:. https://www.mencap.org.uk/

We are very pleased to announce that Joel Thompson has been promoted to Associate Director this month. Joel has been with the firm since 2015 and has consistently demonstrated his skill and passion for Veterinary Recruitment covering Veterinary jobs in the North Home counties. As well as managing our Bristol office, Joel strives to be a consistent resource of high quality Veterinary Staff to the practices he works alongside. And a reliable professional recruiter to the staff he finds work for. He will continue to run his own desk supplying locum vet surgeons and veterinary nurses/ reception staff.

In September, our 2 Directors will be running the Bath Marathon to raise money for the Veterinary Health Charity Vetlife to help support veterinarian struggling with their mental health.  https://www.vetlife.org.uk/. We are passionate about wellbeing and positive mental health and are looking forward to doing our bit to help such an important service to the veterinary profession. If only there was one for Recruitment!

The requirement for Locum Vet jobs since the UK left the EU on the 1st January 2021 has exploded. A large percentage of the global veterinary contingent was already strained due to Covid making locums return home. Mainly to be with family and friends, or for fear of getting ill while living in temporary practice accommodation.

Since the UK left the EU on the 1st January 2021 if you’re coming to work in the UK as a Veterinary Surgeon or Veterinary nurse need to get a Frontier Worker permit:  See our blog post on the increase of locum Vet jobs available here https://www.glvets.com/locum-vet-jobs-in-the-uk-since-brexit/. You may be eligible if all of the following apply:

Part 2: Further to our original post in December last year on umbrella companies for locum veterinary staff (https://www.glvets.com/lets-talk-about-umbrella-companies/) we had requests from readers looking for additional information. We listened and we will be filling any blanks from the last one. First up is an important one for all locum staff- veterinary surgeons particularly. Are you insured when working through an umbrella company?  We always advocate ‘professional’ locums (i.e. full time locums) to register with the VDS annually – https://www.glvets.com/what-is-vds-cover/ Dec ember 2020 blog.  The answer depends on which umbrella company you locum through. We mainly work with I4 Group and Churchill Knight.

If you’re a final year Vet nurse or Vet surgeon qualifying soon and looking for information on locuming as a vet, read on:. Firstly, this is meant as a basic guide for those that have no prior experience as a locum vet or locum vet nurse. We will be covering the basic principles here, so if you’re already a locum you will already know. Skip to another more relevant blog article

GLG Recruitment have extensive experience recruiting for global veterinary jobs:. With the veterinary profession covering all corners of the globe we are finding more and more people are working abroad. Of course veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses are no different. There has always been a strong migration between the UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.  We are all English speaking countries and there are similar practice standards or education and practice.

You may be aware of the changes to the Off-Payroll Regulations, known as IR35, that come into effect in April 2021. The changes will have a significant impact on the way in which locums and contractors are paid and taxed. From April 6th 2021 HMRC is changing the off-payroll rules (IR35) if you are a client receiving services from a worker through their intermediary. For example, locums working through their own Ltd Companies or PSC’s.

If you qualified from the following regions you can easily register with the RCVS. If your country of qualification is not listed above you will need to sit the Statutory Membership Examination in order to qualify.