Senior Bovine Veterinarian (m/f/d)

Our client is a young, owner-managed mixed practice in the most beautiful part of the Black Forest. The core competencies of the traditional farm veterinarians employed there lie in the individual animal care of dairy cows. Prophylaxis and therapy are closely interlinked here and are rounded off by surgical services, teat endoscopy and emergency care. Many of the animals are kept in modern barns with an average of 100 cows at an altitude of 700 and 1200 meters.
The professionally organized veterinary team enables 24/7 care of the cows through an employee-friendly emergency service system. The usual working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the latest, without a long midday break. Ten to 15 farms are visited each day. A large proportion of the visits can be planned in advance.

To strengthen the existing team and to relieve the practice owner, we are looking as soon as possible for a: Senior Bovine Veterinarian (m/f/d)

• As part of a strong team of 10 people, including six veterinarians, you will be exclusively responsible for the care of dairy farms within a radius of up to 70 km around the practice.
• As the representative of the practice manager, you will be responsible for the technical and organizational management of the vet team, including quality assurance.
• You will have an overall view of clients, tours, and pharmacy inventory, and you will plan all tours with efficiency and cost-effectiveness in mind.
• You will be the contact person for the veterinary authorities.
• Your own day-to-day work includes all aspects of udder, hoof and calf health, and increasingly, nutrition, fertility, herd management and surgery.
• You will carry out diagnostics with a mobile laboratory and if necessary, with external labs/institutes and discuss the results with the clients.
• You will pay special attention to consistent and complete documentation of your activities and medication administration.
• Optionally, you will perform meat inspections in local butcher shops once or twice a month.
• You are regularly available for on-call duties one night a week and every fourth weekend. Once a month you will also be available for backup on the weekend.

• Your supervisor is the owner of the practice.

• You are more of a "country bumpkin" than a "big city cowboy" and have a veterinary medicine degree and a license to practice veterinary medicine in Germany (or you are in the process of achieving one). Your veterinary heart beats for calves and cows.
• You have several years of work experience in a farm animal practice or at a university or similar institution.
• Ideally, but not mandatory, you are a certified veterinary specialist in cattle, reproduction, or animal nutrition, or have a comparable additional qualification.
• You will keep your knowledge up to date and share it with your colleagues.
• You are able to carry out pregnancy examinations, common surgeries and surgical procedures (c-section, abomasal displacement, hoof/tail amputation...) independently and routinely.
• You have good organizational skills that you can use both independently and for the team management.
• You combine veterinary expertise with the ability to motivate and empower employees to achieve their own success.
• Your particular strengths include communicating and advising professional agricultural customers.

• A good knowledge of German and a driver's license are part of your "basic equipment".

This is where the dreams of the rural practitioner come true: A solid job awaits you in the established cattle department of a friendly mixed practice with a family atmosphere and well-regulated work processes. Reliable, predictable working hours and mostly well-behaved, loyal clients allow a good balance between work, leisure and family life. The charming location of the workplace in a landscape favored by tourists is just as attractive for (winter) sports families with children as it is for individualists: lush nature, many animals, sociable people in active club and village communities, good opportunities for private livestock ownership, as well as an excellent infrastructure, including S-Bahn connections, surrounded by several medium-sized towns.

Thanks to the well-equipped practice and the mobile laboratory, you will be able to implement therapies quickly and effectively and offer farm animal medicine at a high level. Your continuing professional education trainings will be supported financially. The growth expertise areas of the practice in nutritional advising and herd management are waiting for your commitment!

The veterinary consultant Daria Kushnir-Walleitner & Dr. med. vet. Felix von Hardenberg and their team will be happy to make initial contact with you at +49 8178 9986410.

Please send your application documents (CV, salary expectations and earliest possible starting date) by e-mail to bewerbung@hardenberg-consulting.com, quoting the reference number 2484011.

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