Scarsdale Farm Vets

10/10/2025

08/10/2025

Acorn poisoning alert!

Acorn poisoning occurs when cattle and sheep ingest significant amounts of acorns, oak leaves, or branches, which contain toxic tannins that cause kidney damage and failure.

Clinical signs can be seen 3-7 days after ingestion of green acorns.

Symptoms include a lack of appetite, depression, constipation, black tarry diarrhoea, dehydration, blood in urine, excessive drinking and abdominal pain.

The most effective prevention is to fence off oak trees and remove livestock from affected pastures, as supportive treatment for poisoned animals is difficult and often unsuccessful, with death occurring in a high percentage of cases.

08/10/2025

FARM AND EQUINE CLIENT SOCIAL EVENING

An evening for our farm and equine clients to catch up with our team and fellow clients.
Kindly sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim with information points on
-Bluetongue on farm
-Equine cushing disease (PPID)

Hog roast (vegetarian option available on request) and drinks

Wednesday 12th November 2025
7:00pm
Scarsdale Vets, Markeaton, DE22 4NH

This evening is FREE but booking is essential for catering requirements.
01332 294929

05/10/2025

There are still some places available for the Rabi Quiz night!

Come and join in the fun
£10 per person including quiz and a pie and pea supper.
Raffle on the night

Pride Veterinary Centre
Thursday 16th October 2025
7pm

Call 01332 294929 to book your place

03/10/2025

"Neonatal scours and the importance of transition milk"
Beef suckler and Dairy farmers FREE on farm meeting

15th October 2025
3pm for 3.30pm start

Kindly hosted by the Woodings family
📍Grange Farm,
St Marys Lane
Coalville
LE67 3HS

Join us for an on farm meeting with a tour of a well-managed beef farm with food and presentation after at the local rugby club

Free to attend but booking is required to reserve your space
☎️01332 294929

02/10/2025

TB Tester/ATT

We are looking for a new person to join our practice as an ATT.

The team is currently composed of 8 Vets and 2 ATT’s/Vet Techs. We are lucky to have a supportive and caring team that go the extra mile to make colleagues feel at home.

Our work covers a good mix of dairy, beef and sheep farms, camelids and smallholdings. At Scarsdale, staff training and development is highly encouraged. We are a teaching practice for final year vet students from Nottingham Vet School, and so part of the role will involve teaching.

We have a friendly and experienced team priding ourselves on delivering a high standard of care with professionalism. You will join the team as a valued member, to fill a vacancy and help meet the increasing demand for our services.

The ideal candidate will have experience delivering services on farm. Formal training will be provided and funded if necessary. Once trained, you will be responsible for performing TB testing, submitting tests and maintaining all required equipment. When not on farm you will be in the office getting involved in all aspects of running the practice, including organising the vet diaries, taking drug orders and booking tests, and you will develop responsibilities for our audits required for us to deliver these services.

This is a permanent position with an excellent salary which will be dependent upon experience.

Required for the role:

· A full driving license, as driving to and from farms is essential to the role
· 3 GCSEs or equivalent, to include English, Maths and Science
· At least 6 months’ cattle handling experience
· Good communication and IT skills

Would be good to have:
· OCQ(AHP) – ATT (Approved Tuberculin Tester)

You will also need to be 18 years of age or over at the time that you start the position, in line with the government requirements for TB testers.

The successful applicant will demonstrate a confident, positive attitude, have a keen eye for detail alongside empathy for the stress that TB testing places on clients, and discretion to maintain our strong client-focused relations. Knowledge and understanding of the current and ongoing fight to eradicate TB would be advantageous.

Working hours:

TB testing Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday – hours can be discussed and we can be flexible for the right candidate at 32-40 hours per week.

You will need to work flexibly, with some early starts, followed by early finishes once all test paperwork has been submitted.

In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:

· 6.6 weeks annual leave
· Additional annual leave for your birthday which will be added to your holiday allowance
· Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption/ shared parental and surrogacy pay
· Cycle to work scheme
· Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
· Non-accidental injury support
· Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
· Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
· Pension scheme
· Discounted staff pet care

Animals treated: Farm animals

Please submit CV's to:
[email protected]
closing date: 01.11.2025.

02/10/2025

Role Title: Client Care Advisor Farm and Equine

Markeaton

Full Time

We are looking for a positive and approachable individual who has a genuine passion for providing outstanding client care and client experience. No two days are the same in this role, so if you are looking for a challenge and the ability to make a difference, please read on! An interest or background in the farm and equine industry would be advantageous, but a positive attitude is essential.

Overview
Our outstanding Client Care team are there for our clients, answering the phone, welcoming them into the practice and ensuring they are looked after and have everything they need every step of the way. They are a professional, friendly and dedicated team, and often the first contact with our clients so are vital to our business.

The team

You will be working amongst a team of highly skilled Client Care Advisors that are trained to give clients and their animals the best possible experience. The team are passionate animal lovers, who always go over and above to make the client journey seamless.
Being at the heart of the business, the Client Care Advisors are there to not only facilitate and support the clients and the animals, but also to support the vets and nurses and other teams within the
business. So, having natural team player qualities is essential and you will most definitely get out of it what you put in. The team are bonded closely and are always there to help each other out through highs and lows.

The role
Main Duties will include:

· Carry out general reception and administration duties to include welcoming and assisting

clients, answering the telephone and dealing with queries, from our farm and equine clients

· Taking payment and cash handling

· Actively promote the services that we offer

· Ensure the reception and waiting areas are kept clean, tidy and welcoming.

The hours of work are 40.00 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30 pm. You will also be included in the Saturday morning (8.30 am to 12.30pm) rota. (The Saturday hours could potentially be offset to your Monday to Friday hours.) As a team, we take part in various activities such as client evenings, county shows and charity events and everyone is encouraged to play an active role. We offer a friendly working environment, 5 weeks holiday rising to 6 weeks with service, plus statutory holidays, an animal benefit scheme and of course the opportunity to join The Scarsdale Team!

Required skills and experience

Team player

Love of animals

Enjoy a client facing role

Would be good to have

Background in farm and/or equine industry

Experience in Microsoft Excel/Word

Problem solving skills

Reception or client care experience (could suit the right candidate with client facing hospitality experience)

Perks and Benefits

Birthday off work

Death in service cover

Discount staff pet scheme

Benefit and Reward scheme with exclusive discounts

Generous holiday allowance

Please send your C.V and covering letter to [email protected]

Closing Date 15th October 2025.
Start Date to be agreed with successful applicant.

21/09/2025

Derbyshire rural chaplaincy invite you to their Derbyshire Farmers' Harvest Supper

Thursday 9th October 2025
7.00pm

Pie and peas with harvest hymns
£15 per person

To book, 07593 380311 or email [email protected]

20/09/2025

More Bluetongue myth busting!!

If you have any further questions regarding Bluetongue or vaccinating against Bluetongue, give the practice a call 01332 294929

19/09/2025

A few weeks ago, Senior Vet Pablo and Nottingham resident, Mascha, performed a calf hernia repair surgery with general anaesthesia.

18/09/2025

More Bluetongue myth busting!!!