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Needham Market Veterinary Centre
Welcome to Needham Market Veterinary Centre — an independently owned, purpose-built veterinary practice serving Needham Market, Stowmarket, Claydon, Ipswich, and the surrounding Suffolk area. Founded by vets Jenny and Carly, our clinic offers free on-site parking and modern facilities designed with your pet’s comfort and wellbeing in mind.
Our pets are family too. That’s why our experienced, friendly team provides personalised veterinary care, working closely with you to do what’s best for your pet — whether it’s routine preventative care or support through more complex health needs.
Monday – Friday
8AM – 7PM
Primary Care
From a routine nail clip, to a full surgical consultation, our highly trained veterinary team are here to work with you to provide the best care for your pet. All consults are a minimum of 20 minutes, so you won’t be rushed.
Surgical Services
From routine surgeries such as spaying and neutering to advanced orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeries. Our skilled team uses state-of-the-art equipment, ensuring many treatments are available in-house, reducing the need to travel to specialist centres.
Veterinary Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is an essential part of rehabilitation following injury or surgery. As we incorporate physiotherapy into all orthopaedic patients’ recoveries. Contact us to discuss how physiotherapy can benefit your pet.
Nurse Clinics
Our veterinary nurse clinics offer a range of services, including weight management, dietary advice, senior pet care, dental checks, parasite control, and behavioral support. Our experienced nursing team is dedicated to improving the well-being and quality of life of your pets.
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Our Facilities
We have free onsite parking and purpose built, top spec facilities that have been built with your pet’s comfort in mind.
24/7 Out of Hours Service
Emergencies during working hours are always seen at Needham Market, while our sister site, Bury St Edmunds Veterinary Centre, handles out-of-hours care.
Book Online
Book an appointment with one of our vets or nurses. In an emergency, please phone the practice directly.
Click and Collect
Order your repeat prescriptions here. Please allow 48 hours for collection.
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Do all pets develop super hearing when the treat bag is opened, or the cheese comes out of the fridge? My terrier certainly seems to... or perhaps she's selectively deaf the rest of the time!
We make very generous use of all sorts of treats at Needham Vets. Even some of our most nervous patients can be won over or distracted by something tasty, allowing us to use compassionate, gentle handling.
Evie and Lyla are behind the reception desk, showing us how it's done.
Mud season is nearly back! But we are all enjoying the last few days of summer before declaring it sweater season!
No matter what mischief you pet manages to make this weekend, our team at Bury are ready and waiting to handle all! This weekend featuring our very own vet Nat. We are here for you 24/7, whatever the weather!
🐕 We have a very rare vacancy for an RVN. At either Bury or Needham, Suffolk 🐈⬛
🐾 Independent practice
🐾 £28-35k DOE
🐾 38h FT 4day week, or PT minimum 24h
🐾Uncapped CPD, RCVS fees, pension, BUPA cashplan and wellbeing initiatives
🐾 1 in 8 weekends
It is not a very common occurrence that I get to write a job advert for an RVN as we have an incredibly low turnover of staff in the nursing team and as such positions are seldom available. However, we have a vacancy due to internal promotion and one of our nurses dropping some hours to pursue her side-passion of teaching, so we are looking forward to welcoming a new face to the team. Due to the flexibility we have within the team this could either be at our Bury St Edmunds hospital, or potentially at Needham Market due to the growth and expansion we have had there.
A little about us, and what makes us a bit unusual… We are not only independent, we are fiercely so. We aren’t going to sell out. We have a super team that has grown organically to a powerhouse of over 50 across the 2 practices, they are the most talented and caring individuals I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and working alongside. The nursing team is, in particular, something to behold. Their strength, depth, positivity and levels of care are genuinely spectacular. We have cert holders in ECC, exotics and imaging and soon to be medicine, dentistry and anaesthesia within the RVN team. We have people who lecture at BVNA and we have ex-BVNA council members. They are efficient and diligent and keep us vets on track in a fabulous way
We have a motto of "do great work, with great people, for great people" and we sincerely care about our team. We look after people under our roof and offer unlimited CPD, BUPA cash plan, certificates encouraged, monthly counselling sessions, 4 day week (+ time back for working a weekend), excellent clinical standards, and the best clients you could wish for. Our nurses NURSE, there is no reception duties, we have a great team of ANA's who support the RVN team, and 2 awesome SVNs.
Our RVN's have a friendly rota of 38 hrs a week over 4 days, with a mix of early's, late's, long and short days at Bury. Needham is just short and long days. There is a share of OOH available to people who want it, and it comes with an extra financial bonus and an additional bonus system for additional money or time off, but we have so many people currently clambering for shifts OOH, it is not an absolute deal breaker for this particular hire. Fair share of weekends is needed, but it works out as half a weekend (days or nights) every 8 weeks ish. Plus, our OOH is only for our clients, so pretty comfortable and means you can deliver the best possible care. I appreciate this sounds quite complex, but we have the luxury of being able to offer a rather large degree of flexibility with this role, so please just get in touch if you would like more information!
Essentially, we are looking for a qualified RVN, who has a real "can do" attitude, is a team player, and has the same goals of fixing pets to the best of their ability alongside a great team. Everything else is a bonus. We are keen to find the right fit for our team rather than a fit for prescribed hours.
If you are interested, please contact us (Jenny & Carly) at Directors@buryvets.co.uk with your CV and cover letter and we can take it from there. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Visit our websites www.burystedmundsveterinarycentre.co.uk and www.nmvets.co.uk to find out more about us.
Separate dog and cat waiting areas
cat only consultation room
reactive dog waiting area
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Phone
01449 797 111
(+44) 7897 015 006
Open Hours
Monday - Friday:
8am - 7pm
Address
King William Street
Needham Market
IP6 8AE
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