Large Production Animal or Mixed Animal Veterinarian role with a difference at Keinzley AgVet
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Keinzley AgVet – Large Production Animal or Mixed Animal Veterinarian role with a difference
If you’re looking for a different and unique (yes – seriously unique!) opportunity to work Mixed Animal or Production Animal Veterinarian please keep reading.
At Keinzley AgVets you’ll work alongside supportive colleagues who’ve got your back. They’re professional men and women who’re proud of the part they play in making a difference in their clients’ lives and the local community.
What makes working as a Keinzley AgVet Veterinarian different
Here at VetStaff we’re proud to be partnering with the team at Keinzley AgVet in New Zealand’s Wairarapa Region of the North Island.
Let’s face it, just about every veterinary clinic in New Zealand states they’re the best or unique opportunity or great team. Because of this it’s sometimes difficult to be able to tell really great employers from mediocre ones to not-so-good ones.
Here at VetStaff if we say a clinic is a great clinic to work for, you’ll find that statement backed up with employee testimonials.
Keinzley AgVet is an Independently Owned and Operated (non corporate) Clinic
Keinzley AgVet is a small, family-based and progressive company located in the stunningly beautiful Wairarapa.
The practice includes a purpose built companion animal clinic in Masterton. There is a production animal clinic in Carterton. There is also a rural supplies business that services farmers across the Wairarapa region.
Let’s face it, you’ve got to be doing something right to stay in business for even a few years these days. Which means to still be in business 30 years later you’re doing a lot right!
Keinzley AgVet is proudly celebrating 30 years in business and is looking for another Production Animal (or Mixed Animal) Veterinarian to help support their business growth.
The Keinzley AgVet team is a family-oriented team spread across 3 purpose-built clinics within the Wairarapa area.
The business is growing and they need another Large or Mixed Animal Veterinarian to be part of the team.
Having been in business for 30 years already, this demonstrates they’re very much part of the local community.
Some of the kit you’ll be using:
- Digital X-ray unit
- Spotchem blood analyser
- Dental delivery system
- Microscopes
- Centrifuge
- Autoclave
- Isoflorane Anaesthetic units
- Basic orthopaedic surgery equipment
The Keinzley AgVet Team
The current Keinzley AgVet team consists of:
- five veterinarians + locums,
- 20 support staff, including
- technical farm advisors.
They’re proud of their friendly and rewarding team environment. Their people are very much the focus.
Leadership Team – Companion Animals
- Companion Animal Veterinarian with 22 years’ experience
- small animal medicine and
- small animal surgery
Leadership Team – Production Animals
- 17 years’ experience
- particular interest in dairy medicine.
Professional Development Opportunities at Keinzley AgVet
Because Keinzley AgVets is growing, you’ll have numerous opportunities to develop your areas of professional interest.
You’ll receive strong mentorship and support from veterinarians, farm advisors and the support staff.
Open learning and CPD development is actively encouraged and strongly supported . Examples include the Australia and New Zealand College of Veterinary Science exams or courses through Massey University.
Maybe you’d like to broaden your knowledge of whole farm systems (dairy, sheep, beef, deer)? You’d be supported to do that here.
Working at Keinzley AgVets you’ll be surrounded by professionals who’re keen to see you succeed and grow professionally.
Whole-Farm Systems Support
There are seven technical farm advisors who’ll work alongside your farmer clients providing whole-farm systems.
This support includes:
- pasture and crop advice,
- agronomy support and
- all aspects of farm supplies.
If you’re keen to build practical, hands-on knowledge of pastures, crops, nutrition and other farm level knowledge to expand your veterinary skills set – then this is the team that’ll make that happen for you.
The Ideal Keinzley AgVet Mixed or Production Animal Veterinarian
As a Keinzley AgVet Veterinarian, you’ll have (or aspire to have) mixed animal veterinary experience.
You’ll live, eat, breath, dream and get the biggest kick out of working with mixed and/or production animals. Mixed and Production Animals are 100% your happy place.
In an ideal world, you’ll also have:
- a strong focus on client relationships,
- be friendly and flexible and
- be able to fit into a team environment.
Experienced, new or recent grads – full or part time welcome
Seriously – the only prerequisite is that your passion is with Production or Large Animals.
This position would suit a new or recent grad who’s working more smallies than they’d like. At Keinzley AgVets you’ll be supported to progress your veterinary career down the large & production track you first dreamed about.
Because the team at Keinzley AgVet is supportive and lifestyle focussed, if you’d like to work part-time there’s a place for you here as well.
About You:
- You are either a mixed or production animal vet
- Any level of experience welcome to apply
- Full or part time available
- CPD is strongly supported with the opportunity to gain further expertise if you have a particular area of interest
- On call / after-hours roster is 1 in 4
The Team:
- There are already 5 Vets and 20 support staff
- Some of the Vets have over 20 years’ experience to mentor and support you
- Family focused and supportive team environment
On Offer:
- Great salary package above the national average
- Full use of vehicle
- Laptop, phone and all clinical equipment
What the team has to say about working at Keinzley AgVet
Gary Herrick – Technical Adviser – Keinzley AgVet
When I joined Keinzley Agvet 15 years ago I didn’t realise what was going to happen.
I was a well respected person in the ag industry but things were about to change.
The team I joined are an incredible bunch that has got a lot of experience, knowledge and respect in the rural industry.
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, well this old dog certainly learnt some new tricks.
We all feed off each other’s expertise and there’s such an atmosphere of enthusiasm in the whole team and everyone has each other’s back.
A few years after I started it was decided we needed to set up a large animal vet business. This was partly to give us more integrity to sell some of the product range we had access to. In addition though, a large majority of our clients felt like there was a real need for it in the Wairarapa.
Shortly after this a hi-tech small animal clinic was established as well.
Keinzley AgVet has become the only rural business in Australasia offering a full vet business and a team of highly skilled agronomists supported by a full farm merchandise business.
We’re proud of everything we achieve and get very good support from the Wairarapa farming community.
It’s a very good place to work!
Jacques Van Zyl – Senior Companion Animal Veterinarian
I’ve lived and worked in the Wairarapa for the last 21 years since immigrating to New Zealand.
We chose this rural location for the beautiful surroundings, good schools, beaches and proximity to Wellington.
Coming from a rural practice it was easy to adjust and slot in with New Zealand veterinary life.
People are friendly and helpful and settling in was easy.
My family and I enjoy the lifestyle that this area has to offer especially the outdoor activities.
If you enjoy rural life, but still like to be in touch with the city, I would highly recommend this part of the country for work and recreation.
Wairarapa – located on the south east coast of New Zealand’s North Island
(/ˌwaɪrəˈræpə/; Māori pronunciation: [ˈwaiɾaɾapa]), is a geographical region of New Zealand, which lies in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke’s Bay Region.
By world standards, it’s lightly populated, having several rural service towns, with Masterton being the largest.
The region is named after its largest lake, Lake Wairarapa.
The Wairarapa has a population of just under 50,000.
Wairarapa is shaped like a rectangle, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) long (from Palliser Bay north to Woodville) and 65 kilometres (40 miles) wide (from the Tararua Range east to the coast).
The Ngāti Kahungunu tribe’s boundary for the region is similar. Their tribal area begins at Pōrangahau and ends at Turakirae.
It’s the southernmost of their three rohe (homelands) running down the eastern North Island from Wairoa.
For the Rangitāne tribe, Wairarapa is part of a wider homeland that includes Manawatu and Horowhenua.
The north–south divide was reinforced in 1989, when local authority boundaries changed.
The new Tararua District Council covers northern Wairarapa and southern Hawke’s Bay.
Central and southern Wairarapa was divided into three district councils: Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa.
South Wairarapa District Council, based in Martinborough, is the local government authority for areas south of Carterton, encompassing the towns of Greytown, Featherston and Martinborough and the rural areas down to the Hutt.
It is separated from Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt cities by the Rimutaka Ranges.
Carterton District Council based in Carterton is the fastest growing area in New Zealand and the Masterton District Council covers areas up to the Tararua District.
In terms of national politics, after the proportional representation electoral system was introduced in 1996, the Wairarapa electorate expanded to include southern Hawke’s Bay.
The area from Mount Bruce north, extending through Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Woodville, Dannevirke, to just north of Norsewood is part of the Tararua District and is in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, because it is in the catchment of the headwaters of the Manawatu River.
The river runs westward between the two mountain ranges (Tararua Range to the south and Ruahine Range to the north) via the Manawatu Gorge, to pass through Palmerston North and reach the west coast of the North Island.
The east coast contains settlements such as Tinui, Castlepoint, and Riversdale Beach, while the main southern rivers drain through or past Lake Wairarapa to discharge into Palliser Bay east of Cook Strait.
For more information on the Wairarapa
NZ Department of Conservation – places to visit in the Wairarapa
Contact Julie South of VetStaff
For a 100% confidential exploratory chat contact Julie South whichever way works best for you:
Call Toll Free – from within New Zealand – 0800 483 869
WhatsApp – between 08:00 – 19:00 NZ – +6427 282 4155
Email – julie@vetstaff.co.nz
Interested? Let’s chat
For a 100% confidential exploratory chat contact Julie South whichever way works best for you:
Call Toll Free – from within New Zealand – 0800 483 869
WhatsApp – between 08:00 – 19:00 NZ – +6427 282 4155
Email – julie@vetstaff.co.nz