Armidale Stud is seeking a new veterinarian to expand their veterinary services.

With a growing caseload within the stud, surrounding thoroughbred stables, and race day responsibilities, Armidale Stud is hoping to attract the right candidate to join a close-knit team.

Armidale Stud has been in operation since 1964, sustainably farming 1000 acres for 4 generations. This family-operated stud prides itself on being Tasmania’s largest and leading Thoroughbred stud. Serving 3 residential stallions and foaling down 100 foals down each year. These foals are grown out on fertile pastures and evidence-based balanced diets to feature in both local and intrastate sales.

Armidale stud also offers racehorse spelling facilities, thus often providing care to over 300 horses on farm.

Furthermore, our current residential vet Dr. Isabel Collier, also provides veterinary services to several thoroughbred trainers and performs official race day duties at Launceston and Longford racetracks. This allows for a large variety of work and the fulling experience of seeing foals born, prepped as yearlings and then follow the horses into their racing careers.
Armidale Stud is located in Carrick, Tasmania, a short 15 minute drive to Launceston. North Tasmania offers world-class wineries, restaurants, beaches and hiking trails. With a temperate climate and beautiful landscapes, it offers a standard of living, few places can compete with.

Role responsibilities:

• On stud management of the health and welfare of foals, weanlings, yearlings, mares, stallion and spelling racehorses.
• Shared responsibility for reproductive scanning, a great opportunity to grow experience and skillset for a recent graduate.
• Shared on-call for foaling, neonatal and mare post-foaling complications.
• Shared on-call for emergencies on farm and on selected thoroughbred racing stables, with back- up if required.
• Yearling pre-sale examinations, including radiography and respiratory endoscopy.
• Race day duties at local race tracks.
• Racehorse lameness and poor performance work ups with rehabilitation management.
• Current caseload is entirely within the Thoroughbred population, but for the right candidate, expanding into other areas of equine practice could be discussed.

Candidate Qualities:

• Degree in Veterinary Science/Medicine that allows full qualification to work in Tasmania, Australia
• Minimum 1 year equine experience or 2 years mixed experience
• Driver’s license
• Able to work independently with good time management
• Leadership and collaboration within the highly experience and skilled stud team
• Strong interest in stud medicine and TB racing preferred.
• Drive to provide high standard, evidence-based veterinary care.

Offer:

• Competitive salary based on experience with superannuation contributions
• Mentorship from experience veterinarian if needed.
• Clinical freedom to work with professional-only horse clients, reducing unnecessary phone calls and call outs.
• High quality diagnostic equipment available, including digital radiography, video endoscopy, ultrasound and power dental float.
• Flexible hours April-July, including a 4-day week if wanted.
• For the right, more experienced candidate, this can be a part-time position with child-friendly hours.
• Vehicle and phone included. Accommodation can be provided.
• Support of professional team including with procedures, administrative duties and record keeping
• 4 weeks annual leave
• 1 week CPD leave with $1500 contribution towards CE expenses

For any enquiries or to apply for position, please contact isabel@armidalestud.com.au  with cover letter and CV.

See our website: https://armidalestud.com.au/