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Veterinary employment contracts

Contracts written for the people who actually work in a practice.

Drafting and review of employment contracts and HR documentation for UK veterinary roles: vets, RVNs, receptionists, practice managers, and casual or freelance arrangements. Role-appropriate terms, plain English, no recycled office template.

Role by role, not one template Fixed quotes, in writing Plain English, not legalese
A veterinary clinician reading through paperwork in a clinic
RVN contract drafted
OOH terms written down
Holiday accrual: handled
01Coverage

Every role in the building, including the complicated ones.

Vets
The clinical core.

Clinical responsibilities, out-of-hours expectations, CPD, notice periods that reflect how hard cover is to find.

Drafted or reviewed

RVNs and nursing team

Registered status, Schedule 3 boundaries reflected sensibly, shift patterns and on-call terms written down properly.

Receptionists and support staff

Part-time and weekend patterns, overtime expectations, and clarity that prevents small misunderstandings becoming disputes.

Practice managers

A role that touches money, people and medicines deserves better than a generic manager template. Authority and accountability spelled out.

Casual and bank staff

Arrangements that reflect how casual work really runs in practice, with holiday accrual handled correctly from the start.

Freelance vet arrangements

Honest about status, scope and expectations.

Engagement terms for freelance cover that are honest about status, scope and expectations on both sides.

02Review or draft

Two ways in, depending on what you have.

Turnaround is agreed when we quote and honoured. If your need is urgent, a new starter on Monday, say so and we will tell you honestly whether it can be done well in time.

CONTRACT REVIEW
Findings, role by rolePrices the fix
Holds upNeeds attentionMissing
CONTRACT DRAFTING
Drafted to your practiceQuoted first
Your rotaYour brandingYour policies
03What good looks like
The standard we work to

You should recognise your practice in the paperwork.

  • Terms that match your real rota, OOH and overtime practice
  • Holiday and accrual wording that the holiday system can calculate without interpretation
  • Plain English a new RVN can read and understand unaided
  • Consistency across roles, so no one discovers a colleague has quietly better terms
  • Documents versioned and ready for the policy library
Where we stand legally

HR consultancy, not a solicitors' practice.

Vet HR provides HR consultancy and documentation support. We are not a solicitors' practice and do not provide regulated legal advice. Where a matter needs a solicitor, such as litigation or a settlement agreement, we say so plainly and help you brief one well.

One contract or the whole building

Start with one role. Widen the work when it suits you.

Many practices start with a single new hire, then bring the rest of the team into line role by role. Fixed quotes per document or per suite, in writing before any work starts.

04Questions

Contracts FAQs

Our contracts are years old. Review or rewrite?

A review first. It is cheaper, it tells you exactly what is wrong, and sometimes parts of what you have are perfectly sound. The review report prices the rewrite precisely, so you never pay for drafting you did not need.

Can you do a single contract for one new hire?

Yes. One role, one document, fixed quote. Many practices start exactly this way and widen the work later.

How do you handle freelance vet arrangements?

Carefully and honestly. Engagement status depends on how the relationship really operates, not just what the paper says, so we document the arrangement you actually run and flag anything that needs a specialist's eye.

What does it cost?

Fixed quotes per document or per suite, in writing before work starts. Reviews are quoted separately from drafting, so the steps stay optional.

A golden retriever puppy looking up in warm light

Get the paperwork right once, and stop worrying about it.

A contracts quote starts with a quick conversation about your roles. Plain English, fixed price, no obligation.