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Small Animal Vet, Swansea

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Swansea, Swansea (Abertawe)
Salary
Attractive salary and benefits package
Closing date
28 Sep 2020

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Category
Companion / Small animal
Sector
Practice
Role
Veterinary Surgeon
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time

Job Details

We are looking for a dynamic and friendly small animal vet to join us here at Tawe and Campbells vets in Swansea. Why us? Well…

We are within 15 mins of the fantastic Gower peninsula; the UK's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; offering amazing surfing, mountain biking and dog walking (and ice cream). Swansea is a lively community with plenty of bars, restaurants and live music venues.

Working within our busy practices will offer you a wide and varied caseload with plenty of opportunity for surgery, work up your medical cases and build relationships with our lovely clients. Both practices boast from being RCVS Accredited small animal practices, with all the “toys” and support one needs to deliver the care our clients and patients have come to expect from us.

This role will be varied with your time split between both practices. You'll benefit from the support of our experienced team of 6 vets at Tawe 2 days a week and the opportunity to work independently 2 days a week at our Campbells site which is 10 minutes away. There's no OOH with this role, but you'll be included in our Saturday morning rota which is 1 in 3.

This position would suit an experienced small animal vet with surgical experience in routine procedures who possesses good communication skills, a team player mentality and have a passion to deliver excellent care and client service.

We are offering this position as a full-time role; however we'd be keen to hear from an experienced small animal vet looking for flexible working or part-time hours too.

In exchange for your hard work we will offer you a competitive salary  along with: 

  • 5 weeks holiday + Bank holidays with the option to buy/sell a further 2 weeks (pro rata)
  • Paid professional fees
  • Encouraged and fully funded CPD
  • Industry leading maternity/paternity/adoption pay
  • Share of the profits with our ShareSave Scheme
  • Heavily discounted pet products and treatments
  • Industry leading maternity and paternity packages
  • Auto enrolment in our Pension Scheme and a range of other benefits including retail discounts, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme, access to Perkbox and more!

 

Click “Apply Now”- We want to hear from you!

Company

CVS (UK) Limited was established in August 1999 to acquire and operate veterinary practices which were well established within their local community and had a reputation for high quality service.  It was recognised that the value of these businesses lay in the quality of their staff and the relationship they enjoyed with their existing clients. To build on this CVS provides professional management expertise in the areas of finance, personnel, practice management, Health & Safety etc,  thereby relieving the local staff of many administrative tasks, to enable them to concentrate on clinical care.

As the number of acquisitions increases,  so does the diversity of operational styles and approaches.  These are shared on a regular basis at meetings of all the clinical directors, giving each practice an opportunity to consider alternative approaches to common problems. New initiatives are considered by this group and then fed back to each of their businesses.

Since 2001 CVS has diversified by acquiring two businesses that offer veterinary histopathology and cytology, plus more general veterinary laboratory services. This provides a wealth of experience to the practice division and the profession in general.

A more recent development has been the focus in acquiring practices in close proximity to each other.  This enables the group to benefit from certain synergies, and provides an opportunity for internal referrals.  Through its support for quality CPD many of the company’s veterinary surgeons have acquired skills of value to their colleagues elsewhere in the group. CVS already employs veterinary Specialists who offer invaluable advice to their colleagues.

Other benefits have also emerged as the company has grown. The use of single suppliers for certain types of product has enabled CVS to get more competitive prices and better support from the manufacturers.  Care is taken not to compromise clinical judgment through its selection of products, and this is achieved by having a working party drawn from the Clinical Director team that considers all options and seeks agreement from their colleagues before arriving at a decision.

Further acquisitions are always being considered but care is taken to ensure that each one is compatible with the CVS culture. The key attributes are their location, their current standing in the local community, their overall performance and the willingness of the existing practice team to embrace the CVS approach to business.

 

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