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Small Animal Vet, Manchester

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary
Attractive salary and benefits package
Closing date
2 Oct 2020

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

Job Details

Are you a confident general practitioner looking for a change? Would you like the opportunity to continue developing your GP skills 3 days a week but try your hand at a hospital environment for one day a week, fully supported by certificate holders?

We are looking for an experience vet who is confident in all aspects of routine first opinion work to help develop our increasing caseload at our primary branch site, with the opportunity to spend a day a week learning and developing your chosen area of interest at the main hospital.

This position would be 4 days per week with 1:4 weekends, ample time to work up cases and support for those trickier cases on your day in the hospital.

Our Walkden branch is developing a pace and with new investment in a state of the art ultrasound machine, and digital x-ray facilities, existing dental and operating equipment – a real opportunity exists to be part of this practices growth. Fully supported with two other vets, RVN's, auxiliary and receptionists – are you what we are looking for to complete our team?

In return, we will offer you a very competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

  • Up to 7 weeks holiday + bank holidays (with our buy & sell holiday scheme)
  • Fully encouraged and generously funded CPD 
  • All professional fees paid 
  • Industry leading enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
  • Fantastic pension scheme - auto enrolment and hassle free! 
  • Colleague discounts on pet products and treatments 
  • Access to our Sharesave scheme, allowing you to buy shares in the business to share in our success 
  • A range of other flexible benefits such as Cycle to Work, Gymflex, Perkbox and more! 

Interested? Please click Apply Now or for informal and confidential chat about this position please contact Helen Baxter, Clinical Director helen.baxter@petmedics.co.uk

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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