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New/Recent ECC Graduate Externship, Manchester

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

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Job Details

Are you a new or recent graduate vet with an interest in ECC?  Do you want to work in a busy hospital practice, managing your own ECC cases, whilst having the benefit of direct support from ECC, Medicine, Dermatology and Surgical certificate holders?

PetMedics are offering a 1-year externship working 6pm-4am on a rolling 7 days on 7 days off pattern.  We are looking for a graduate vet who is keen to learn, not afraid to ask if they are unsure and who can work well within a large team.  You will be working alongside 2 other ECC vets all of whom either have or are working towards their certificates as well as a team of RVNS and auxiliaries, all committed to providing exceptional care to our patients and clients.  You will receive direct support from the ECC vets as well as the rest of the hospital team; there is no sole charge in this role. 

We are a tier 3 hospital with all the toys you would expect including dedicated ICU, large central prep area, prep-side ultrasound as well as separate MiLab ultrasound, CT, digital x-ray, surgical suite etc... We see a wide variety of interesting cases and cover both local private practices as well as PDSA clients out of hours giving you experience managing cases both to ‘gold-standard' as well as more pragmatically.

In return, we will offer you:

  • 5 weeks annual leave
  • Colleague discounts on pet products and treatments 
  • Perkbox offering many discounts plus more… 

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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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