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Small Animal Vet-West Sussex

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Billingshurst, West Sussex
Salary
Competitive Salary + Benefits package
Closing date
7 Nov 2020

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Job Details

Are you looking to join a large and supportive team? Due to our continued growth we are EXPANDING!

Here at Farthings Vets in Horsham we have an exciting opportunity to welcome two new Small Animal Vets to our team due to expansion! A well-established team of 7.4 FTE Vets(increasing to 9.4), 16 Nurses, and Reception team we are looking for two experience Vets to join our team covering 2 branch sites in Billingshurst and Horsham.

Our practices are well-established within the community and are equipped with all the tech, tools and resources to allow our vets to do great work. Location-wise we're well linked to the coast and to London, so there's plenty for you to do on your days off. If you're relocating we could help with that too as we have accommodation available to rent.

Your working hours are: 8:30am-6pm and 10:30am-8pm on a rota

We're ideally looking for you to join us on a full time basis however we will welcome your application if you are looking for part-time work or flexible working. We do provide our own OOH on a 1:8 rota (working a full week of nights) and we will need support with this. We promise that a work/life balance is extremely important to us and we want you to enjoy your time working here. The benefit from this is our clients are much more devoted knowing that we handle our own OOH, and from our point of view we get to see exciting cases and see them through to the end.

In return for your hard work you will receive a comprehensive range of benefits including:

  • Competitive Salary of 50-55k dependent on experience
  • Buy and sell holiday policy with the opportunity to have up to 7 weeks holiday plus bank holidays!
  • CPD encouraged and funded
  • VDS and RCVS fees paid
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
  • Employer contribution pension scheme.
  • Sharesave scheme.
  • Staff discounts on pet products
  • Perkbox
  • Access to a range of flexible benefits to suit your needs – such as subsidised gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Small Animal Vet / Veterinary Surgeon / SA Vet / Full Time / OOH / ECC

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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