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Small Animal Vet, Chelmsford

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Chelmsford, Essex
Salary
Attractive salary and benefits package
Closing date
9 Nov 2020

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

Job Details

What are you wanting from your next role?

Do you want a role that will give you job satisfaction, with a practice that has all the tools, tech and toys you need to do a great job for your patient?

Would you like to be part of a team with a strong work up culture allowing you to achieve the best possible outcome for your case?

If so, we have just the job for you...

You will be working at a 2 site, 7 vet small animal Veterinary Practice just half an hour away from London. We are looking for someone who can fit with our team culture and values. Those values and how they influence our behaviour are why we have such a great ethos. Here's what matters to us as a team: An excellent attitude to patient and client care. A positive and supportive working environment. Excellent clinical standards. Respect and compassion.

You will work a 40 hour week over 5 days, 1.5 weekends in 6 with generous time off in lieu. We are also lucky to have no OOHs or on call requirement giving you that time you need to switch off from the day and enjoy a positive work life balance.

We want to let you know career progression is just as important to us as it is to you. We are all strongly focused on development which is why we'd love to talk to you about your goals and fund a certificate if you have found your interest. 

What can we offer you?
• Excellent salary packages and bonus scheme 
• 5 weeks annual leave with the option to buy and sell up to two weeks leave 
• Long-term employment security and the opportunity to have a wide and varied career path
•Industry leading enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay offering 10 weeks full and 10 weeks half pay.

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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