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Small Animal Head Vet, Seaford

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Seaford, East Sussex
Salary
Attractive salary and benefits package
Closing date
12 Nov 2020

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Job Details

Do you have experience in management? Want the challenge of management with the bonus of not having to work on Sundays, Bank Holidays or OOH's?

Here at Beechwood we have an exciting opportunity for a Head Vet to join our team. In your new role as our Head Vet, you'll play a vital role in managing our busy caseload. No day is the same so you will experience a varied mixture of consults and surgery allowing you time and freedom to develop your own interests while supporting your new Clinical team. You will also have an impact in our clinical development meetings, voicing your opinions on how we can grow and improve our practice and team.

Our clients are loyal, and friendly but most importantly they are on our side. They work with us to achieve the best possible outcome for their pet and expect us to work cases up to a high standard. We do great work here and we are so proud of it. You'll own your cases right through to the end cementing those relationships with your clients.

As a flexible employer we are happy to consider applications from both full time and part time candidates!

Your benefits package will include:

  • Completive Salary and bonus
  • CertAVP funding
  • Up to 7 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays with our Buy/Sell holiday scheme
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay 
  • Company pension scheme
  • Colleague discount on pet products and treatments including free consults, cost price drugs and a discount to Animed, our online pharmacy
  • Generously funded and fully encouraged CPD
  • All of your professional fees paid
  • Lots of other good stuff like Cycle to Work Scheme, Perkbox, Gymflex and more.

Head Vet / Lead Vet / Veterinary Surgeon

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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