We are looking for a Small Animal Vet with management interests to lead our amazing Deveron Veterinary team. Based in the beautiful North Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where castles, beaches, mountains, golfing, sailing, dolphins.. are all available within an hour's drive of the practice. Aberdeen airport is only around an hour's drive too!

Sounds amazing doesn't it? Perhaps you have family connections or have lived in the Aberdeenshire area before and looking to re-locate back home?  Tell us what we can do to help get you here? We can offer accommodation for the first 6 months of you joining, at the practice! Perhaps a re-location allowance could help with those moving costs? Or are you a Vet looking to progress into management with no current options to do so in your practice setting?....

The role you will play:

We are looking for a small animal Vet to join us as Clinical Director where you will be greatly supported by our Senior Clinical Director and our Deveron Team.  You will help manage our veterinary team on a day to day basis. We want someone to shape our practice into an example of clinical excellence and patient care in the north east area. We have huge potential and you will be part of moulding our future!  You will still also enjoy a hands on Clinical role with a varied interesting caseload including acupuncture, orthopaedic surgery, soft tissue and imaging support, which is available in practice.

Meet the team:

You will enjoy working with John, Senior Clinical Director and his team of Vets, Nurses and support staff. This is Johns first year with our Deveron Veterinary Team where he provides clinical and operational support. John encourages development and can provide help with Western acupuncture, pain recognition and management, soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery and assist with mentoring our team from clinical to non-clinical aspects.  We have been through a lot of positive change this year. 2020 in many ways has taught us to really pull together as a team, support and look after each other. We are ready for our next steps and looking for a Vet to come and join us as Clinical Director to drive us forwards into 2021 and the years to come!

What will we offer:

Competitive salary, Bonus package, temporary accommodation, full time hours over 5 shorter days or 4 longer days, clinical freedom, up to 7 weeks annual leave with our buy and sell holiday scheme, company pension scheme, CPD, professional membership fees paid, staff discount scheme, CVS sharesave scheme, enhanced maternity and paternity leave pay, employee assistance programme, career progression, perk box offering a suite of discounts…

The practice:

We have a large practice area with space to develop and add clinical services or equipment. We are ready to invest in new equipment for the right Clinical leader to offer wider services to the patients we care for.  Want to set up a diagnostics suite separate from the main practice? we can! Want space for a CT scanner?  We can! Want to have a quiet location for referral Pain/Behaviour/Ophthalmology/Oncology/Anything you can think of – We can! How exciting is that! We are based in Turriff, small town in Aberdeenshire. So much to do, if you're into your sports, outdoor activities, relaxing in a beautiful Scottish castle / hotel resort, looking for a family friendly place to stay, we have it all!

Candidate requirements:

You will be a confident experienced Veterinary Surgeon looking for either your first steps into a leadership role or an already established leader looking for a new challenge. You will be a motivated enthusiastic Vet with high clinical standards.

What to do now:

To arrange to have an informal confidential chat about the role, the practice and what help we can offer with relocation, please call or text Lisa on 07901 223 740. To apply via our on line portal, where we will contact you to arrange a chat, click ‘Apply Now'.