Veterinary Practice Director - Trowbridge
- Employer
- CVS (UK) Limited
- Location
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire
- Salary
- Competitive Salary Plus Benefits
- Closing date
- 14 Jun 2021
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- Category
- Companion / Small animal
- Sector
- Practice
- Role
- Management / Administration
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
Job Details
Are you a dedicated, innovative and successful leader with proven people management and commercial skills? If so, we would like to hear from you.
Harris, Hill & Gibbons Veterinary Group is recruiting for an experienced manager to fulfil the role of Practice Director, due to the current post-holder relocating outside the area. Our group comprises of 4 practices in Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Warminster and Westbury, as well as a 24 hour emergency veterinary service, and we employ over 50 members of staff. Harris, Hill & Gibbons is an elite veterinary group, having previously been nominated the CVS Practice of the Year and awarded ‘Outstanding' for Client Service by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Reporting to the Regional Director you will have overall responsibility for the financial and clinical performance of the practice, in conjunction with the Senior Veterinary Surgeon. You will also be responsible leading our team of veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, patient care assistants, receptionists and administrative staff.
This role offers the opportunity for a confident and experienced leader, with a proven commercial background to join a well-established and successful business here at Harris Hill & Gibbons as our Practice Director. This is a senior, local, managerial position,
Other responsibilities to include:
- To work in partnership with the Senior Vets, Practice Administrators, Head nurse and reception team to optimise service to clients and patients in order to develop the business.
- To deliver and maintain the highest standards of governance in relation to clinical meetings, CPD, clinical development planning and creating clinical frameworks, clinical audit and recording of unexpected clinical events.
- To be responsible for creating and delivering the practice budget with the Regional Director.
- To manage performance of the clinical and non-clinical staff.
To be successful you will be able to demonstrate:
- The ability to communicate clearly with a range of people at differing levels, deploying a range of techniques to do this effectively.
- The ability to energise, shape and direct teams.
- Proven experience supporting and developing staff to deliver business goals, preferably within the Veterinary Industry however this is not essential.
- Fluency in interpreting a wide range of financial information to inform decision-making & action-planning and communicating financial information.
- Other commercial experience including business development and marketing.
- Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
In return, you will receive:
- Competitive salary package of £38,000 - £57,000 depending on experience
- 5 weeks holiday (+ Bank Holidays) with the option to buy an additional 2 weeks leave
- Company pension enrolment
- Industry leading Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave benefit of 10 weeks full and 10 weeks half pay
- Extremely generous staff discount scheme for pet healthcare (including cost price medication and free consultations)
- Flexible benefits such as cycle to work, discounted gym membership and Perkbox!
If this sounds like the role for you click “Apply Now”
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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