Head Vet - Pet Doctors - Chichester
- Employer
- CVS (UK) Limited
- Location
- Chichester, West Sussex
- Salary
- Competitive Salary Plus Benefits
- Closing date
- 25 Jul 2021
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- Category
- Companion / Small animal
- Sector
- Practice
- Role
- Veterinary Surgeon
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time, Part-time
Job Details
Are you passionate about clinical excellence and have a desire to lead, whilst still having operational support within the team?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Head Vet to join our hub of practices in West Sussex.
Pet Doctors Chichester Hub comprises three clinics in the Chichester area. We are well established within the community and enjoy a fantastic working relationship with our loyal clients. Our practices are all well-equipped, allowing our team to provide only the highest standards of care to our patients.
Our clinical team are forward thinking, progressive and always striving for excellence but we are also supportive, friendly, loyal and honest. We are incredibly proud that we have been able to build a strong, stable and respectful team that enjoy coming to work. We have a great work-up culture here and everyone is encouraged to develop their own interests. We see a range of interesting cases including having regular visits from our local cardiac specialist for in depth ultrasound scans.
In this position you would be working closely with another Head Vet to support our clinical teams and you will be based predominantly in our Felpham clinic. Our overall aim is that each of our Head Vets would eventually be responsible for your own practices (and the vets within them), whilst still coming together for regular meetings on how the hub as a whole can develop. The overall running and business side of things will be covered by our Practice Director, meaning you can focus on what you do best and not be bogged down by masses of paperwork.
As a leader we want you to bring energy and enthusiasm along with confidence and professionalism and be able to communicate this with the team and clients with a genuine desire to support and develop your fellow vets.
In terms of working days and hours, we can be flexible. If you're looking for full-time, part-time or anything in between, let us know what you need and we'll see if we can make it work. We would need some weekend cover from you but our practices don't cover OOH! We will also consider someone looking for a fixed term contract.
In return, we can offer:
- Competitive salary of up to £65000.00 dependant on your experience
- Achievable bonus scheme
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays
- Buy/Sell holiday scheme – purchase another 2 weeks of annual leave
- Generously encouraged and fully funded CPD – abundant opportunities within the business aided by internal and external development courses and programmes
- Access to our ShareSave scheme – giving you the opportunity to purchase shares in our business
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay
- Pension scheme – automatic enrolment and completely hassle free
- Colleague discount on pet products and treatments including free consults, cost price drugs and a discount to our online pharmacy, Animed.
- A range of other benefits such as Cycle to Work, Gymflex, Perkbox and more.
If you have any questions, or want to learn more about the position, the team or the practices please get in touch with Rebecca Goldsmith on rebecca.goldsmith@cvsvets.com or 07970 818104.
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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