Lead Veterinary Surgeon (ECC)

About us

Abbey House is a Tier 3 Hospital based in Morley, West Yorkshire, just
a short train ride from Leeds with easy access to the beautiful Peak District and the city of York less than 1 hour away. We are a high standard primary care and mid-tier referral hospital with four satellite clinics. We are all about clinical quality and developing ourselves to be the best we can be. 

Facilities:

• 4 theatres
• Separate cat/dog/exotic wards plus ICU
• Xray, ultrasound, onsite CT and visiting MRI
• Large range of scopes including flexible, rigid and laparoscopy
• Dental suite with X-ray
• Well equipped internal lab with lab tech

We are also a supportive, friendly, team. Our Colleague Council organises regular events and we have made an exciting Engagement Action Plan together as a team. We are also working on our well-being agenda, with trained Mental Health First Aiders on site. Sustainability is important to us and we hold our Investors in the Environment Bronze Award.   

Your role and responsibilities

We are delighted to be recruiting for a Lead Vet Surgeon to lead our busy emergency service. Our OOH service has a busy and rewarding caseload and we see emergencies from other practices through the day also.
The right candidate for the Lead Vet role will be a Vet Surgeon with experience in ECC who enjoys mentoring and supporting their team. It may be your first step into leadership and full support will be offered.

The shift pattern would be a split of twilight and daytime shifts with excellent time off and admin time to allow you to complete the leadership aspect of your role effectively.

The key parts of the Lead Vet role would be:

• Clinical leadership - following best practice, supervising and assisting more junior vets, setting the standards, identifying any issues, working with other lead vets to drive in house CPD programme, arranging CPD meetings, M&M rounds and clinical governance (VetSafe)
• General leadership - dealing with on the day issues, client complaints, working well with nursing and reception teams
• Line management - supporting a team (approx 4-6 vets), doing PDRs, inductions and helping with issues/problems etc as needed
• Senior leadership - participating when needed in strategic planning, setting budgets and succession planning and attending weekly SLT meetings and 4 weekly 'Exec' meetings
• Operations - identifying areas that hinder workflow or could be done better, bringing forward ideas

Benefits

• Competitive salary up to £70,000 a year depending on experience plus bonus scheme
• Generous CPD allowance
• Linnaeus CPD Programme (including certificate holder level and leadership CPD)
• 6.6 weeks holiday per year & birthday leave day
• Employee Discounts
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• RCVS Fee Paid
• VDS cover

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.

Part of an amazing global family

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do.
We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 veterinary health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

We would love to hear from you, please contact Vicky Tanday via the apply button if you have any questions about the role or to apply, please complete the application form below.