Heathside Veterinary Surgery, Southampton, Park Gate, South East
Salary up to £90,000 depending on experience plus a relocation allowance up to £5,000 and welcome bonus up to £5,000
We are looking for a dedicated Clinical Director to join our team here at Heathside Veterinary Surgery. We have a busy and varied caseload including laparoscopy, orthopaedics, BOAS and cardiology. The perfect candidate will be enthusiastic in contributing to the ongoing development of our medical and surgical caseload, in-house training, and in delivering the highest level of customer care. This is a full-time role, with no night duties and 1:5 weekends, a weekend on is followed by a 4-day ‘weekend’. CPD is encouraged and funded.
Who we are
Heathside Veterinary Surgery opened in 1998 and has a strong, loyal client base with a focus on preventative care and high clinical standards. We are a small but busy practice located on the beautiful Hampshire Coast Line, enjoying the tranquillity of small-town life whilst being located between two major cities, Southampton and Portsmouth. We pride ourselves on our preventative medicine and aim to provide gold standard care, being able to offer many in-house procedures that would normally require costly referral. We have a friendly, compassionate, supportive team of vets and nurses.
Join our experienced and collaborative team
We are a team of 5 Veterinary Surgeons and 7 Veterinary Nurses. We have a certificate holder in Cardiology who is also studying towards a Medicine Certificate. We do most of our own in-house orthopaedics, including MMP's, MPL, fracture repair and the majority of our own medicine investigations. We also have vets trained to perform Laparoscopic procedures. You will be required to work 40 hours a week with a weekend rota. There is no out of hours work required with this role.
Your day-to-day duties would include but are not limited to – supporting a team of 5 vets, welcoming graduates if required, clinical work such as surgery and consultations, overseeing high clinical standards, making clinical decisions, and working closely with the practice manager to achieve goals and objectives.
Other duties may include
* Ensure that staff are given appropriate leadership, guidance, development, and appraisal.
* Ensure all Health and Safety policies are adhered to within the Practice.
* Be responsible for the financial performance of the Practice including the achievement of the EBITDA as set out in the Practice Budget and Business Plan.
* Be responsible for the clinical staff rotas.
* Attend and participate in IVC meetings as requested.
* Communicate regularly with your Business Support Manager under the guidelines of Clinical Director Powers and Authorities.
* Ensure practice achieves and maintains RCVS Practice Standards Scheme registration.
* Set the clinical objectives aligned with IVC Clinical guidelines.
* Comply with the legal obligations in relation to prescription, safe keeping and supply of Veterinary medicinal products.
* Ensure that all client complaints are handled sensitively and in accordance with the IVC Complaints Policy.
* Ensure that referrals to specialist vets are made appropriately.
* Promote clinical best practice and encourage peer review of cases.
* Apply and follow all IVC policies and procedures relating to HR.
* Promote wellbeing within your practice.
* Recruit, manage and discipline staff in accordance with IVC policies and procedures.
* Review pay of all staff on an annual basis in accordance with IVC policy.
* Ensure that Vets and Nurses within your practice carry out CPD to develop themselves and the practice.
* Promote and support Diversity and Inclusion within your practice.
We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises, and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:
Work-life balance
* 6.6 weeks annual leave
* Your birthday as a paid day off
* Private medical insurance
* Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
Development
* £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata
* Certificate support
* Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
* Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
* All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
* All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
Professional Memberships
* BVA membership
* VDS cover
* RCVS fees
Additional
* Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
* Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
* Discounted staff pet care
Heathside Veterinary Surgery, Southampton
178 Locks Road, Locks Heath, Park Gate, SO31 6LE, United Kingdom
Speak to Bartosz Piasecki from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.
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