Head Veterinary Surgeon - Salary up to £78K DOE - Macqueen Veterinary Centre
Practice Site:
1. Macqueen Veterinary Centre
Macqueen Vets is a 1st opinion small animal practice in Devizes, Wiltshire, that has been established for over 20 years. The practice has an excellent reputation, not only having achieved RCVS Tier 3 SA Hospital status but having also been the first practice in the UK to gain five ‘Outstanding’ RCVS awards for patient-care, consultation, team-work, client service and diagnostics. There are multiple Certificate Holders within the team, who carry out Orthopaedic & Ophthalmology referrals in house. The attractive site is well-equipped and houses a CT Scanner.
Are you passionate about clinical excellence and have a desire to lead, whilst still having operational support within the team?
Are you ready to take the next step in your career and develop your leadership skills? We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our team as Head Vet.
We are located in rural Wiltshire in a fantastic purpose built practice with a large car park and beautiful garden. Our team comprises of experienced vets, nurses and receptionists many who have been with us for many years.
We are an RCVS Approved Hospital with ICC Gold Cat-Friendly status. We are a well-respected Orthopaedic referral service and also offer soft tissue, Ophthalmology and Cardiology referrals. We have an on-site CT scanner, laparoscopy, endoscopy and ultrasound. Our vet team has over 90 years of experience between them.
Within this position you will be supported and work alongside our Practice Director, Practice Manager and nursing manager. You will play a vital role working closely together to form the Leadership team.
Some of your responsibilities will include, progressing and mentoring the vet team, management of the rota, organising vet meetings, clinical excellence projects.
This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week over 4 days, with a share in our weekend rota. Our In patients are cared for by our dedicated nursing team, you will be required to be part of the on call rota for the care of these patients.
We are committed to continually investing in our team, equipment and facilities to ensure we always provide our patients with the best care possible and our staff with the opportunity to be the vets and nurses they always wanted to be.
Salary on offer for this role is up to £78K dependant on experience and a range of excellent company benefits.
Your benefits package will include:
2. RCVS and VDS fees covered
3. Access to the company share-save scheme and individual bonus scheme (based on personal productivity)
4. Up to 7 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays (or equivalent) with our Buy/Sell holiday scheme - allowing you to purchase an additional two weeks of annual leave
5. Receive an extra days leave each year in your first 5 years at CVS
6. Cycle to work scheme and subsidised gym membership
7. Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Access to First Aid for Mental Health and Wellbeing Champions across CVS and trained CVS colleagues in this role.
10. Pet treatment and product discounts