Permanent Lead Veterinary Surgeon - Sheffield
Type: Small Animal
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Practice: Part of a group
* RCVS Veterinary Hospital has 8.5 FTE vets who are ably supported by a brilliant nursing and client care team. They pride themselves on providing high-quality, accessible healthcare for their client’s pets.
* The practice has a very low turnover of associates; they love their work and like to have fun together within and outside of the practice.
* There are currently Certificate holders in Dermatology, Feline Medicine, Small Animal Medicine, and Ophthalmology, with others working towards Certificates in Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging.
* The practice has 4 spacious consulting rooms, 2 operating theatres, separate cat, dog, and isolation wards, and separate dental and imaging rooms, and is well equipped with the usual in-house diagnostic and surgical kit you would expect from an RCVS Hospital practice.
Role: A great opportunity for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to join a wonderful Sheffield Practice as Lead Vet!
Hours:
* 40 hours over a 4-day working week
* 1 in 7 weekends Saturday 08:30-16:00 and Sunday 09:00-13:00 - on-call for inpatients only after this time
* Weekday inpatients only overnight (use VetsNow after 9pm)
Responsibilities:
* Their Lead Veterinary Surgeon is responsible for line management of the vet team, maintaining high standards of patient and client care optimising the uptake of clinical services, and maintaining clinical quality.
* The lead vet will assist with mentoring, participation in the RCVS practice standards scheme, involvement in patient safety event analysis, and clinical audits.
* The Lead Veterinary Surgeon will work closely with, and assist the Clinical Director to provide leadership, training, and development of the vet team in addition to providing guidance and support to the nursing and client care team.
* The position is primarily clinical but will include at least half a day per week of protected non-clinical time to perform these additional responsibilities.
* Previous line manager/senior vet experience is desirable but not essential; this would be a great first step into leadership for an experienced Vet, or a fantastic Lead role for an existing senior Vet.
Support/Skills: As a practice that has Five Principles that form the foundation of how they do business today and every day, they put these at the center of every decision they make. This means:
* They are committed to Quality of work and contributions to society.
* They embrace our Responsibility (as individuals and a company) to act now.
* They base decisions on the mutual benefit of our stakeholders.
* They harness the power of Efficiency to use our resources to maximum effect.
* They have the financial Freedom to make their own decisions, unrestricted by motivations of others.
Salary: Up to £67,000 p/a Depending on experience
Benefits: Full details of the benefits will be discussed in the interview.
Ref: JN -012025-32369
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