Clinical Director

Moor Cottage Veterinary Practice; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established veterinary practice is seeking a Clinical Director to lead a dedicated team in delivering exceptional care to small animals. This role involves managing clinical operations, ensuring high standards of service, and fostering a collaborative environment among a diverse team of veterinary professionals. With a commitment to excellence and continuous improvement, the practice is undergoing refurbishments to enhance its facilities. If you are passionate about veterinary medicine and ready to take on a leadership role, this opportunity offers a supportive atmosphere and the chance to make a significant impact on animal care in the community.

Benefits

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave

RCVS & VDS fees paid

External CPD funded

Extensive free online CPD program

Career progression opportunities

Staff discount schemes

Life Assurance

Enhanced sickness pay

Enhanced equal family leave

E-car salary sacrifice scheme

Employer contribution pension scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for delivering excellent service and outcomes for patients and clients.
• Experience in managing clinical activities and financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical activities and financial performance of the practice.
• Lead and support a team of veterinary professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Clinical Management

Veterinary Medicine

Education

Veterinary Degree

Tools

Laparoscopy

Endoscopy

Digital X-rays

Job description

Job Title: Clinical Director

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum (D.O.E)

Location: Moor Cottage Veterinary Practice, Berkshire

Job Type: Permanent. Full-time

Hours: 40 hours per week over 4 or 5 days, 1:6 Saturdays (8:30am-16:30pm) No OOH.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about leading a highly respected and long-established practice?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Director to join our friendly and supportive team here at Moor Cottage.

Role and Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the management and delivery of the clinical activities and financial performance within your business in conjunction with your Head of Region and central support teams. You will have a passion for delivering the best possible service, support, and outcomes for patients, clients, and colleagues, and the wider Linnaeus group. You will help shape your business’s team, leading by example via excellent communication skills, ensuring smooth working relationships between your teams, central support, and other group practices. You will ensure that excellent quality improvement and education, as well as Associate fulfillment and engagement, are an integral part of your practice outputs, alongside a culture of being committed to excellence in all that is done.

You will be working alongside our fantastic team of 6 Vets, 10 RVNs, 2 SVNs, 2 PCAs, and a wonderful support and client care team. Our team has a wide range of interests including internal medicine, surgery, fear-free approaches, and feline medicine. We have an Advanced Practitioner in Feline Medicine, vets currently studying towards certificates, with one RVN studying for an Exotic certificate and one RVN with a Feline Nursing certificate. Further qualifications and study are very much encouraged across the team. We also have a visiting orthopaedic vet enabling us to keep cases in-house.

We are currently having a practice refurb, and we are excited to be updating our environment to match the high standards of care we provide. If you have a growth mindset, enjoy collaboration, work to high standards, and are looking to progress in your career, then this job is for you!

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme

About Us

For over 50 years, Moor Cottage has been serving the local community of Binfield, Bracknell, by providing quality care for small animals. Being RCVS accredited allows us to continue to offer the highest quality of clinical care and service, with the combination of excellent staff training and hi-tech equipment and facilities. We believe in excellence, clinical freedom, and most importantly, we want to create a better world for pets.

Our excellent facilities include a separate building dedicated to cats only, laparoscopy, endoscopy, dental suite with radiography and digital X-rays. In addition to cats, dogs, and rabbits, we also look after many other small mammals including guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, mice, gerbils, chinchillas, tortoises, and birds.

Moor Cottage Veterinary Practice is proud to work at special charity rates with several local charities and organisations in Bracknell, Wokingham, and the surrounding areas to help support the good work that they do. We also regularly visit local schools and nurseries to talk about the work of vets and vet nurses.

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.

To apply, please complete the quick application form below. Alternatively, for more information, please contact [e-mail]

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