Clinical Lead

Vets for Pets; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Vets for Pets as a Clinical Lead at our Norwich Hall Road location, where you will lead a team dedicated to high-quality veterinary care. We offer a starting salary of £60,000, generous CPD support, and potential partnership opportunities. With a focus on clinical excellence and a supportive team environment, this role promises both professional growth and personal satisfaction.

Benefits

Pension

Healthcare

Paid memberships

Exclusive lifestyle discounts (up to 30% off at Pets at Home)

Relocation packages including visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• Experience as a Clinical Lead or similar veterinary leadership role.
• Strong skills in veterinary care and procedures.
• Ability to manage and lead veterinary teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the veterinary team in managing varied caseloads and clinical standards.
• Responsible for scheduling and covering shifts in the vet rota.
• Deliver high-level veterinary care and monitor animal progress.

Skills

Leadership

Veterinary care

Team Management

Emergency First Aid

Education

Veterinary Degree

Job description

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With a salary starting at £60,000 Clinical Lead might just be your next move!

At Norwich Hall Road Vets for Pets we’re looking for an experienced Clinical Lead/Vet to join our established and friendly team. We are a purpose-built practice, with all the equipment you would need and offer support and development from our highly experienced regional team to guide you in your transition to leadership. Partnership prospects may become available for the right candidate in the future. We also have ambitious expansion plans and are looking for somebody to be part of this exciting opportunity with us!

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the team to manage a varied caseload and demonstrate ownership of their actions
• Be responsible and accountable for the entire Veterinary team
• Deliver top class clinical standards and client care
• Responsible, accountable and confident in dealing with management of absence
• Cover gaps in vet rota when/if other cover is not available
• Assess and audit the Veterinary team regularly and take appropriate action immediately where necessary
• Responsible for all required Veterinary duties to be completed each day
• Confidently administer high level Veterinary care and monitor the progress of the animal
• Prioritise first aid/emergency actions to stabilise and prevent animal discomfort
• Interact effectively with the nursing team and understand important of good nursing
• Confident in all routine and non-routine consultations
• Perform all non-routine procedures within small animal practice confidently and effectively

We’re generous with our CPD, which colleagues are actively encouraged and supported to use to further their interests and develop their skills in a direction of their choosing. So, if you want to pursue a post graduate qualification or certificate, we’re happy to help support that.

What’s in it for you?
Your hours will be 40 hours per week, with no out of hours working required. As standard we offer all the benefits you’d expect from a major employer (pension, healthcare, paid memberships, competitive salary plus a few more, such as excellent career progression, exclusive lifestyle and shopping discounts (up to 30% off at Pets at Home), and relocation packages from within or outside the UK, including visa sponsorship if wanted (we’re an A+ rated sponsor).

About us
We are one of three Vets for Pets practices in Norwich and although we are situated inside Pets at Home we are individually owned and run. Norwich is a lovely city to live and work in with what we think is the right mixture of city and countryside. We are 30 minutes from the beach, 15 minutes from the broads yet only 5 minutes’ drive away from the city centre. In Norwich city centre we have an amazing array of shops for those that enjoy their retail therapy. We also have a wonderful cathedral and some beautiful architecture that you really should visit if you can.

We have a supportive, experienced team and across the Norwich group with certificate holders in surgery and ophthalmology and four other vets currently studying for certificates. We have a brand-new ultrasound, digital x-ray, dental x-ray, endoscopy, tonometry, slit lamp, multi parameter units for both theatres and full in-house lab.

Location: NR4 6DH

We are on Equal Opportunities Employer!

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!