Clinical Lead Vet Surgeon - Small Animal

Oundle Veterinary Surgery; Northampton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A veterinary practice group in North Northamptonshire seeks a Clinical Lead Veterinary Surgeon. You will lead a supportive team while ensuring high clinical standards and excellent patient care. The position includes a salary up to £56,000, flexible hours, 6.6 weeks annual leave, private medical insurance, and continuous development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

£1250 CPD allowance

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Motivated Veterinary Surgeon looking to advance in their career.
• Ability to mentor colleagues and engage in clinical growth.
• Willingness to support key initiatives for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Shape clinical standards and mentor colleagues.
• Drive team engagement in clinical growth.
• Ensure excellent client care and participation in Saturday rotas.

Skills

Surgical competence

Leadership experience

Team collaboration

Empathetic care

Job description

Overview

Clinical Lead Veterinary Surgeon - Sampson Park group

Salary up to £56,000 DOE, Welcome Bonus up to £3,000, Relocation Allowance up to £3,000

Based primarily across our three central sites in North Northamptonshire (Oundle, Thrapston, Corby)

Are you a motivated Veterinary Surgeon looking to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a Clinical Lead Vet Surgeon to join our progressive and supportive practice group.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping clinical standards, mentoring colleagues, and working collaboratively with an engaged and forward-thinking team. The right candidate would be surgically competent and willing to drive and engage the team in clinical growth as well as support with imbedding key initiatives to deliver outstanding patient care and client experience. Leadership experience is desirable but not essential.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a progressive, supportive group where resource sharing, collaborative working, and innovative thinking are at the heart of what we do. We are a close-knit team who really try to support each other and have fun whilst doing this.
• Work alongside other Clinical Lead Vet Surgeons across the group, ensuring you’re never without support.
• We put a lot of emphasis on empathetic and caring care for both our patients and clients.
• Benefit from a wider area and regional structure - monthly area networking meetings (a highlight of the month!), collaboration across practices, and access to group-wide training centres.
• Upskilling opportunities within the area, ensuring continuous growth and development.

The Role

Working 32 hours per week (full time applicants will be considered), flexibility in hours to suit your needs, participation in the Saturday rota 1:3 is required, helping to maintain excellent client care across the group.

About the Practice Group

A dynamic team of 14.5 FTE Vets with diverse skills across the group, added benefit of an exotic specialist and certificate holders within the group, regular clinical meetings to share knowledge and ideas, commitment to investment in new equipment to support best practice, strong ethos of collaboration across sites - you’ll always feel part of a bigger team.

Location

Our practices are based in North Northamptonshire, covering Corby - a rapidly developing town with growing opportunities, Oundle - a picturesque Georgian market town with rich history and charm & Thrapston - a traditional market town with a welcoming community feel. This region offers a fantastic balance of lifestyle and affordability: rich cultural heritage, excellent transport links.

Because our people matter

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, inclusive of bank holidays
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing

Development

• £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave 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
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Colleague Benefits

• Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
• Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
• Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
• Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
• Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice

Up to £56,000 DOE