Lead Veterinary Surgeon

Medivet Group Limited; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a passionate and supportive team at a leading veterinary care provider where your skills as a Veterinary Surgeon will shine! This exciting role offers you the chance to deliver exceptional care to a variety of patients, from exotic animals to beloved pets. You'll work in a well-equipped clinic, collaborating with experienced colleagues to ensure the best outcomes for your patients and their owners. Medivet is committed to fostering a progressive clinical culture and supporting your professional growth. If you're ready to make a real difference in the lives of animals and their families, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• RCVS registered Veterinary Surgeon with strong clinical leadership.
• Experience in delivering exceptional care and commercial performance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional clinical care and client communication.
• Engage and mentor team members, enhancing their skills.

Skills

RCVS registration

Clinical leadership skills

Exceptional patient care

Client communication

Progressive clinical culture

Commercial performance

Team collaboration

Coaching and influencing skills

Job description

Here at Medivet Exeter Cranbrook, our aim is to deliver the most accessible, comprehensive, and high-quality veterinary care and provide a wide range of services and treatment options. Our friendly clinic has a supportive team that consists of three Vets and an RVN team of three alongside SVNs and Patient Care Assistants.

We benefit from the wealth of experience that our Lead Vet Chris brings, including certification in surgery and a specialism in exotics, cardiology, zoology and botany, supported by an outstanding team in well-established practice. We have Cardiac ultrasound, Dental x-rays, a K-laser, an aseptic theatre and prep room, endoscopes and full in-house lab for bloods, biochemistry and urine, separate dog kennels, cattery and exotic ward and lots of exotic cases, including birds, primates, reptiles, snakes.

The opportunity here is for a Veterinary Surgeon with a passion for learning new skills and working on a wide variety of cases to join our exciting practice!

Role Accountabilities

Exceptional care is at the heart of everything we do at Medivet. That’s the care for our patients, our clients and for each other – we really want to make a positive difference through every interaction we have.
In this role you will:

1. Deliver exceptional clinical care to your patients during consultations and procedures.
2. Provide exceptional care to your clients, giving clear updates on patients.
3. Deliver professional excellence, observing the highest standards of regulatory, practice and operational compliance.
4. Prepare accurate estimates for clients, ensuring payment and minimising debt.
5. Work closely with the Practice Manager to maximise commercial performance with a focus on key measures.
6. Engage, mentor and develop your team, enhancing their skills and utilising these in the most effective way.
7. Inspire your team, sharing new or evolving practice standards and changes to processes.
8. Complete clinical handover and arrange transfer of any patient needing out of hours or enhanced care.
9. Pro-actively support and share clinical best practice within and across practices and the wider Medivet community.

Your Skills and Experience

1. RCVS registered Veterinary Surgeon.
2. Able to demonstrate clinical leadership skills.
3. Experienced in delivering exceptional care to both patients and clients.
4. An understanding and appreciation of exceptional care and how this improves the client experience.
5. Experience of implementing a progressive clinical culture.
6. Experience of delivering strong commercial performance through effective allocation of clinical activity.
7. Experienced in working effectively as part of a team.
8. Experienced in using coaching and influencing skills to get the best out of every colleague.

About Us

Medivet is a leading veterinary care provider, with practices across the UK including a number of 24-hour veterinary centres and referral centres. We also have a growing presence overseas with practices in France, Germany and Spain.

We’re proud to support a large, connected and growing community of colleagues who provide exceptional care that’s always there. That’s more than a strapline for us, we truly believe every interaction we have matters and that we can make a real difference. This is as true for our colleagues as it is for our patients and clients. Being part of Medivet means being part of a forward-thinking and caring environment with the very best equipment and treatment options available, and the very best treatment for you as a valued member of the team.

This is the home of talented people like you who want to stand out in their field and whose compassion for animals goes way beyond their job. Join us and be part of our exciting plans for the future.

Why work here?

Medivet is a family of passionate, supportive and thoughtful veterinary professionals.

We work as one team to support each other, grow the business, and make sure every pet receives the very best care.

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