Lead Veterinary Surgeon

Linnaeus Group; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking veterinary group as a Lead Veterinary Surgeon in a supportive and dynamic environment. This role offers the chance to lead a dedicated team of professionals while ensuring the highest standards of patient and client care. With a focus on career development and a commitment to wellbeing, you will enjoy a balanced work life while working with advanced practitioners and state-of-the-art facilities. This position not only allows you to make a significant impact on the clinical team but also offers a variety of benefits including generous leave, CPD funding, and wellness programs. If you are passionate about veterinary medicine and leadership, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

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

Employer contribution pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experienced vet with a veterinary degree and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage a team and maintain high standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the veterinary team ensuring high patient care standards.
• Provide training and development for team members.

Skills

Veterinary Medicine

Leadership

Clinical Care

Team Management

Client Care

Education

Veterinary Degree

Postgraduate Qualifications (e.g., certificates in cardiology, dermatology)

Tools

Digital Radiography

Ultrasound Machine

Endoscopy Equipment

Job description

Job Title: Lead Veterinary Surgeon

Salary: From £65,000 per annum (salary dependent on experience)

Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: 4 X 9 hour days per week plus 1 in 4 weekends. No nights. Part-time hours also considered.

We are expanding our team of Lead Veterinary Surgeons and looking for another experienced vet to support and lead our fantastic veterinary team. Our Lead Veterinary Surgeons are responsible for line management of the vet team, maintaining high standards of patient and client care and optimising the uptake of clinical services. 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 will include half a day per week of protected non-clinical time to perform these additional responsibilities.

You will be joining a very welcoming team who all support each other. All of our associates are committed to the care of our clients and their pets, and we would love to hear from applicants who share the same values. You would be working alongside two Advanced Practitioners in medicine and certificate holders in cardiology, dermatology and ECC.

Hours are full time over 4 days per week with a share of the weekend rota, currently 1 in 4. Here at the Huntingdon hospital we benefit from our own on-site Twilight and Night team, making this a day only role.

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
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

About us

Cromwell Vets is a busy 24-hour first opinion small animal hospital with 5 branch surgeries and a state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre. Our practice has been caring for pets for over 100 years and we pride ourselves on providing the very best contextualised care and service for our pets and their owners. Our tier 3 hospital has excellent facilities and equipment and hosts our dedicated out of hours service.

We have a fantastic, experienced and friendly clinical team with many certificate holders and we support and encourage CPD (including certificate study). We have all the equipment available to enable full work up of cases in house – digital radiography including dental radiography, advanced ultrasound machine with an extensive range of probes, video-endoscopy (gastroscope, bronchoscope and small rigid endoscopes), multi-parameter anaesthetic monitoring, tonometry, etc. We have just opened a new wing at our hospital with a state-of-the-art operating theatre, treatment rooms and a calm and spacious cat ward. We are also very proud of The Cromwell ARC – a purpose-built physiotherapy and hydrotherapy unit with underwater treadmill and K-Laser, run by our two qualified physiotherapists.

We are very fortunate that many of our staff have been part of ‘The Cromwell Family’ for many years and as a team, we are very caring and supportive of one another. Wellbeing is top of the agenda and important to us all – we encourage a better work life balance and have a fantastic team of wellbeing champions who organise regular events including baking competitions, Easter Egg hunts and bake offs.

We enjoy being part of our communities and attending local events to run fun dog shows raising money each year for our chosen charity and encouraging team members to take part. Cromwell Vets also holds regular social events, including summer events, impromptu lunchtime barbeques, and the famous annual Christmas party.

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss further, please get in touch with us.