Senior Clinical Director

VetPartners Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary group in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Director to oversee clinical provision across multiple sites. You will lead a team of senior veterinarians, set clinical strategy, and ensure high standards of veterinary care. The role offers generous compensation packages starting from £70,000, with additional benefits, including a strong focus on employee wellbeing. A flexible working pattern is also considered.

Benefits

6.6 weeks paid holiday

£1750 CPD allowance

VDS cover

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Discounted veterinary fees

Qualifications

• Proven experience in clinical management and decision making.
• Ability to develop clinical team members and oversee practices.
• Strong organisational skills and a proactive, positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical provision across multiple sites as Senior Clinical Director.
• Lead a team of senior vets and manage clinical case load.
• Set clinical strategy and standards for the group.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical decision making

Team management

Communication

Education

Relevant veterinary qualifications

Job description

Overview

Senior Clinical Director - Northlands Vet Group - Kettering, Northamptonshire

Northlands Veterinary Group (NVG) have a rare and exciting opportunity for an established clinical leader to join their team as Senior Clinical Director. We are looking for someone with the skills and experience to drive a team, set clinical strategy and standards, and continue to offer the excellent veterinary care Northlands Vets are known for.

About us:
NVG have been providing veterinary care for pets in Northamptonshire for over three decades; the group has expanded and now has five branches in addition to their 24-hour Small Animal Veterinary Hospital. NVG is a forward thinking, modern practice which prides itself on being people and patient focused. Equipped with superb facilities including a brand-new state of the art hospital, CT Scanner, excellent team facilities and dedicated out of hours provision.

Role and responsibilities

The Role: As Senior Clinical Director, working over multiple sites, you will have overarching responsibility for the clinical provision for the group. Working alongside an experienced business leader you will manage a team of senior vets and branch heads. You will set clinical strategy and standards; and be responsible for driving clinical excellence. Working with departmental leads, your role will identify areas for development, support teams in service delivery and create opportunities for expansion.

Day to day responsibilities include leading a team of senior vets across the group, running the clinical provision at the hospital, and managing your own clinical case load. You will meet regularly with business leaders to help shape strategy and build on opportunities for business development.

You will have overarching responsibility for clinical direction, governance, and standards. This includes management of the out of hours clinical provision - though no night work is expected.

You will be expected to work closely with the Business Development Director for Vet Partners and will be supported by a highly skilled Leadership and RVN Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader to really make an impact in this Senior Leadership position with clinical autonomy and the delivery of an outstanding service.

The Person

We are looking for a confident, dynamic and people focused leader, who has experience of clinical management. A highly organised, positive and proactive individual who is quick to adapt and deliver results and will excel in overseeing our practices providing guidance, support, vision and leadership.

The successful candidate must be a confident, highly skilled clinician who has proved experience in clinical decision making, developing clinical team members, and appraising clinical provision.

We are looking for a compassionate leader; who sees their success as that of their teams; the ability to communicate well with people and clients is essential, as is the ability to prioritise and delegate where required.

Working Pattern

We understand that life does not always fit into Monday-Friday, therefore we are happy to consider any working pattern, though we do envisage this as a full-time role. You will be expected to participate in a weekend rota.

Benefits

We are looking for an experienced clinical leader - as such the pay will be generous and dependant on qualifications and skills.

Packages in the region of £70-100k

We will also consider relocation packages for the right candidate.

• 6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
• £1750 CPD allowance per annum, 5 days
• Health Shield - wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments - from dentistry to sports massage
• RCVS Membership paid and two other membership subscriptions
• VDS cover
• Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
• Discounted veterinary fees
• My Perks - offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
• Cycle to Work scheme
• CPD/training support
• Company sick pay
• Colleague engagement survey
• Annual pay reviews
• Focus on employee wellbeing

Does this sound like the role for you?

If so, we would love to hear from you. For more information/an informal chat or to apply please contact Karl Walker, Practice Manager on [email protected]

We are committed to providing a fair recruitment process with equality of opportunity for all, and our vacancies are open to those from all backgrounds.