Senior Veterinary Surgeon

The Role
Our Wolverhampton practice is currently experiencing an exciting period of development, and as result, we have a fantastic new opportunity available for a veterinary surgeon who is looking to take the next step in their career. 

This role would be suitable for someone who is a confident general practitioner but has a keen interest in developing themselves as a leader, taking on some managerial responsibilities within the clinic.  This role would be fully supported under the guidance of a multi-site Clinic Director and a Central Support Team.  

What the team has to offer: this role provides an opportunity for someone to take the next step into helping to lead a clinical team, whilst being fully supported.  We are keen to consider full time and part-time applicants, with a share of Saturday mornings (0830-1230 TOIL given for each weekend worked).  Out of hours is provided by Vets Now.  Our team work-life balance and wellbeing are always a top priority at White Cross Vets, so if this is of interest, we’d love to discuss the specifics further with you.

At White Cross Vets, we have 21 clinics across the UK.  All of our clinics have teams with different interests, with team members undergoing further training by certificates or having those that have achieved certificate status. 

Being part of something bigger offers a fantastic level of support on a wider group level and allows us to grow and develop a higher quality first opinion pet care, whilst providing internal career progression opportunities.  

The salary for this role is up to £57,000 depending on experience.

About Us
Wolverhampton is a growing practice with great facilities including 4 consult rooms, cat ward, dog ward, operating theatre, digital x-ray, dental x-ray, ultrasound and access to endoscope if needed. Working alongside our wonderful nurse team, we have 2 vets and our multi-site Clinic Director, Emily.   

Our veterinary team enjoy all aspects of general veterinary practice.  One of our vets has a keen interest in feline medicine and the other is extremely interested in emergency medicine and exotics.  The Clinic Director has a certificate in diagnostic imaging.  High-quality clinical care is of utmost importance to the team.  The clinical team, work closely with the Bloxwich practice and routinely have clinical meetings where cases are discussed. 

The team feel like an experienced GP vet with an interest in leadership, would complement their interests, whilst ensuring there is the development and progression of the younger vet team.  This role would provide the successful candidate with a career opportunity to take the step into a group who are focused on a high-quality first opinion service, whilst progressing their leadership/managerial skills.  

About our Team/Culture
One of the best parts of working at Wolverhampton is the close-knit, enthusiastic team.  Our team has undergone a period of change recently and we are excited to have a senior team member join us, who is focused on clinical quality and can help us continue to progress on an individual level. 

As a team, we are particularly focused on wellbeing and enjoy regular team building activities plus finishing on time is extremely important to us.  We recently enjoyed our all-expenses-paid annual company get together/night away in Manchester, where we had a fun-filled group wellbeing session which included “The Great White Cross Christmas Bake Off” and “Do You Want To Build A Snowman?”!   

Applicant Requirements
This vacancy has been released due to continued growth at Wolverhampton and therefore it’s important that the successful candidate has the following skills/attributes:

Experienced candidate; minimum 5 years’ experience

Drive to work towards clinical excellence within first opinion practice

Confidence in making strong clinical recommendations and being able to coach less experienced team members in making these

Confidence in supporting less experienced team members with surgical cases

Leadership qualities to enable successful support of less experienced team members

A desire to undertake further leadership/managerial training

Quality; the desire to provide a high standard of veterinary medicine, to the pets under our care

Integrity; working with the clinical team to drive the strong White Cross principles that the group adheres to, in an honest manner

Responsibility; to the pet’s under our care, making strong and confident clinical recommendations with the support of the team and the White Cross group

Growth; to be passionate in wanting to progress your clinical knowledge and skill development, which in turn contributes to the growth of the practice and the clinical team

RCVS registered

Benefits (subject to pro rata)

We have many stand out benefits available to us, as an example our leave benefits are listed below (not just a generous annual leave allowance – paid donation days, wellbeing days, CPD days, peternity leave, birthday off, and more!). Did we mention work-life balance is top of our agenda?

Increasing holiday based on length of service
Five fully paid days to volunteer for a charity of your choice
Focus on employee wellbeing with fully paid wellbeing days issued
5 days paid CPD leave with a £1500 CPD allowance per annum, alongside the opportunity for fully funded certificates.
The opportunity to enrol on Leadership and Management Apprenticeship programmes and being fully supported in this.     
Up to four days PETernity leave, for when that new furry member joins your family
Birthday day off
Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/share parental and surrogacy pay
Your pets can benefit from out Complete Wellness Plan too.  Up to 3 pets free on our wellness plan (free consults, vaccinations, flea, worm, and more)

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
 
 If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch.

Please quote BH4650 when you apply.
 
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