Clinical Director - Windsor
Type: Small Animal
Location: Windsor, Berkshire
Practice: located in the royal town of Windsor
Facilities: They well-equipped hospital including endoscopy, videoscope, bronchoscopy and orthopaedic equipment
Alma Veterinary Hospital is a fully equipped first opinion practice seeing a wide range of surgical and medical cases. They have 4 consultation rooms, separate cat and dog waiting rooms and wards. As well as all the usual facilities of a first opinion practice, They have a dedicated dental suite, an imaging room and a full in-house laboratory. Their hospital is very well equipped with a Karl Storz laparotomy tower, radiography, ultrasound, dental radiography, full in-house laboratory, a Tonopen, endoscopy, videoscope, bronchoscopy, orthopaedic equipment, ECG, Capnography and much more. They are proud to be the only practice within a 15-mile radius able to offer laparoscopic surgery to their patients.
Role: Whilst your main focus will be providing and encouraging gold standard clinical work, you would head up the vet team, making important decisions regarding clinical protocols and governance. Alongside the practice manager you will strive to further develop the business and practice, whilst continuing to encourage our wonderful team to provide the best standard of veterinary and client care possible.
Duties: You'll play a crucial role in supporting the vet team with clinical cases and decisions to ensure we are providing gold standard veterinary care to our patients. You will work closely with the Head Nurse to ensure the days run smoothly and put best practice protocols in place for their patients and team. Working alongside our Practice Manager and Head Nurse, you'll have the opportunity to lead the team, shaping the practice's ongoing success. The role will include a mixture of surgery and consultation days covering all aspects of first opinion practice.
Hours: The full-time role will involve working 4 days per week and 1:3 Saturday mornings. They would be happy to consider and discuss part - time options for any candidates that are unable to work full time. You will be required to be on call approximately once weekly for their inpatients that are hospitalised at the practice.
Applicant Requirements:
They are looking for an experienced veterinary surgeon who is competent in all aspects of first opinion veterinary medicine and surgery to complement their existing team of dedicated vets. The successful candidate must strive to provide gold standard veterinary care to their patients and clients, whilst working closely with their vet team to approach to discuss clinical cases with excellence and continuity.
Salary: Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience, plus up to £5,000 Relocation Allowance
Benefits:
- 6.6 weeks annual leave
- Your birthday as a paid day off
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
- Non-accidental injury support
- £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata
- Certificate support
- Learning and development opportunities
- Access to Vetlexicon
- All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
- All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via their Care Fund
- Infection Prevention and Control Programme
- Quality Improvement Programme
- BVA membership
- VDS cover
- RCVS fees
- Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
- Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
- Discounted staff pet care
Ref: JN -062024-31348
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