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Lead Veterinary Surgeon

£60,000 - £75,000 per year
  1. Full-time
  2. Veterinary Surgeon
  3. Nottingham
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Medivet Sherwood is looking for a Lead Vet to join our supportive and friendly team in the suburbs of Nottingham. Our spacious Sherwood practice is, equipped with three consult rooms, theatre, dental facilities including dental x-ray, and handles a varied caseload of medical and surgical cases. We're looking for someone confident with most routine procedures—orthopaedics would be a welcome bonus, but not essential.
 

You’ll work as part of a wider team covering three branches—Sherwood, Arnold, and Netherfield—alongside 6 vets, 3 RVNs, 2 SVNs), 2 VCAs, and 4 CCAs. Arnold and Netherfield are consult-only clinics. This is a great opportunity to enjoy clinical variety in a supportive environment, with plenty of scope to grow and develop your skills. For more information or an informal chat, please contact Laura at laura.blantern@medivet.co.uk.

Key Benefits 

  • Quarterly Lead Vet Contribution Scheme with the potential to earn up to 20% on top of your salary. 

  • Private Medical Insurance from day one. 

  • Health cash plan from day one (covering dental, physio and optical services) with 24/7 Private GP Service. 

  • Life Assurance 3 x salary. 

  • Access to 24-hour counselling by phone or in person should you feel you need support. 

  • 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 6 weeks with length of service. 

  • An additional ‘Day for You’, a paid day’s leave for you to use as you wish. 

  • Clinical CPD: £1,500 per year plus 3 days’ paid leave 

  • Internal CPD and access to Clinical Communities 

  • Funded certificate opportunities. 

  • VDS, RCVS and BVA fees paid. 

  • Sabbatical based on length of service. 

  • Interest free Season Ticket Loan. 

  • Cycle to Work scheme. 

  • Discounts on Medivet products and services. 

  • Support for Certificates of Sponsorship for a Tier 2 (General) Visa and relocation support. 

  

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:  

  • Deliver exceptional clinical care to your patients during consultations and procedures.  

  • Provide exceptional care to your clients, giving clear updates on patients.  

  • Deliver professional excellence, observing the highest standards of regulatory, practice and operational compliance.  

  • Prepare accurate estimates for clients, ensuring payment and minimising debt.  

  • Work closely with the Practice Manager to maximise commercial performance with a focus on key measures.   

  • Engage, mentor and develop your team, enhancing their skills and utilising these in the most effective way.   

  • Inspire your team, sharing new or evolving practice standards and changes to processes.  

  • Pro-actively support and share clinical best practice within and across practices and the wider Medivet community. 

 

Your Skills and Experience 

  • RCVS registered Veterinary Surgeon. 

  • Able to demonstrate clinical leadership skills. 

  • Experienced in delivering exceptional care to both patients and clients.  

  • An understanding and appreciation of exceptional care and how this improves the client experience.  

  • Experience of implementing a progressive clinical culture.  

  • Experience of delivering strong commercial performance through effective allocation of clinical activity. 

  • Experienced in working effectively as part of a team. 

  • Experienced in using coaching and influencing skills to get the best out of every colleague. 

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