Clinical Director - Small Animal

Discipline: Small Animal

Up to £80,000 DOE. Welcome Bonus up to £5,000 & Relocation Allowance up to £5,000.

We are delighted to offer an exceptional opportunity for a Veterinary Surgeon to join the Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre team as a Clinical Director.

We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Director to lead our Small Animal veterinary practice. As Clinical Director, you'll help lead a team of long-standing vets and nurses, managing a diverse caseload of surgeries and consultations, vet rotas, and clinical budgets while supporting our clinical team on the ground. You will be fully supported by both our experienced Head Nurse and Practice Manager and have a collaborative relationship with our Area and Regional Directors and Support Managers. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career and contribute to the success of the practice.

Work-Life Balance Tailored to You

This full-time role involves working in our single site clinic, Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre. Working 40 hours over 4 or 5 days plus a share in the Saturday morning rota, we are committed to supporting your work-life balance by offering a flexible rota pattern. There is no OOH as we are a Vets Now host practice. Our aim is to make it effortless for you to strike the right balance between your professional and personal commitments.

A Role Tailored to Your Preferences

We believe that your ideal job is uniquely yours. This position offers leadership learning and support to take that next step on your career path. Share your vision for an ideal role, and we will collaborate with you to design a position that maximizes your strengths and passions. Your input is not just valued; it is essential. Your dream job is not just a possibility; it is our commitment.

Employee Wellbeing and Development

Recognising that our people are integral to our success, we prioritise investing in our team, facilities, and processes at Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre. Our focus on employee wellbeing, patient care, and client experience is important to us. We are seeking a candidate with exceptional interpersonal skills and a dedication to kindness and respect.

Who we are

Barton Lodge is a long-established small animal practice situated in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. We are a short walking distance from the town centre that offers a variety of facilities close at hand, and close to a lovely park for relaxation. Hemel Hempstead is only 30 minutes away from London by train and 20 minutes from Luton airport.

We are a single site practice, and all our rooms are air-conditioned. We have access to several good referral centres although a lot of complex cases can be managed at the clinic, including dentistry and orthopaedics. Our up-to-date facilities include 3 consulting rooms, a dedicated operating theatre, large prep area, separate dog/cat wards, imaging/dental area with digital X-ray facilities (standard and dental), doppler blood pressure monitor, MyLab 25 Gold E-SAOTE ultrasound scanner, endoscope, extensive in-house lab, ECG and tonometer.

Come and join our friendly and highly professional team

Our friendly team is made up of 4 Veterinary Surgeons, 5 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses, 3 Receptionists, and a Practice Manager. Our RVN team regularly consult each day allowing the vets to focus on clinical cases. CPD is encouraged and well supported with an excellent CPD budget and additional staff benefit. We are a very friendly, close, and inclusive team that promotes a supportive culture and discusses cases when necessary. We are very supportive of CPDs if you want to focus on a particular area of care. We have a high Pet Health Club membership for preventative care, which means that our clients are bonded to the practice.

What you'll bring

You will be a dynamic leader, bringing a mix of your clinical, people, and commercial leadership skills and be ready to lead by example. You will have an understanding and experience working with commercial measures such as profit and loss reports, and you will work closely with your Area Director in delivering the business KPIs through considered business planning.

Because our people matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises, and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

1. Work-life balance
2. 7.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
3. Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
4. Wellbeing
5. Private Medical Insurance
6. Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
7. Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
8. Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
9. Development
10. £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
11. Certificate support
12. Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
13. Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
14. All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
15. All our Vets get £1250 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
16. Infection Prevention and Control Programme
17. Quality Improvement Programme
18. Professional Memberships
19. BVA membership
20. VDS cover
21. RCVS fees
22. Colleague Benefits
23. Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will contribute as well
24. Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
25. Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
26. Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
27. Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice

At IVC Evidensia we are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and Belonging. 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.

Up to £80,000 DOE