Lead Veterinary Surgeon
Medivet
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Darlington
Contract type: Full time

Medivet Darlington Stanhope Rd are looking for a Lead Veterinary Surgeon to join this talented team.
We are lucky to be in located in the very attractive market town of Darlington, County Durham. The town offers easy access to great transport links by rail and road to visit beautiful nearby countryside for those well-deserved down days. Or, for domestic or international trips is only a short commute to Teesside International Airport for UK and European destinations.
Our Stanhope Road practice is a 5 Vet practice, along with our Head RVN and a strong clinical Nursing team. It is RCVS accredited and a proud ISFM Gold Standard Cat Friendly practice and can accommodate all types of major surgery. Adjacent to the practice is the beautiful Stanhope Park, ideal for a relaxing lunch break, or to play a little bit of sport with Tennis and Basketball courts available.
Stanhope Road is one of our 2 practices within the area and Middleton-St-George which have been providing clients with consultations and preventative treatments for many years with a loyal client base. It has recently undertaken major renovation work at this surgery, allowing us to extend our services to include outpatient surgical
We are offering full time working pattern of 4 weekdays per week and a fair weekend rota, but if part time is something you wish to consider, let’s talk how we can support this.
We offer a relocation package if relocating from outside the UK or more than 60 miles from your current UK address.
This is the perfect opportunity to take the next step in your career by joining the growing Medivet community. We want to be the best place for vets and nurses to work and we’re taking the right steps in achieving this. For more information contact [email protected]
Key Benefits
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:
Medivet is a leading veterinary care provider, with practices across the UK including a number of 24-hour veterinary centres and referral centres. We also have a growing presence overseas with practices in France, Germany and Spain.
We’re proud to support a large, connected and growing community of colleagues who provide exceptional care that’s always there. That’s more than a strapline for us, we truly believe every interaction we have matters and that we can make a real difference. This is as true for our colleagues as it is for our patients and clients. Being part of Medivet means being part of a forward-thinking and caring environment with the very best equipment and treatment options available, and the very best treatment for you as a valued member of the team.
This is the home of talented people like you who want to stand out in their field and whose compassion for animals goes way beyond their job. Join us and be part of our exciting plans for the future.
We are lucky to be in located in the very attractive market town of Darlington, County Durham. The town offers easy access to great transport links by rail and road to visit beautiful nearby countryside for those well-deserved down days. Or, for domestic or international trips is only a short commute to Teesside International Airport for UK and European destinations.
Our Stanhope Road practice is a 5 Vet practice, along with our Head RVN and a strong clinical Nursing team. It is RCVS accredited and a proud ISFM Gold Standard Cat Friendly practice and can accommodate all types of major surgery. Adjacent to the practice is the beautiful Stanhope Park, ideal for a relaxing lunch break, or to play a little bit of sport with Tennis and Basketball courts available.
Stanhope Road is one of our 2 practices within the area and Middleton-St-George which have been providing clients with consultations and preventative treatments for many years with a loyal client base. It has recently undertaken major renovation work at this surgery, allowing us to extend our services to include outpatient surgical
We are offering full time working pattern of 4 weekdays per week and a fair weekend rota, but if part time is something you wish to consider, let’s talk how we can support this.
We offer a relocation package if relocating from outside the UK or more than 60 miles from your current UK address.
This is the perfect opportunity to take the next step in your career by joining the growing Medivet community. We want to be the best place for vets and nurses to work and we’re taking the right steps in achieving this. For more information contact [email protected]
Key Benefits
- 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.
- Quarterly Lead Vet Contribution Scheme with the potential to earn up to 20% on top of your salary.
- 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.
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.
- Complete clinical handover and arrange transfer of any patient needing out of hours or enhanced care.
- Pro-actively support and share clinical best practice within and across practices and the wider Medivet community.
- 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.
Medivet is a leading veterinary care provider, with practices across the UK including a number of 24-hour veterinary centres and referral centres. We also have a growing presence overseas with practices in France, Germany and Spain.
We’re proud to support a large, connected and growing community of colleagues who provide exceptional care that’s always there. That’s more than a strapline for us, we truly believe every interaction we have matters and that we can make a real difference. This is as true for our colleagues as it is for our patients and clients. Being part of Medivet means being part of a forward-thinking and caring environment with the very best equipment and treatment options available, and the very best treatment for you as a valued member of the team.
This is the home of talented people like you who want to stand out in their field and whose compassion for animals goes way beyond their job. Join us and be part of our exciting plans for the future.
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