Clinical Director

Are you bursting with ideas to achieve clinical and client excellence? Would you be excited to shape a Veterinary Practice to achieve your vision?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Director to join our team here at Unicorn Vets. You would be based across all three surgeries, leading the team into the future along with the Practice Director and be responsible for both the clinical and financial performance of the group. Day to day you would undertake a clinical role including surgery and consultations with a varied caseload, as well as mentor other members within the team and set clinical objectives to achieve best practice in patient and client care.

Fix or flex – work life balance that works for you – No weekends or OOH

Typically, the full-time position is 40 hours per week, spread over 4 or 5 days with a mix of earlies and lates (latest finish is 7pm). There are no weekends or OOH associated with this role. However, we know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it brilliantly easy for you to strike the right balance. Whether you need to do the school pick up, need reduced hours during school holidays or would simply like a more flexible rota pattern, we can look to fix or flex our patterns to suit you.

Package

• The salary will be up to £80,000 depending on experience.
• Relocation Allowance up to £5,000
• Generous Welcome Bonus

Join our long-established practice located in a great part of the world

Unicorn Vets is a group of three practices that has been in the Southampton area for over 30 years. We have a good, loyal client base with a strong focus on patient welfare and high clinical standards. The practice fosters a very supportive and caring environment where real emphasis is placed on ensuring a great work/life balance for all of the team.

The Fairfield surgery is on the outskirts of the idyllic South Downs with rivers and forests, while also being a 20-minute drive from Winchester. The Park surgery is a stone's throw from Southampton Common and has a good selection of shops and restaurants. You can also easily hop on a train to be in Central London, or head in the opposite direction and explore the beautiful New Forest with all its nature walks and village pubs. Our Ashurst surgery is located in the middle of The New Forest with a pub and train station right next door. Each area is home to excellent schools and are all lovely places to set up home.

Park branch is currently in the process of achieving cat-friendly accreditation and Fairfield branch is officially a cat-friendly clinic.

Our Facilities

The practices are equipped with digital X-ray, in-house haematology and biochemistry including SDMA, T4, and other extended panels, endoscopy, ultrasound with echocardiography, capnography, tonometry, ECG, and a new K-Laser.

Our Team

Because our employees 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 -

Work life balance

• 7.6 weeks annual leave
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Wellbeing

• 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

Development

• £1250 CPD allowance with 40 hours paid pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All our Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via our Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care
• Relocation allowance up to £5000

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.

Any questions before applying?

Speak to Megan Dawson from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.