We are looking for a confident veterinary surgeon who is thirsty for a positive challenge, to step into a sole charge GP senior position in our practice in Croydon, South London.
About your new role!
Between Croydon and nearby New Addington are experienced and long-standing support teams including RVN’s, students and front of house, that play an integral part in day-to-day branch life, including successfully maintaining high team moral.
You will have full clinical support from Stone Lion Hospital in Wimbledon, for any complex referrals you may need to make, and OOH care for your patients.
You would be fully supported by your dedicated regional manager, and regional head vet who has a wealth of knowledge to pass on and can support you in your clinical management needs.
This is a sole charge GP first opinion position, and you will be comfortable with routine GP consultations and surgery, but ample support is provided by management in the region. You will also be responsible for the support and guidance of an additional vet who will work between Croydon and New Addington.
As a senior branch vet some of your duties will include:
- Oversee prescription request administration to ensure that client requests are processed in a timely and accurate manner, that dispensed items are paid for, and that uncollected prescriptions are returned to stock in line with company policy.
- Oversee the consulting and surgical/diagnostic diary in compliance with company policies.
- Provide site-level induction to new starter colleagues and locums.
- Ensure that regular branch meetings are scheduled, minutes taken and actions completed.
- Carry out consultations, thoroughly examining all pets presented and making management and treatment recommendations which are based on best practice and are evidence-based and in accordance with GVG protocols.
- Perform surgery on cases as appropriate and within boundaries of personal competence and limitation of overnight care.
- Be prepared to refer cases in a timely manner, in the first instance to a GVG Hospital, when there is an inability to undertake a case for whatever reason.
- Help to maintain a respectful and collaborative team environment
- Record accurate and thorough clinical notes and ensure that pets’ histories are accurate comprehensive and useful to colleagues.
This role can accommodate a Tuesday to Friday rota, and includes a branch Saturday rotation and a 1:10 Sunday rotation in the Stone Lion Hospital plus 1 bank holiday per year.
There are NO on-call requirements for this position.
Accommodation is available at nearby New Addington if required.
Leadership training is provided for all new senior colleagues to help you transition into your senior role.
This modern practice has a very bonded client base that is eager to welcome their new vet!
Being south of the river, you are ideally located near idyllic Kingston Upon Thames, and then for a night out in London within easy reach of Brixton.
Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
Our senior salary band is £64,000 to £85,000 (FTE) depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role, as we would welcome the opportunity to provide CPD for further clinical or management development.
A little snippet of the benefits you will receive as a Goddard vet:
- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
- Generous relocation assistance (where applicable)
- Up to £2,000 CPD budget every year plus up to 5 days' paid CPD leave
- Private Medical Healthcare Insurance with Bupa
If you can see yourself in either role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email Rose directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!
Benefits for this role include
- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time)
- Generous relocation assistance (where applicable)
- CPD budget every year
- 5 days’ paid CPD leave every year (pro-rata if part-time)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Paid 30-minute lunch breaks
- Colleague introduction reward (for the introduction of vets and RVN’s)
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Medical cashback plan. Refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more
- Professional membership fees covered
- Shopping discounts
- Generous colleague discounts
- Petplan 20% colleague discount
About us
In 2022, we celebrated our 70th anniversary and now have 46 branches, three hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors communicating real time updates and taking polls with live Q&As to ensure we’re making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all new starters.
If you can see yourself in this role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!