Clinic Director – Newcastle

Harrison Family Vets; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing veterinary clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Clinic Director to lead a new practice. The ideal candidate will be a passionate veterinary surgeon with strong leadership skills, responsible for providing exceptional care. This role offers a fun working environment with excellent perks, including a holiday package, CPD allowance, and opportunities for personal development. Join a team focused on maintaining high standards of care and making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

CPD allowance

Fear Free training

Annual birthday day off

Charity volunteer days

Gym membership contribution

Total Wellness Plans for pets

Relocation package up to £5000

Bonus scheme up to 20%

Qualifications

• Excited by leadership and dynamic with pets and people.
• Registered veterinary surgeon with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team at a new veterinary practice.
• Deliver high-quality, compassionate care to pets.
• Manage daily clinic operations and administration.

Skills

Leadership

Veterinary knowledge

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Compassionate care

Education

Veterinary degree

Job description

Harrison Family Vets are a family owned, independent group of busy, growing clinics providing pet health care that is second to none.

Quality pet-focused healthcare career with a fun journey guaranteed!

CLINIC DIRECTOR – CALLERTON, NEWCASTLE

We are looking for a veterinary surgeon who is excited by leadership, is a dynamic, enthusiastic pet and people person, to join our brand-new, purpose-built practice in Callerton, Newcastle (opening soon!)

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a busy and growing clinic, delivering the high standard of compassionate care that pets would choose, within a rapidly expanding group of independent, family-owned practices

The role:

• Days have a mix of consulting and theatre slots, with daily administration time factored in. Our consults are 15 minutes long.
• 1:2 Saturday morning 8.30am-1pm (this will decrease as the team grows!)
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays (Good Friday worked but day in lieu given) – holiday increases with service
• No OOH
• Private Medical Insurance including Employee Assistance Programme access
• £1000 standard CPD allowance with scope to study toward certificates
• Fear Free training and accreditation as standard
• Day off for birthday
• Three days off to work for a local charity of your choice
• Contribution to gym membership
• 2 free Total Wellness Plans your own pets – 25% discountoff subsequent plans and all other treatments. Our Wellness Plan is the best value plan out there, with unlimited veterinary consultations, annual health check including blood and urine tests, plus generous discounts on neutering and dentistry.
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• Quarterly ‘fun budget’ for the team to socialise outside of work
• Group social events e.g. Christmas party
• Ad hoc trips to south of France for CPD, plus a chance for team members to win a trip to the North American Vet Congress
• Relocation package available of up to £5000
• Bonus scheme (up to 20% of basic salary)

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

• We provide a positive environment where you will be supported by vastly experienced owners that you will know and work with.
• You will be challenged, and your career will develop.
• Being part of a fast growing and young practice is exciting. We guarantee you will enjoy the ride and have fun!
• You will be part of a team of like-minded colleagues.
• We are people focused, ask any of our team. The deal is that you work hard and in return we will look after you to the best of our ability.
• We are pet centric – we are the first veterinary practice outside of north America to be Fear Free accredited. This is the standard of care our pets deserve.

Funded CPD and scope for certificate study

Day off for birthday

3 days to volunteer for local charity or good cause

Ad hoc CPD trips to South of France

Out of the hat places to North American veterinary conferences!

Company wide social events e.g. Christmas party

Team quarterly fun budget

Free Total Wellness Plans for your pets plus generous discounts

Beingfamily-owned and independentmeans security, trust and ensures we are aligned with our vision and mission to deliver not only our key principles,Quality, Integrity, Passion, and Growth, but also to be the kind of veterinary practice that we are proud of.

We have three generations of the Harrison Family working within our business- Tim, our Managing Director, works alongside his daughter, Annabel, and father, Craig.

Further it means that we are free to make our own decisions and are not governed by remote owners. This gives us the freedom to act in the best interests of our clinics, our team members, our clients, and most importantly, your pets.

3 generations - Craig Harrison, Annabel Harrison & Tim Harrison

FEAR FREE

We understand that pets are part of the family, so as standard our teams are accredited ‘Fear Free’ professionals who can prevent and alleviate potential fear and stress experienced by your pets during their visit. To achieve this, amongst many other things, our ward areas have classical music playing and softer lighting than that of clinical areas, plus stress-relieving pheromone plug ins are used throughout our wards and wider clinic.

We understand the differing needs of species and as such our cat wards have individual hideaway units so that they may feel more secure, weighing scales are covered with fake grass to be more appealing to our canine patients, and we obviously use an abundance of delicious and distracting treats to distract to make the journey as stress free as possible for all.

Our Reading & Kingswinford clinics are Fear Free certified

OUR PRINCIPLES

TOTAL WELLNESS PLAN

Health plans are nothing new to our industry and are predominantly cost saving in nature.

Our fantastic Total Wellness Plan not only reduces cost for routine preventative products and services, but more importantly eliminates veterinary consult fees completely and introduces a yearly comprehensive physical examination, including blood and urine screening to pick up any subtle indicators of early disease. The plan exists to remove barriers to care, and help pets live longer, healthier lives.