Director of Practice & Clinical Services - Small Animal
Core
Lead clinical operations and governance for a four-site small animal veterinary practice while maintaining hands-on patient care.
Role type
Senior Veterinary Surgeon (Clinical Lead)
Builds
Small animal patient care services across consultations, surgery, and diagnostics
Domain
Veterinary medicine (Small Animal)
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Small animal clinical decision-making, mentoring colleagues, clinical governance, RCVS registration, first opinion practice experience
Preferred skills
Leadership, team collaboration, Saturday rota availability
Technologies
Doppler ultrasound, ECG, digital radiography, dental x-ray, endoscopy, laparoscopy, orthopaedic surgery suite, in-house laboratory
Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality small animal veterinary care, mentor less experienced veterinary surgeons, maintain high clinical standards, support clinical direction and development, work across multiple branches
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities




