Veterinary Surgeon

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Job Description

• Are you looking for a change due to being overbooked, unsupported and on the pathway to burnout?
• Do you enjoy the varied challenge of being a great GP vet but also have an area of interest you’re now ready to focus on more?
• Are you a vet who actually enjoys working with clients? - if only you had enough time to spend with them and their pets!
• Are you looking for a flexible rota that fits in with your lifestyle giving you enough time outside of work to keep you energised, passionate and excited about your work?
• Have you been able to form a healthy relationship with failure where you can view moments when things don’t work out as planned as growth opportunities?

We’re an 11 year old Vets4

Pets practice located in Dunfermline who, from the outset, worked to build a practice that is an important part of our community. Though we are part of a larger group, the reality is that every JVP runs their practice completely independently of any other. We get support on the rare occasions we ask for it from the support office - but we are under no obligation to offer any service we don't believe works for us.

The way we have chosen to do things attracts clients that support our vision of sustainability and high quality care and service. If you're doubtful, come and spend a day with us to find out for yourself how we do things - we’d be delighted to have you visit.

I (the practice owner) took the plunge into ownership because I experienced some fairly horrendous treatment as a new graduate, you probably know the sort of stuff I mean:

• 10 minutes per appointment.
• No allocated break time.
• No time to actually use my brain and do work ups.
• Multiple operations were booked every day leaving no time for lunch.
• No space for emergencies in the diary so they were squeezed into non-existent time.
• Poor client bonding as zero time for any pleasantries.
• Cliques within the team (that left me feeling isolated).
• Abusive clients left unchecked.

Although this was a tough period of my vet life, it also built my resolve to do something different. Something that works for everyone, not just the pets and clients.

After eight years of trying, learning and experimenting, we’ve found a formula that works for us, and I wonder if it might work for you too?

“I have worked at Vets4

Pets Dunfermline for almost 5 years, since I graduated in 2017. I have always felt supported here and encouraged to follow my interests. One example of this is being encouraged to pursue my post-graduate certificate in small animal surgery and use these skills to perform more complicated surgeries in practice. Additionally, I have always disliked dentals and avoided doing them but recently I have started building up my caseload with lots of support from the senior vet (Dr Forbes Shaw), I have been given access to Brett Beckmann’s dental videos and I am going on a practical canine CPD course this year.

I am given more time to perform my dental procedures and we have regular meetings to discuss my progress. The diary is very well managed and the team are excellent at triaging phone calls. More challenging medical consults, PTS appointments and new clients are always booked for half an hour slots. I allocate my own time to do my admin list and check off medications eg flea/worm Tx.

We limit the amount of clients seen per day to ensure we have time to work up cases. If there is an emergency then there is an additional emergency charge and appointments will be moved to accommodate this. Lunch is protected, if ops run late then it’ll get moved to later in the day. Unless it is an extremely busy day but this is a rare occurrence.

In the last 12 months I’ve had to stay late about 5 times. This is because we now shut at 6pm and Vets Now don’t open until 7pm so if a patient needs to be sent there we stay back until 7pm. If there is an issue with client behaviour we are encouraged to bring it up with the client and will be supported with this.

If there is unacceptable behaviour then the client is sacked. If…