About This Role
This leadership role is for an experienced veterinary professional to oversee clinical excellence, culture, and trust within a practice. The Clinical Director will partner with the Centre Director to lead the practice with significant local autonomy, balancing clinical excellence with sustainable business performance. It suits a veterinary leader who enjoys developing people, driving clinical standards, and creating a positive culture where teams can thrive.
Responsibilities
- Champion outstanding clinical standards and patient care
- Lead clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and reflective practice
- Support colleagues with complex clinical decision-making
- Promote evidence-based and contextualised veterinary medicine
- Ensure professional, ethical, and regulatory standards are maintained
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement across clinical services
- Recruit, develop, and retain talented clinicians
- Coach and mentor colleagues throughout their careers
- Support graduates and developing clinicians
- Develop future clinical leaders
- Build an engaged, inclusive, and psychologically safe clinical team
- Promote excellent client communication and shared decision-making
- Build trusted relationships within the local community
- Use client feedback and complaints to drive improvements
- Work with the Centre Director to deliver the practice strategy
- Balance clinical excellence with commercial sustainability
- Use data and insight to identify opportunities for improvement
- Develop clinical services that improve patient care and practice performance
- Contribute to the wider leadership of the Kin Vet Community
Requirements
- RCVS registration as a Veterinary Surgeon
- Significant experience within small animal practice
- Experience leading, mentoring, and developing veterinary teams
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Commercial awareness and an understanding of practice performance
- A passion for clinical excellence and continuous improvement
Nice to have:
- Previous experience as a Clinical Director, Head Vet, or in another senior veterinary leadership role
- VetGDP Adviser experience
- Experience leading clinical governance programmes
- Experience using operational and financial data to drive improvement
Benefits
- 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays (rising to 30 days after 5 years)
- Enhanced maternity & adoption leave (up to 6 months at 90% pay depending on years of service)