Veterinary Coordinator: Bromsgrove - Blue Cross For Pets

Blue Cross For Pets

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Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Contract:
Permanent, part time (15 hours)

Salary:

£22,628 - £26,000 FTE per annum (£9,052 - £10,400 for 15 hours)

Location:
Bromsgrove, B61 0RJ

Closing date:
Sunday 3 December 2023

Interview date:
Wednesday 13 December 2023

We're recruiting a

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Veterinary Coordinator for our Rehoming & Fostering team at our Rehoming, behaviour and advice unit in
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Bromsgrove Our Veterinary Coordinators ensure our clinical standards and veterinary interventions are consistently applied across our service offerings at our centres, leading to more efficient and cost-effective solutions.

We've just launched a new and exciting national Rehoming & Fostering team structure to support our aim of ensuring every pet enjoys a healthy life in a happy home. You'll be joining a team who strive to be the best versions of themselves, so that they can do the best for the pets who need our help.

More about the role

Our Bromsgrove rehoming centre is situated in rural countryside and covers some 9 acres and caters for up to 15 dogs and 30 cats on site with a dedicated puppy and kitten unit. We also have our home direct scheme which keeps pets in homes whilst we find new loving homes and we have many fosterers supporting our vital work caring for variety of pets.
As a Veterinary Coordinator you will oversee the provision of all veterinary care linked to your Centre services, working with our Veterinary Specialist and other Veterinary Co-Ordinators across the Rehoming and Fostering network to ensure consistency of approach and potential economies of scale. The process of rehoming a pet has three key stages from admitting the pet through to adoption and continually ensuring spaces are refilled. You will be responsible for providing veterinary interventions for all these stages.
This is a part time role working two days per week on Mondays and Tuesdays.
At our Bromsgrove rehoming centre, we provide onsite accommodation for pets in our care 24/7. Overnight shifts are usually undertaken by team members who live on site. Occasionally, you will be expected to carry out night checks or stay in on site accommodation overnight when the resident team members are either not working or away for a period of time. These duties are organised on a local rota and shared between all members of the team.About you
You will have an excellent knowledge of veterinary practice by working in a similar animal rescue or clinical environment. In addition, you will be passionate about pet welfare and motivated by sharing your knowledge and providing good, sound, and pragmatic advice to others. You will also have experience of assessing pets, ensuring that any behavioural issues are taken into account when considering medical interventions. Your advice and approach will be evidence based, welfare focused and in line with Blue Cross Clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures.
You will enjoy building relationships not just internally but externally, being confident to work with a range of people such as other vets/vet nurses, volunteers, team members and members of the public. Communication and consistency of approach is really important, so you should be comfortable nurturing face to face local relationships as well as at a national level.
We don't 'rest on our laurels' at Blue Cross so you should enjoy continually looking for improvements, seeking opportunities to make our pet veterinary approach as efficient as we can, without compromising pet welfare. You will enjoy working with your colleagues who care for the pets and provide adoption and admission support and be open to take onboard their ideas for improving the services we provide.
Knowledge, skills, and experience
Experience of working in a veterinary practice or a similar animal rescue environment with a good understanding of shelter medicine principles.
Demonstrable experience and competence in handling and working with a range of species.
A good knowledge of animal welfare and health & safety practices and legislation.
A good understanding of infectious and zoonotic diseases and biosecurity, including how to prevent, treat and manage outbreaks.
Able to articulate and have experience of unique challenges faced by managing cases of pets who are owned verses unowned animals in a rehoming setting.
Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with multiple stakeholders and adapt approach depending on the audience and topic, always retaining diplomacy and tact.
Excellent organisation skills with the ability to 'spin many plates' and prioritise workload.
It would be great (but not essential) if you also had:
Vet Nursing, Pet Hospital Assistant or SQP qualifications.
Experience of dealing with potential new owners who are taking on a pet with ongoing clinical conditions.
Experience of working within Clinical/Veterinary guidelines and regulations.
Understanding and experience of working with pets in a str