Consultant in Emergency and Critical Care Cambridgeshire
Job description
Your role and responsibilities
Our Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) department is excited to offer the opportunity of a full-time Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) Consultant to join our flagship specialist veterinary hospital.
You would join our Emergency and Critical Care team consisting of 4 senior Criticalists, 2 ECC residents, 3 ECC interns, 7 ECC nurses and 2 Animal Care Assistants. We work from a well-equipped Intensive Care Unit within our busy hospital, and will shortly move to a custom-built, state-of-art Intensive Care Unit with a separate Emergency Room in our new build hospital. Our team deals with both emergencies and critical in-patients including supporting the hospital's open heart surgery programme.
DWR is an educational partner with the University of Nottingham, and the Dick White Nursing Academy is onsite. There is a thriving programme of house-officer educational rounds including weekly ECC board review.
DWR has an excellent and varied caseload supported by Rotating Interns, Residents, certified Veterinary Nurses, Fellows and 46 Veterinary Specialists including the following specialities: anatomical pathology, anaesthesia, cardiology, clinical pathology, emergency and critical care, dermatology, internal medicine, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, and soft tissue surgery.
We are conveniently located in Cambridgeshire between Newmarket, the home of horse racing and Cambridge, with its world-renowned University and amenities.
Qualifications
The successful applicant must be ACVECC or ECVECC Board-Certified. Experienced candidates eligible to sit the qualifying examinations for these colleges will also be considered
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- External CPD funded
- Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
About us
Dick White Referrals (DWR) is one of the largest specialist multi-disciplinary veterinary referral centres in Europe, offering outstanding levels of clinical care in state-of-the-art facilities.
Our dedicated vets, nurses and nursing assistants, supported by the client care teams are committed to providing the highest quality surgical and medical care for pets. Many of our clinicians are nationally or internationally recognised specialists in their field and bring unique experiences to care for pets.
We accept referrals in Anaesthesia, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging, Emergency and Critical Care, Internal Medicine Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physiotherapy and Soft Tissue Surgery.
We have comprehensive and established clinical and non-clinical programmes for training, development and CPD.
If you would like to apply for this position or discuss in more detail please contact [email protected]
