Veterinary Insurance Administrator
Benefits
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Company pension
Employee discount
Full Job Description
UE05 £24,285 – £27,929 Per annum, pro rata
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies / Hospital for Small Animals
Fixed Term 6 months
Full Time; 35 hrs per week
We are looking for a Veterinary Insurance Administrator to come and work with us in the Hospital for Small Animals at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
The Opportunity:
This varied and interesting post requires a confident outgoing individual with excellent communication skills and attention to detail. Working in a fast paced environment, you will be part of a friendly, supportive team whose emphasis is on provision of gold standard customer care.
This role will require you to use a practice management system (currently Provet) and will predominately deal with the general public, veterinary professionals and insurance companies. Shift working will be required (Monday to Friday), in order to ensure the hours of 8.30am to 6pm are covered by the team.
Your skills and attributes for success:
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of working in a veterinary environment
- Experience in processing insurance claim forms and payments
- Attention to detail
- A working knowledge of veterinary practice management computer systems
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, headed by Professor David Argyle, has an international reputation for its research, teaching and clinical services. In 2008, The Roslin Institute was incorporated into the University and became the R(D)SVS associated research institute. The School is consistently highly ranked by The Times Higher and the Guardian newspaper.
The School is accredited by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and participates in the Veterinary Medical Colleges Admissions Service (VMCAS).
The School, (with The Roslin Institute) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), were part of a joint submission to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. This submission to Unit of Assessment 6 (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) was ranked as number 1 in the UK. The joint submission was the largest to UoA6, with over three quarters of the research outputs submitted judged to be “world leading” or “internationally excellent”. Over 80% of the submitted impact studies were scored highly, in addition to which the research environment was scored as 100% at 4*. The REF results saw the School maintain its position as the number 1 ranked vet school for research in the UK.
The School is a global education provider and has nearly 1,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and research students from a number of different countries. We provide world-class education to improve the health of animals and human beings alike and are leaders in veterinary education, research, and clinical practice, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The Roslin Institute collaborates closely in delivering research-led teaching to undergraduate veterinary students, and promoting clinical veterinary research and translation. The unique association with leading medical and veterinary schools (through the University’s College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine) with a genuine commitment to the concept of One Medicine, also enables the translation of expertise and knowledge into human health and vice versa.
The School has recently established a new Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security with £35M funding from the University. Its vision is to enhance sustainable development in global agriculture and rural land-based and aquatic economies. This will involve interdisciplinary teaching programmes intended to bridge theory, policy and practice, as well as basic and applied research that complements that of The Roslin Institute. It is forming partnerships across academia, commerce, government, civil society and local communities to form equitable relationships to improve food security.
The School holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of its commitment to advance the representation of women in veterinary medicine.