Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia
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.
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About the role
If you are a Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia, enjoy working in a team striving to provide the best quality of care based on current evidence, and you would like to match some of the pros of academia (clinical research, supervision and teaching of residents, interns and student), with the financial rewards and challenging caseload of a private practice, this is the chance you have been waiting for!
Dick White Referrals (DWR) is looking for an American or European Diplomate in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia to join our Anaesthesia team, including 7 current diplomates, 3 clinical fellows, 4 residents, and 4 anaesthesia nurses. Founded in 2003 by Professor Dick White, DWR has grown rapidly to become the largest private veterinary referral hospital in the UK, currently with over 300 employees. DWR is a busy, purpose-built specialist referral-only small animal veterinary hospital conveniently located in Cambridgeshire between Newmarket, the home of horse racing and Cambridge, with its world-renowned University and amenities.
DWR has state-of-the-art facilities, including modern anaesthesia workstations with comprehensive haemodynamic and ventilation monitoring, and dedicated ultrasound machines for locoregional anaesthesia.The hospital is fully equipped with the surgical, diagnostic and hospitalisation facilities commensurate with a flagship specialist veterinary hospital and has an on-site reference laboratory with both in-house clinical pathology and diagnostic histopathology. DWR also has an Open Heart Surgery program in which anaesthesia is involved. Additionally, the senior anaesthetists work at the Newmarket Equine Hospital, where we train our residents and equine interns in anaesthesia. As part of our on-going drive for excellence, we have a new building underway onsite that will double the size of our facilities and create a truly world-class hospital.
We are dedicated to excellence, trust and care in all we do as a hospital, as an employer and also to the development of veterinary professionals. We are an Educational Partner with the University of Nottingham and we also have the Dick White Academy onsite and run regular CPD events. Within the anaesthesia team, we have twice weekly teaching sessions including journal club, case discussions and formal presentations on basic sciences applied to anaesthesia.
The ideal candidate is an ECVAA/ACVAA Diplomate, wishing to work full-time or part-time with small animals and horses, but applications from Veterinary Surgeons who have completed a residency in Veterinary Anaesthesia or from Specialists preferring to work only with small animals will also be considered. The position will start in January 2023.
You will work alongside a team of approximately 40 Specialists in various disciplines (soft tissue and cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, emergency and critical care, oncology, cardiology, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, clinical pathology and pathology), who together strive to achieve clinical excellence.
Hours: Full time. The out-of-hours on-call rota is 1:6, and when on call during a weekend, there will be two additional days of time off given to be spent within the following two weeks.
Benefits
- Annual inflationary salary review
- Hospital-wide bonus scheme
- Generous holiday allowance
- Birthday leave
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual CPD allowance
- Life assurance scheme
- Income protection scheme
- Private health insurance
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Shared parental leave and adoption leave