Vets4Pets Workington

We’re looking for ambitious clinicians with entrepreneurial spirit to take on the running of a brand new innovative practice in Workington. 

It’s not just the look of the practice that’s different. Our brand new operating model utilises advances in technology, practice design and colleague structure to enhance the pet, client and colleague experience to create the future of our practices and their profitability.

With a brand new opening, we can tailor the practice to compliment your clinical interests and long term plans.

Our practice ownership model allows vets, nurses, and practice managers the opportunity to become a practice owner. 

Practice ownership is the only model in the industry that gives you clinical autonomy. You're independent to make your own clinical and practice-based decisions, allowing you to run your practice, your way, and enables you to have the freedom to make the best decisions for your patients.

Partnering with our business experts across 12 key functions, we help develop your commercial and leadership skills and experience, setting you on the path to success. Our model includes a guaranteed salary from day one, whilst having the security of being part of a wider group.

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The new operating model

At its core, our new operating model utilising advances in technology, practice design and colleague structure to enhance the pet, client, and colleague experience to create the future of our practices.

• Enabling operational efficiencies such as the transference of appropriate tasks, which in turn, reduces pressure on clinicians, allowing time to write up notes, conduct clinical investigations, and allows them to focus on the most rewarding aspects of their job, ensuring a good work-life balance
• Colleagues focusing on what they are qualified to do and enjoy the most
• Clients receiving an exceptional service and forging stronger relationships
• Pets getting the treatment they deserve
• Reduced operational pressure on vets and practice teams
• A stronger business performance

Why are we doing it?

We want our practices the best choice for vets, nurses and non-clinical colleagues. We want people to want to work with us and see no other way of working.

• The changes provide clear career pathways within the practice
• It gives an enhanced client journey
• Maximises service quality
• Improves teamworking
• Is a practicable and innovative solution to the complexities of running a 21st Century veterinary practice

Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, and has a population of over 25,000.

Workington is 32 miles south-west of Carlisle, and local to Whitehaven and Cockermouth. It has gone through regeneration in recent years, with a £50 million shopping centre and mixed-use complex opening in 2006. In 2007, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors named Washington Square the "best commercial project" in North West England.

The practice is based inside one of the best performing Pets at Home stores in the region, which is based in a large retail park that also includes a Morrisons and B&M, as well as ample free parking. 

The practice is a 15-minute walk from Workington train station, which has excellent links to Carlisle, Newcastle, Leeds, and Preston.