Practice Director

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Practice Director

Cromwell Vets, a thriving hospital‑led group with five branch practices across Cambridgeshire, seeks an experienced and commercially astute Practice Director to lead and develop a multi‑site veterinary operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strong, visible leadership across multiple veterinary practices, fostering a high‑performance, values‑driven culture.
• Drive commercial performance, including P&L ownership, budgeting, forecasting, and delivery of financial targets.
• Work in close partnership with Clinical Directors / Lead Vets, ensuring clinical excellence and operational efficiency are aligned.
• Lead, develop, and retain senior site leaders, building robust succession plans.
• Translate central strategy into clear, actionable plans at practice level.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance, regulatory, and operational standards.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement, growth, and innovation across the group.

About You

• A proven operator with multi‑site leadership experience (essential).
• Background in veterinary practice, healthcare, or a related regulated service environment.
• Commercially minded, confident managing complex P&L structures.
• Strong people leader with experience managing senior clinicians and operational leaders.
• Comfortable working in a matrix organisation, balancing local autonomy with central expectations.
• Resilient, pragmatic, and outcomes‑focused, with a collaborative leadership style.

Desirable (but Not Essential)

• Qualified Veterinary Surgeon with leadership experience.
• Previous experience within corporate veterinary or healthcare groups.
• Change management or transformation experience.

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave.
• 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 programme including employee assistance programme, eye‑care voucher scheme, free annual Flu jab, cycle to work scheme, recruitment referral reward scheme.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to make a genuine impact across a diverse multi‑site operation.
• Autonomy to lead, shape, and influence strategic and operational decisions.
• Supportive central infrastructure with strong clinical and operational governance.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package.

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