ECVS Resident In Small Animal Surgery
Small animal
Expires: 31-01-2025
DWR Veterinary Specialists, Newmarket, United Kingdom
Job Title: ECVS resident in small animal surgery
Salary: £38,000 (in year one)
Location: DWR Newmarket / Cambridge
Job Type: 3 year fixed contract
Hours: Full time
Your role and responsibilities
DWR is one of the largest state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary, small animal specialist referral hospitals in Europe. The hospital is based near Cambridge, UK and is the largest training hospital in the country with residency programmes running in many disciplines including services in soft tissue surgery, orthopaedics, internal medicine, oncology, cardiology, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, neurology, ECC, anaesthesia, dermatology, dentistry, physiotherapy and clinical pathology.
With a large, varied and exciting surgical caseload, we are seeking a further colleague to join our ECVS Residency-training programme from June 2025. The successful candidate will work alongside our existing surgery residents and receive direct training and supervision from our four experienced RCVS/ECVS Recognised Specialists in Small Animal Surgery and the clinical Fellows team. The Residency programme will be for a period of 3 to 4 years depending on experience (reviewed after 6 months and then annually) and is formally approved by the European College of Veterinary Surgery (ECVS).
The successful applicant will be compassionate and caring and be able to communicate to an excellent standard with colleagues, clients and referring veterinarians.
Applicants must be either a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons or hold a veterinary degree qualifying them for membership. The successful applicant will have at least 1 years’ relevant post graduate veterinary clinical experience, have completed a Rotating Internship programme and hold a UK valid current driving licence as well as being eligible to work in the UK.
If you share our passion for delivering excellence, trust and care and would like to develop your surgical career further then we would love to hear from you.
For more information or a confidential discussion please email Rachel Hattersley (Head of Soft Tissue Surgery) at [email protected]
Please note that the closing date for this position is January 31st 2025. The interview date is to be confirmed but will be the third week of February 2025.
Benefits
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + 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 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 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.
Visit this page to read about our vison, mission and values. https://www.dickwhitereferrals.com/about-us/our-vision-mission-and-values/
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.
Part of an amazing global family
Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.
If you would like to apply for this role, please find use the following weblink:
https://www.linnaeusgroup.co.uk/careers/vacancies/ecvs-resident-in-small-animal-surgery