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My Graduate Journey - Tom Heaselgrave |
What can you expect from our programme:
Year 1 - Graduate Development Programme (GDP)
Aligned to the RCVS VetGDP, you’ll benefit from a structured approach to support and education:
- Formalised mentorship and support, with practice based primary and secondary mentors, including a VetGDP Adviser
- Dedicated support from our central team
- Funded social events, with peer groups and mentors
- 12 core education days including:
- Intensive pre-start training camp
- Primary care skill development – common primary care case presentations, surgical skills, dentistry, anaesthesia, imaging, internal medicine, dermatology and ophthalmology
- Non-clinical skills including veterinary business training, time management, communication skills, managing difficult conversations and skills to thrive in practice
Year 2 - Early Careers Programme (ECP)
In your second year you’ll benefit from increased flexibility and opportunities to tailor your clinical and professional development whilst also benefiting from the continuation of a robust and structured support and education programme including:
- Ongoing, structured practice-based mentorship
- Continued dedicated support from our central team
- Regional social events with your cohort and our other Graduates
- 6 core educational days cover more advanced clinical topics including neurology, oncology, advanced surgical and medical topics
- Up to five days CPD of your choice
Why join a Linnaeus Graduate Development and Early Careers Programme
Crafted to develop you in all areas of your career, our robust and immersive programmes combine clinical and professional learning modules with practice-based learning, mentoring and support. Our programme is underpinned by 5 core foundations:
Mentoring and Support
From day one your mentors will be readily available to support you both professionally and personally. So whether you need advice on a clinical case, career planning, wellbeing or mental health support, you can be confident that you’ll have regular scheduled meetings with your primary mentor whilst also regularly working alongside them giving you more opportunity for informal catch ups and case advice. Your secondary mentor will also be on hand within your practice alongside dedicated support from our central team.
Clinical Excellence
Our commitment to clinical excellence is at the heart of all that we do at Linnaeus. The combination of mentoring and our core educational days will help you refine your current skills, develop new ones and explore areas of interest.
Professional Excellence
Our commitment to excellence expands into non-clinical areas with professional skills training focusing on communication, conflict management and resolution, and resilience to list just a few.
Recognition and Reward
You can expect a competitive starting salary of £37,100 (with a review at 12-months). We also offer:
- A permanent contract
- RCVS Membership fees
- Professional indemnity insurance and an additional membership of choice (BVA or BSAVA)
- 5 weeks holiday + Bank Holidays + Birthday Leave
- Access to our extensive online Linnaeus CPD programmes and online learning
Career Pathways
We’re part of the Mars Veterinary Health family which gives our Associates vast career opportunities across general practice, specialisation, further education and central support careers. Throughout our programmes, you will be supported to explore long-term career options that enable you to unleash your potential.
Ready to unleash your potential?
Completing our Graduate and Early Careers programme is just the beginning. We're incredibly proud that following the successful completion of our Graduate Development and Early Careers Programme, we have been able to support our Associates in securing a role within Linnaeus to fulfil their career aspirations. So, whether you want to grow your career within Primary Care or become a leading Specialist, Linnaeus offers you the support, professional development and opportunities to enable you to become the Vet you set out to be.
Learn more about our career pathways here.
And as we’re part of something much bigger – all of our Associates can also explore opportunities within the Mars Veterinary Health family.
Don’t just take our word for it...
“The GDP is a great way to meet up with other new graduates and share your experiences. It also provides great CPD highly relevant to new graduates.”
“The Linnaeus Graduate Development Programme has been integral to my first years in practice – surrounded by like-minded new graduates in a truly supportive environment with a wide range of CPD, it’s really allowed me to hit the ground running. It’s clear the learning is only really beginning when you graduate.”
“The Linnaeus GDP has been an incredibly supportive and informative introduction into practice life. With impeccable in-house mentorship as well as clinical and pastoral contacts throughout the entire Linnaeus family, the GDP has made the leap into the real world seamless and stress-free.”
Find out more
Want to hear firsthand from someone in the Programme? Or simply want to find out more?
Drop us an email: [email protected] and we’ll be in touch to organise some time to talk.
Ready to unleash your potential?
Supporting our Associates to transition from Graduation to Practice is a core foundation of our Graduate and Early Careers Programme. And we’re committed to this from day one. Our application process is typically a one-interview stage with lots of opportunity for you to explore Linnaeus and our Practices through conversation or Practice visits.
You can quickly submit your application here and we’ll be in touch as quickly as possible to discuss your aspirations and next steps.