• Surgical Resident

    Location: Cranes Point, Gardiners Lane South, Basildon, Essex Hours: Full time Practice: Southfields Veterinary Specialists Salary: £38,000 per annum Practice Details Southfields Veterinary Specialists

If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Surgery Resident to join the team at Southfields.

We are an outgoing and friendly team, that is looking for enthusiastic hard-working vets who are willing to be part of the expanding Soft Tissue and Orthopaedic Surgical Service at Southfields, currently formed by four senior clinicians, two residents and one intern.

Surgical residents at Southfields follow a supervised standard ECVS training program, mentored by a senior clinician, increasing their level of surgical skills gradually until they are allowed to perform surgeries by themselves during the second and third year of residency. They will have allocated a research project from their first year in order to develop it during their residency. The residents should be committed to developing the practice and providing high standards of care to both our patients and referring veterinary surgeons.

Making an application

Please submit your current CV, letter of intent and two letters of reference please. The closing date for applications is 28th February 2025.

Benefits 

  • 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave 

  • Career progression opportunities 

  • Staff discount schemes

  • Reimbursement of Pet Insurance fees 

  • Life Assurance 

  • Group Pension scheme

  • Enhanced sickness pay 

  • 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

We offer great opportunities to gain experience and develop your surgical skill working together with European specialists of other specialties such as Oncology, Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Neurology, Exotic, Maxillo-facial and Dentistry and Anaesthesia in a brand-new state-of-the-art referral hospital inaugurated in September 2022.

Our equipment and facilities include seven fully equipped theatres with minimally invasive instruments (Storz arthroscopy and laparoscopy equipment) and a C-arm. Also, we have fully equipped orthopaedic and soft tissue instrumentation including vessel sealing devices such as Ligasure and Enseal devices and Piezotome bone cutter device.

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 click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]

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