Highcroft Referrals

Medicine internship– Highcroft Referrals

Discipline Specific Internship Programme

Highcroft Referrals is recruiting a Medicine Intern to join our specialist-led medicine department. This will be a one-year post, working alongside four European Specialists in Internal Medicine and an ECVIM-CA resident.

Highcroft Referrals is an expanding multi-disciplinary referral hospital based in Bristol, with specialists in oncology, internal medicine, diagnostic imaging, anaesthesia, soft tissue surgery, orthopaedics, neurology, dermatology and ophthalmology. In 2022 will be moving into a new, purpose built, state-of-the-art hospital in Avonmouth. This will provide our staff with unprecedented opportunity to be part of a flag-ship development including the first linear accelerator for radiotherapy in the South West. More information about our new hospital can be found here.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated medicine intern who is committed to practising the highest standards of veterinary medicine and patient care and who would relish the opportunity to further their career, improve their knowledge base and technical skills. Opportunities for case responsibility, training in medical procedures including endoscopy, and a supportive learning environment are available for the right candidate.

Personal specification for application

A strong candidate will have a minimum of twelve months experience working as a qualified Veterinary Surgeon in small animal practice in the UK, and a previous rotating internship in a specialist hospital. Practical skills and experience of client communication are highly desirable. Applicants must be an MRCVS.

Salary & Benefits

Highcroft Veterinary Referrals provides one of the most exceptional salary and benefits packages available to interns. In addition to a salary (£30,900 per annum), you will have 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, RCVS and VDS membership, company contributory pension scheme and other company fringe benefits. You will have access to a comprehensive online library, including veterinary and medical journals.

Position start date

This post is currently vacant and candidates will be able to start immediately if notice periods allow.

For more information or to discuss more informally please contact Paul Higgs: referrals@highcroftreferrals.co.uk

Application Closing Date: 24 th July 2021