European Board Certified Surgeon – 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

About Us

Wear Referrals (part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited, owned by Mars) is a multi-disciplinary, specialist veterinary referral hospital in the north east of England, close to the historic university city of Durham, the thriving city of Newcastle, and set between the north east coast and the Pennines. Our award-winning hospital is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Scotland.

Our services, with more than 20 specialists, include neurology, orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesia, oncology, diagnostic imaging and cardiology, as well as a busy primary care out-of-hours emergency service and in-house physiotherapy and hydrotherapy.

Role Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced European Specialist (ECVS) Surgeon to join the team at Wear Referrals.  The position will cover both orthopaedics and soft tissue but specifically orthopaedics. The successful candidate will need to supervise a residency programme in ortho surgery.

This exciting role will require the candidate to:

Provide clinical services as a specialist consultant in soft tissue and ortho surgery cases.

Work with the surgery team for the development of the service

Support and develop the surgery team, in particular by supervising and teaching residents

Work collaboratively with all other services and foster good interdepartmental relationships

Demonstrate professional standards that will advance patient care.

Being part of Linnaeus, and Mars, we have a thriving clinical research programme with unparallelled support and links within the Mars ecosystem (e.g. clinical research funding, statistical support).

Benefits 

5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave 

RCVS and VDS fees paid 

External CPD funded 

Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program 

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 

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.  

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Sian Emery;  [email protected]