Would you like to work alongside specialists at the cutting edge of veterinary medicine? Unleash your potential with a Linnaeus internship.

We have Rotating Internships starting Summer 2025 at the below referral hospitals:

Anderson Moores

Davies Veterinary Specialists

Dick White Referrals

Eastcott Referrals

London Vet Specialists

North Downs Specialist Referrals

Northwest Vet Specialists

Southfields Veterinary Specialists

Veterinary Specialists Scotland

Wear Referrals

Willows Veterinary Specialist

WHY JOIN LINNAEUS?

The real question is, why wouldn't you? At Linnaeus we have the largest network of specialist-led referral practices in the UK and Ireland, with over 120 interns and 100 residents working across the group. As a company that is part of Mars Veterinary Health we are committed to excellence and making A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS

Whether you would like to work your way up our Specialist training pathway or develop your knowledge and skills to continue your career working to the highest clinical standards in one of our primary care practices, we can offer you a well-supported internship programme. The career opportunities are endless.

WHAT IS AN INTERNSHIP?

A one-year rotating internship offers the opportunity to work within a state-of-the-art referral practice, developing your clinical skills and knowledge by working alongside world-renowned specialists.

Following an induction period, interns rotate through the various core and elective disciplines that can include:

Internal Medicine

Soft tissue surgery

Orthopaedics

Anaesthesia

Emergency and critical care

Neurology

Oncology

Radiation oncology

Cardiology

Ophthalmology

Diagnostic imaging

Dentistry

WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE A LINNAEUS INTERNSHIP?

Our rotating internship programmes are structured with a thorough induction, ongoing support and a handbook to help you find your way when you start. You will learn an incredible amount from the cases you see as part of your clinical rotations and regular seminars within the practice.

We also bring our interns together for regular teaching sessions across the group. There’s a programme of professional skills and wellbeing training delivered by experts, including Carolyne Crowe from VDS Training and specialists from within Linnaeus. Our diagnostic imaging specialists also deliver monthly intern imaging rounds and from the start of 2022 all interns will attend a year-long research skills course.

Interns attend an annual training day with clinical seminars, professional skills and wellbeing sessions and a career development workshop including sessions on writing CVs, covering letters and interview techniques.

All rotating interns are also given RECOVER online basic and advanced life support training.

Our discipline-specific interns are also given professional skills and clinical research training and have access to a number of journal and book clubs that run via online sessions across the group. We also run a session on “How to get a Residency" and give our interns the opportunity to have mock interviews.

MENTORING AND SUPPORT

All interns are mentored by a senior member of the clinical team within the practice who has received mentor training. Rotating interns have monthly meetings with their mentor based around the internship workbook that guides them in the creation of a personal development plan and reflection on their progress throughout the programme.

Interns are further supported by the Internship Director in their practice, the Linnaeus Internship and Residency Manager and our Central Support Team who check in with the intern teams regularly during the programme and are available for advice and support.

HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT?

We are passionate about enabling you to develop yourself and your career. A high percentage of our previous interns have progressed into discipline-specific internships and residencies. There are so many opportunities to progress into residency training across the group.

Alternatively, we can support you to become a highly-skilled clinician and progress your career within primary care practice.

Whatever path you choose, you will benefit from:

Salary of £36,000

Excellent in-clinic training from specialists in our multidisciplinary practices

1:1 mentoring with a trained mentor within a framework of monthly mentoring sessions

Regular check-in meetings with the Linnaeus Internship and Residency Manager

Small group seminar teaching

Monthly intern film reading sessions

Professional skills development

Research skills training

Support to undertake clinical research

RCVS Knowledge Library subscription for journal access

RECOVER online basic and advanced life support training

Career development workshop

Unrivalled network of specialist-led referral practices and over 120 Specialist pathway internship and residency training posts

Access to careers within our network of excellent primary care practices.

We are looking for vets who are:

Registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Have 1-2 years’ experience in UK small animal practice and have completed or are near completion of their RCVS Vet GDP

Have excellent oral and written communication skills in English

The closing date for applications is Monday 13th January, and you might not hear back from us until after this date.

Interviews will be taking place on the 29th, 30th and 31st of January 2025.