Job Title Surgery Intern
Salary £ 39,243
Location Southfields Veterinary Specialists (Basildon)
Job Type Discipline Specific Intern – Full time
Hours 40 hours/week and on call responsibilities (rota 1 in 3 weekends).
Application Closing Date 15th March 2026
Applications are invited for an exciting vacancy for a yearlong Discipline-Specific Internship in the Surgery Service commencing May 2026. You will be working as part of Southfields surgery team formed by three ECVS Diplomates, one post Residency senior clinician, one resident and one intern.
We are an outgoing and friendly team, who is looking for enthusiastic hard-working interns who are willing to be part of the expanding Soft Tissue and Orthopaedic Surgical Service at Southfields. Surgical interns have an important role within the Service, as they are considered more like first year residents and they are allowed to manage their patients.
About us
Southfields is a large multi-disciplinary veterinary hospital in Essex, UK, with multiple diplomate specialists in different areas such as Diagnostic Imaging, Neurology, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Therapy and Ophthalmology. We are only 30 mins away from central London but also close to beautiful countryside and sandy beaches. There are excellent transport links to Europe and beyond via Stansted, London City and Gatwick airports as well as the Eurostar.
This is an exciting time to join our large multi-disciplinary veterinary team in our 40,000 sq. ft, state-of-the-art veterinary referral hospital, with sixteen consulting rooms, cross-sectional imaging machines (Siemens Magnetom Sola 1.5T MRI and Siemens 64-slice CT) and a High-precision Varian TrueBeam® radiotherapy system with integral CT scanner. 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.
Your role and responsibilities
The responsibilities in the position include:
Benefits
Salary Value: £38,100 per annum;
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Linnaeus, formed in 2014 and backed by Mars Petcare, is a leading veterinary services group comprising some of the most highly-respected practices in the UK. The group has seen continued growth and has had fantastic investment in its service offering, enabling it to maintain its position at the very forefront of specialist and first opinion veterinary services and excellence.
Linnaeus is a vibrant, forward-thinking partnership of highly respected veterinary practices across the UK, comprising some of the best clinicians in the profession who were carefully selected to ensure the highest levels of patient care across our group.
Together we provide a growing community of like-minded veterinary professionals who are passionate about what they do. We are incredibly proud of each and every member of our diverse portfolio, from the UK’s most respected small animal referral centres to our selection of high-quality first opinion practices.
Through its flexible and supportive culture, its practice teams can focus on delivering top-quality care to their patients. For more on Linnaeus, please visit www.linnaeusgroup.co.uk.
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