Avian Exotic Internship - Swindon
- Employer
- Vets Now Ltd
- Location
- Swindon, Wiltshire
- Salary
- £26,200 plus benefits
- Closing date
- 2 Nov 2020
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- Sector
- Internships, Small Animal, Emergency and Critical Care, Exotics, Veterinary
- Job Type
- Internship
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Avian Exotic Internship at Great Western Exotics - Swindon.
Part of Vets Now 24/7 Emergency and Specialty Hospitals
We are looking to hire three avian and exotic interns at our Swindon Exotic animal specialty hospital. Great Western Exotics is a five vet 100% exotic animal practice. The case load includes Avian, Small Mammal, Reptile and Zoological collections.
Great Western Exotics has a long established post graduate training programme, running the only ECZM(avian) training programme in the UK. A number of previous interns have gone on the enter this programme. Interns will experience a wide range of avian and exotic cases readying them for exotic animal practice or the ECZM residency program. The intern program is a structured one year programme. There will be opportunity to study towards the CertAVP Zoological Medicine.
Candidates will be considered from both a practice and small animal rotating internship background. Exceptional new graduates would be considered.
Interns will take part in a 1 in 3 OOH rota – including weekends.
If English is your second language you must be able to communicate clearly in English, both verbally and in writing.
You must be, or eligible to be, a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
The start date is Jan 2021.
For informal enquiries, contact Tom Dutton tom.dutton@vets-now.com
To apply please follow the link to submit a CV.
Company
Vets Now provides this trusted service to more than 1000 veterinary practices across the UK — from 55 dedicated out-of-hours clinics and three 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. In total, we treat around 100,000 small animals every year — and during seasonal holidays, like Christmas and Easter, our highly-skilled staff answer around five queries an hour from worried pet owners. So whether you’re in Aberdeen, Belfast or Portsmouth we’re there for you and your pet when you need us most.
We’ve also pioneered other ways to help pets, pet owners and the veterinary profession, such as our comprehensive referrals service and providing our staff with industry-leading training and development opportunities. We also support the pet blood transfusion charity, Pet Blood Bank UK. Meanwhile, our three hospitals — in Glasgow, Manchester and Swindon — are home to some of the UK’s leading specialists in the field of emergency and critical care and provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Location
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Vets Now Support Office
Penguin House
Castle Riggs
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8SG
GB
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