Meet our 2020 Graduate Development Programme Host …...mentoring and learning opportunities...
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Meet our 2020 Graduate DevelopmentProgramme Host Practices
Abbey House Veterinary Hospital
Abbey House Vets is a 19 vet, RCVS Accredited Hospital based in West Yorkshire. The practice has extensive
experience supporting new graduates, ensuring ongoing mentoring and learning opportunities throughout the
programme.
The hospital itself has on-site laboratory, endoscopy, laparoscopy, digital X-ray, dental X-ray, US, CT and visiting MRI. The hospital also has numerous certificate holders
across a spectrum of disciplines, providing new graduateswith an ideal learning environment.
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Morley, West Yorkshire
Small Animal
2x Graduate Roles
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Avonvale Veterinary Centres
Avonvale Veterinary Centres employ 25 vets over 7 centres in the Warwickshire area. The practice has a wealth of experience in supporting new graduates.
These graduate roles will involve rotation across two fully-equipped hospital sites, ensuring good case exposure, hospital and in-patient care experience as well as daily
surgical exposure.
There is plenty of time provided to support the development of early learning skills alongside a team of
experienced vets and nurses within well-equipped hospital facilities.
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Warwick, Warwickshire
Small Animal
2x Graduate Roles
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Blacks Vets
Blacks Vets has been caring for the Black Country’s pet community since 1965. Blacks employs 14 veterinarysurgeons over 5 sites and can offer new graduates a
wealth of experience to learn from, including access to 7certificate-holders and a hugely supportive nursing team.
There is opportunity in this role to rotate between hospital-based work and branch work (fully-supported).
This provides a unique opportunity for graduates to develop their medical and surgical skills in a busy, well-equipped hospital while also building their own client
base.
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Dudley, West Midlands
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
Yes
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Calder Vets
Calder Vets employs over 30 veterinary surgeons across 13 sites in South and West Yorkshire, with a 24-hour
emergency hospital based in Dewsbury. Hospital facilities include digital radiography, dental radiography, US, CT,
endoscopy, laparoscopy, cryotherapy and hydrotherapy.
Calder Vets has a long history of nurturing and supportingnew graduate vets to thrive in clinical practice. These graduate roles will provide both hospital and branch
exposure, a very varied caseload, with plenty of time for teaching and structured support systems.
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Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Small Animal
2x Graduate Roles
Only if desired
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Cinque Ports Vets
Cinque Ports is an RCVS Accredited Practice with extensive surgical, diagnostic and medical facilities across 6 sites in
the Kent/ East Sussex area.
This graduate role presents an exciting learning opportunity, as you will work alongside certificate holders
in small animal medicine, cardiology and small animal surgery.
Cinque Ports has supported a number of new graduate vets in recent years, with graduates exposed to a varied caseload, supported to develop a wide skill base, with a
focus on surgical skill development.
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Ashford, Kent
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Donnachie & Townley Veterinary Centre
Donnachie & Townley (D&T) Veterinary Centre is a well-equipped hospital based in Rugeley, Staffordshire with a
supporting branch practice in Stafford.
This GDP role will have equal divisions of time between consultations, medical work-ups and surgical time initially,
with you able to adapt the role based on you areas of interest and areas requiring further development over the
course of the GDP.
There will be dedicated time for teaching as you work alongside an experienced and supportive team of vets and
nurses.
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Rugeley, Staffordshire
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Eastcott Veterinary Clinic & Hospital
Eastcott Veterinary Clinic & Hospital is a state-of-the-art hospital based in Swindon, with both primary care and
specialist-led referral services available.
Eastcott has a long history of supporting new graduates, having developed their own graduate training programme
that has now been incorporated into the Linnaeus GDP.
Graduates are highly supported, working alongside experienced clinicians with dedicated time for further
learning, shadowing and ongoing professional development. You will also have the opportunity to
shadow clinicians in the referral hospital.
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Swindon, Wiltshire
Small Animal
2x Graduate Roles
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Hawick Veterinary Practice
Hawick Veterinary Practice is a 6 vet mixed practice based on the Scottish Borders. You will be fully supported in all
aspects of this mixed role, including shadowing farmvisits/ equine calls to provide ongoing learning
opportunities.
This role will provide a highly varied caseload in the picturesque Scottish borders, working alongside a dedicated, supportive and friendly team. The main
hospital is well-equipped with on-site laboratory, digital radiography, US, endoscopy and surgical theatre as well as
on-site stable and stocks for large animal consultations.
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Hawick, Scottish Borders
Mixed: 60% SA, 10% equine, 30% farm
1x Graduate Role
Yes
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Lida Veterinary Hospital
Lida Veterinary Hospital is RCVS Accredited Practice, providing 24-hour care to the pets of Newmarket and
surrounds. The newly-renovated hospital includes on-site laboratory, digital radiography, US, endoscopy and well-
equipped theatre.
Graduates will be exposed to a varied medical and surgical caseload and supported to work-up all cases to a high
standard.
Lida have a friendly, flexible working culture, seeking to accommodate individual needs and are dedicated to
supporting all their team to achieve their career goals andreach their full potential.
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Newmarket, Suffolk
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
Yes
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Park Veterinary Group
Park Veterinary Group (PVG) employs almost 40 vets across 5 sites in Leicestershire, including a referral service
and provision of 24-hour emergency care.
PVG boast an exceptional record in new graduate support and development, with an experienced team of mentors
and dedicated time for private study and undertaking further learning.
In this small animal role, you will work alongside your mentor at one of their fully-equipped hospitals (Glenfield
or Whetstone), with exposure to a varied caseload, regular surgical experience and the opportunity to learn
from their referral clinicians.
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Glenfield & Whetstone, Leicestershire
Small Animal
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No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Riversmeet Veterinary Centre
Riversmeet Veterinary Centre is the largest veterinary centre in the Tamworth area, with 2 sites. It has a
dedicated team of 9 veterinary surgeons, with special interests in ophthalmology, cardiology, orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery, arthritis management and oncology. The hospital is well-equipped, with digital radiography,
doppler US and laparoscopy.
This graduate role will offer a busy and varied caseload,working alongside a friendly and supportive team,
including 2 certificate holders (cardiology and ophthalmology) and experienced graduate mentors.
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
Yes
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Shires Vets
Shires Vets employs 25 veterinary surgeons to provide high quality small, equine and farm animal patient care
across Staffordshire and the West Midlands. Shires has a long history of supporting vets in their early careers.
In these small animal only roles, you will have anopportunity to split time between hospital and branch
work, facilitating a varied caseload, exposure to different aspects of clinical practice and support to find your niche.
Shires have a team of experienced mentors, providing support in all areas of your clinical development, including
dedicated surgical skills coaching.
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Stone, Staffordshire
Small Animal
2x Graduate Roles
Yes
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Spinney Vets
Spinney Vets has an experienced, highly qualified teamwith experiencing in providing a supportive and nurturing
environment for new graduate vets.
Their main hospital in Northampton is an RCVS Accredited Hospital and includes digital radiography, dental
radiography, US, endoscopy, on-site laboratory facilities, laparoscopy and behavioural clinics.
You will have a dedicated clinician available for surgical teaching and consulting support with each shift. Spinney
Vets is able to offer a specific focus on surgical skill development.
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
Yes (in-patients only)
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
St. Clair Veterinary Group
St. Clair Veterinary Group provides high quality veterinary care to small animal patients across Fife. It is an
experienced team, with a special interest in advanced soft tissue and orthopaedic procedures, as well as
ophthalmology and cardiology referrals available on-site.
This graduate role will provide a varied caseload, with good surgical exposure and exotics experience. There will be opportunities to be involved in more complex surgical procedures. The experienced team will provide daily case
discussions and support, alongside regular mentor meetings to support your ongoing professional
development.
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Kirkaldy, Fife
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
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Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Vet4Life
Vet4Life is a 3-branch practice dedicated to providing the best, community-based veterinary care possible in South West London. The team strive to retain a personal, family feel while providing the highest levels of veterinary care.
The experienced team includes certificate holders in small animal surgery and feline medicine.
Vet4Life have trained mentors and previous experience in supporting Linnaeus GDP graduates. Graduates will be well supported, with access to excellent facilities and
shadowing opportunities.
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Surbiton, Surrey
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Village Vets: Cambridgeshire
Village Vets Cambridge has 6 practices across the Cambridgeshire area, including the 24-hour RCVS Tier 3
Accredited Hospital at Milton and the flagship hospital at Whittlesford, providing referral facilities to the Cambridge
area.
In these graduate roles, you will have the opportunity to work within both hospitals (Whittlesford & Milton) and alongside a number of certificate holders including in
Small Animal Medicine, Small Animal Surgery and Dermatology.
The experienced team includes mentors with previous Linnaeus GDP mentoring experience.
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Whittlesford & Milton, Cambridgeshire
Small Animal
2x Graduate Roles
No
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Village Vets: Hertfordshire
Village Vets St. Albans is a fully-equipped, 24-hour hospital in Hertfordshire that has recently been awarded “Hospital and Emergency Status” under the RCVS Practice Standards
Scheme. The hospital includes an on-site laboratory, digital radiography, US, endoscopy and laparoscopy.
You will be working among a highly experienced and friendly team, including a number of certificate holders
and experienced mentors.
There will also be opportunities to visit other practices within the Village Vet group, including the specialist-led
referral centre London Vet Specialists.
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St. Albans
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
Yes
Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
Village Vets: London
Village Vets Hampstead is a busy 24-hour emergency hospital located in central London. The exceptionally well-
equipped hospital covers 4 floors and includes full laboratory, digital radiography, US, endoscopy, full surgical
suite and an intensive care unit.
This graduate role is ideal for a graduate looking for fast-paced work, with a good level of emergency case
exposure, while being supported by a highly experiencedteam. There will also be opportunities to visit other VillageVet practices for dedicated surgical skills coaching and to
shadow areas of special interest.
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Hampstead, London
Small Animal
1x Graduate Role
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Yes
Find out more by visiting their website here.
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