Junior Clinician in Small Animal Medicine

Langford Vets are delighted to welcome applications to our 1-year discipline specific medicine internship.

You will be joining our large medicine team, currently comprising 9 ECVIM diplomates, 1 board-eligible clinician and 8 medicine residents, and have exposure to a busy and varied clinical caseload, delivering care to a range of emergency, acute and chronic medical patients.

Your primary role will be the provision of a clinical referral service with direct case responsibility, working within our dynamic and collaborative Canine and Feline Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care teams, alongside other specialities within the Small Animal Referral Hospital.

You will receive clinical training in all aspects of Veterinary Internal Medicine. This position has been created to be the ideal pre-residency role and is anticipated to be ideally suited to candidates who have already completed a rotating internship and are looking for the next step in their career towards pursuing medicine specialist training. As a teaching hospital, you will also participate in undergraduate clinical teaching during the internship. 

To be considered for this position, candidates should be able to demonstrate a clear passion for Internal Medicine; be fluent in English; be eligible to work in the UK; be registered with, or eligible for membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; have completed the equivalent of two years primary care clinical practice and ideally a rotating internship within a multi-disciplinary specialist-led referral hospital.

Positions will commence from January 2026.

Benefits and wellbeing

Our people are at the heart of what we do and as your employer we want to ensure we offer flexibility, support and staff development, where possible, through:

Time off
- 5 weeks holiday per year (plus bank holidays)
- Additional holiday entitlement for Long Service

Wellbeing
- On site Mental Wellbeing Champions
- EDI committee
- Employee Forum – to ensure all employees voices can be heard
- Menopause Café
- Wellbeing talks and events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity and paternity pay (after 2 years’ service)

Health
- SimplyHealth Cashplan membership
- Free annual flu vaccination
- Free Specsavers eye test voucher

General
- Free onsite parking
- U2 bus service link to Bristol
- Annual CPD allowance
- Employee discount
- Generous pension scheme – we match up to 8% pension contributions
- Reimbursement of one professional membership fee per year

How to apply

To apply please complete the application form and submit your CV and covering letter to the HR Team (hrteam@langfordvets.co.uk).

Closing date: Monday 25^th August

Interview date: Tuesday 9^th September

For more information please contact jenny.reeve@bristol.ac.uk, Medicine Clinical Lead, Langford Vets.