Surgery Intern

Job Title: Service specific internship in small animal surgery

Salary: £38,100

Location: DWR Newmarket / Cambridge

Job Type: 1 year fixed contract

Hours: Full time

Your role and responsibilities

DWR is one of the largest state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary, small animal specialist referral hospitals in Europe.  The hospital is based near Cambridge, UK and is the largest training hospital in the country with residency programmes running in many disciplines including services in soft tissue surgery, orthopaedics, internal medicine, oncology, cardiology, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, neurology, ECC, anaesthesia, dermatology, dentistry, physiotherapy and clinical pathology.

With a large, varied and exciting surgical caseload, we are seeking a further colleague to join our team from July 2026. The successful candidate will work alongside our surgery residents and receive direct training and supervision from our four experienced RCVS/ECVS Recognised Specialists in Small Animal Surgery and the clinical Fellows team. 

The successful applicant will be compassionate and caring and be able to communicate to an excellent standard with colleagues, clients and referring veterinarians.

Applicants must be either a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons or hold a veterinary degree qualifying them for membership. The successful applicant will have at least 1 years’ relevant post graduate veterinary clinical experience, have completed a Rotating Internship programme and hold a UK valid current driving licence as well as being eligible to work in the UK. 

If you share our passion for delivering excellence, trust and care and would like to develop your surgical career further then we would love to hear from you.

For more information or a confidential discussion please email Rachel Hattersley (Head of Soft Tissue Surgery) at [email protected]

Please note that the closing date for this position is Friday 13th March 2026