Linnaeus Internships Lead Solihull, England
Job description
Job Title: Linnaeus Internships Lead
Salary: £43,000 - 45,000 (£86,000 - 90,000 FTE)
Location: Home based
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 20h/w
Role and responsibilities
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Linnaeus Group, for an Internship Lead to work with the Veterinary Education Manager, Residency Lead and broader Clinical Education Team.
The role will lead the development, expansion and delivery of internship programmes within our 14 Specialist led, multidisciplinary referral hospitals that support over 120 interns and 112 residents training across 12 disciplines. The successful candidate will work alongside Internship Programme Directors, mentors and interns within Linnaeus as well as colleagues in Europe and North America within the Mars Veterinary Health Internship Council. Collaboration within Linnaeus and MVH as well as with key external stakeholders is integral to creating industry leading programmes in which interns, as well as the dedicated clinical teams who train them, can thrive.
We are looking for a Veterinary Specialist (EBVS/American/RCVS) who is passionate about developing internship training, challenging the status quo to bring about further development of our internship programmes and create industry leading opportunities that focus on wellbeing and professional skills development as well as excellence and innovation in clinical training.
This is a part time position and hybrid roles will be considered. For example, clinical Associates already working within Linnaeus referral practice could undertake this role as a part time position with their remaining time spent in their current clinical role. For candidates outside of Linnaeus there may be opportunities to explore part time clinical work within our referral hospitals alongside this role.
Main purpose & goals
Build good working relationships with Programme Directors, Interns and Mentors as well as Associates working in other Linnaeus teams including the wider hospital and Medical and Nursing teams, Operations, Marketing and external key stakeholders to enable collaborative working and a unified approach to the delivery of outstanding training programmes
Work with the Veterinary Education Manager and Linnaeus Residency Lead to deliver the strategic growth and development of industry leading internship training programmes within the Linnaeus Group
To work with Internship Directors to share best practice and co-ordinate the development of Linnaeus internship programmes and resources, including development of associated postgraduate qualifications where appropriate
Create innovative programmes of professional development training and wellbeing support and develop and facilitate mentoring and mental health initiatives and training within Linnaeus
Play an active role in the Mars Veterinary Health Internship Council to promote global development of Specialist training in MVH hospitals
Benefits
RCVS and BVA subscriptions
VDS cover if required
RCVS Knowledge Library subscription (or equivalent)
£1500 CPD allowance per annum
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
Career progression opportunities
Staff discount schemes
Life Assurance
Enhanced sickness pay
Enhanced equal family leave
E-car salary sacrifice scheme
Employer contribution pension scheme
Wellness program including:
Employee assistance program
Eyecare voucher scheme
Free annual Flu jab
Cycle to work scheme
Recruitment referral reward scheme
About us
Linnaeus is a forward-thinking partnership of highly respected primary care and referral veterinary practices across the UK and Ireland, comprising some of the best veterinary professionals in the industry.
We are all individual but two important things bring us together; a commitment to excellence in everything we do and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
At Linnaeus we carefully select the practices we partner with 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 work with different types of practices, in every field of veterinary medicine, including small animal, farm and equine.
We also have our Five Principles which form the foundation of how we do business today and every day and we put these at the centre of every decision we make. This means:
We are committed to Quality of work and contributions to society.
We embrace our Responsibility (as individuals and a company) to act now.
We base decisions on Mutuality of benefit to our stakeholders.
We harness the power of Efficiency to use our resources to maximum effect.
We have the financial Freedom to make our own decisions, unrestricted by motivations of others
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.
The Linnaeus Medical Team is comprised of dedicated veterinary professionals who are experts in their fields. Headed up by Chief Medical Officer, Professor Séverine Tasker, our team works closely with everyone in Linnaeus to help our front-line teams deliver the best in patient and client care within high quality supportive environments.
Our four primary areas of focus are:
Veterinary leadership
Clinical education
Clinical standards and quality
Clinical research and excellence
The Veterinary Education team is led by the Veterinary Education Manager and has veterinary education associates/leads for:
Graduate Development Programme and Early Careers Programme
Primary Care Education
Internships
Residencies
Undergraduates and Early Careers
Clinical Board
The team is supported by an Education Administrator and also works closely with the Nursing Education Team.
Part of an amazing global family Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates. The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS. Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates. Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates. If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
