Internship in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery - Wildlife

The School of Veterinary and Medicine Science at the University of Nottingham and Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, offer an exciting 12-month internship including a postgraduate certificate.

Aimed at early career veterinary surgeons, this internship will develop clinical skills in wildlife surgery and medicine, combining clinical training with a formal qualification.

The internship will be based at Tiggywinkles Hospital, a clinical associate practice of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, where you will have the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the management and treatment of around 14,000 wildlife casualties each year. Tiggywinkles is a registered veterinary practice that provides around-the-clock care for injured wild animals of all species found in the UK.

The successful applicant will spend much of their time supported by a vet on site who is an EBVS Veterinary Specialist in Avian Medicine and Surgery and an RCVS Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. There will be multiple learning opportunities for both collaborative and independent case management, as well as developing skills in triage, supportive care, administration of medication, anaesthesia and surgery. There will be some night and weekend duties as part of the internship, as well as time to collect data for a research project, and time and support to undertake the RCVS VetGDP if necessary.

Please note, due to the placement requirements of this course, it is not available to those who require immigration sponsorship from the University of Nottingham to study or work in the UK. If you would like to ask questions about your situation, you can contact the Visa and Immigration team at the University.

If you hold immigration permission under the EU Settlement Scheme, you are permitted to study this course. Find out more about the EU Settlement Scheme.

The successful applicants will receive a scholarship that will fund university postgraduate tuition fees and stipend. Applicants whose first language is not English must present evidence of having achieved an IELTS score of at least 7.5 (with a minimum of 7.0 in each component) at the time of application.

Please send your CV and a letter of intent to: sv-pg-vet@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk by 10am on 8 March 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. For further information or any application queries, please address these to:
sv-pg-vet@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk

First-round interviews of shortlisted applicants are scheduled for the week commencing 3 April 2024 and are likely to be online via Teams. A subsequent second round half-day working interview will be held on-site at Tiggywinkles. As a clinical associate practice of the University of Nottingham, Tiggywinkles Veterinary is unable to offer externship placements.