Ready to advance your clinical skills with structured mentorship? Join Earlswood's Internal Medicine pathway: GP work with protected referral training, no OOH duties, and full funding for your certificate qualification.
No out-of-hours or on-call duties. All emergency and critical care managed by Vets Now on site.
This is a rare advanced practitioner development position designed to transition an experienced GP vet into a permanent Internal Medicine referral role. You'll split your time between busy first-opinion small animal work and supervised referral exposure, with approximately two days weekly on GP cases and two days alongside the Internal Medicine team. Over three years, you'll follow a structured training and mentoring programme with the clear intention of progressing into a full-time Internal Medicine referral position.
The ideal working pattern is 35 hours per week across four days, with shifts between 8:30am and 7:30pm Monday to Friday. Weekend cover is fair and light at one in four, involving Saturday morning until 12:30pm and a short Sunday shift. There are no out-of-hours or on-call duties; all emergency and critical care is fully managed by Vets Now, based on site within the same hospital building.
Based in Belfast, you'll be part of a vibrant, welcoming city known for its culture, history and stunning natural surroundings, offering excellent restaurants, nightlife and breathtaking coastal and mountain landscapes.
Earlswood Veterinary Hospital originated as a small practice founded in Chichester Street, Belfast in the late 19th century, moving to its present home on Belmont Road in 1970 where it upgraded to hospital status. It is now a long-established, RCVS-accredited referral and first-opinion small animal hospital, part of inspiring vet care.
The hospital is exceptionally well equipped with three operating theatres, digital and dental radiography, ultrasound, arthroscopy, fluoroscopy, endoscopy, laparoscopy, an on-site 16-slice CT scanner and visiting high-field MRI. Referral services include Internal Medicine, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Soft Tissue Surgery, Rehabilitation and Pain Management. The veterinary team includes multiple certificate holders across Internal Medicine, Surgery, Ophthalmology and Laparoscopy, alongside visiting specialists in Cardiology. Nurses are highly referral-focused, ensuring excellent patient care and continuity throughout referral cases.
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