 He successfully competed with the later president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for the post of resident surgical officer at Preston Royal Infirmary.In 1927, Rose joined Dr A. T. Gibb in partnership at a surgery in Preston, Lancashire, one year before Gibb left.His subsequent partners were both Edinburgh graduates, 17 years with Dr Ronald Guyer, followed by Dr Callum MacKenzie in 1946.