6 x JCTS in Small Animal Studies (For 1 June 2023 Start)

Location: West Cambridge Site 

JUNIOR CLINICAL TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP (INTERNSHIP) IN SMALL ANIMAL STUDIES 

SIX SCHOLARSHIPS TO START ON THURSDAY 1 JUNE 2023 FOR 12.5 MONTHS 

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD: £18,370.00 PER ANNUM (INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION) 

Applications are invited for this one-year post-graduate training programme based in the Queen's Veterinary School Small Animal Hospital.

Junior Clinical Training Scholars will receive training and tuition as they rotate through anaesthesia, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, orthopaedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, neurology, oncology, clinical pathology and soft tissue surgery and be supervised by recognised specialists in each field. Scholars will also have responsibility for primary care cases seen at the hospital's charity clinics, and be involved in supervision and guidance of final year veterinary students. Scholars will be an integral part of the out of hours care of animals within the hospital, especially within the intensive care unit. 

Candidates must be Members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and should have the following skills and experience:

• Experience in neutering and performing dental work in dogs and cats
• Completion of 1 year in primary care veterinary practice in the UK 

For applicants for whom English is not their first language, a score of 7.5 in IELTS (with no element under 7), or a score of 100 in TOEFL (with no element less than 24).  

Applicants should supply a completed Junior Clinical Training Scholarship Application Form (JCTS 1), a CV and Covering Letter giving reasons for wishing to undertake the JCTS in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Applications should be submitted via e-mail to vetmed@vet.cam.ac.uk with the above documents as one attachment, by the closing date stated.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Katie McCallum, Associate Teaching Professor in Small Animal Medicine, by email: km664@cam.ac.uk.

Interviews will be held late in February 2023 

Please note:

The ability to take up this Scholarship is contingent upon you being able to evidence your right to work in the UK, or through gaining the right to work via the UK immigration system. Evidence will need to be provided before an offer can be made. Regrettably, this Scholarship is not suitable for sponsorship via the Skilled Worker or Temporary Worker visa routes as the minimum requirements cannot be met.

Please quote reference PP34804 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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