Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Oncology

Open ended contract - Permanent; full time - 35 hours per week (0.6 or 0.8 FTE may also be considered).

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated individual to fill a position of a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Oncology at the Hospital for Small Animals.

The opportunity:

This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy, world renowned oncology service, providing medical oncology expertise in the School’s Hospital for Small Animals, as well as the delivery and assessment of our BVM&S undergraduate degree programme and postgraduate training and education programmes. You will be working alongside other Diplomates in Small Animal Oncology and Radiation Oncology, four medical oncology (and one radiation oncology) residents, one oncology clinician teacher (intern), four specialised oncology nurses, and two therapeutic radiographers. Moreover, you will be working alongside specialists across numerous other disciplines such as Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care, Neurology, Cardiology, Diagnostic Imaging, Anaesthesia, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, and others, to provide the best possible care for each and every patient.

The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is an ideal environment to develop or further nurture your clinical interests and research ambitions from a campus with strong collaborative links. The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is situated on the Easter Bush Campus 6 miles south of Edinburgh on the edge of the Pentland Hills and houses outstanding teaching and clinical facilities (including on site radiation therapy facilities lead by a specialist in Radiation Oncology) as well as the Roslin Institute, one of the world’s leading veterinary research centres.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Post-graduate experience and further qualification in Small Animal Oncology, at ECVIM or ACVIM Diploma-holder level (board certified).
• A degree registrable with the RCVS.
• Experience in teaching, learning and assessment in a veterinary school.
• An ability to work alone but also to supervise and instruct colleagues and students.
• Demonstrable research output (clinical and/or basic science/translational).

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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