Lecturer in Farm Animal Health and Production

Full Time: 35 hours per week

Open Ended: Permanent Contract

The Opportunity:

 The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced clinician to join the Dairy Herd Health and Productivity Service (DHHPS).

The Dairy Herd Health and Productivity Service (DHHPS) provides referral level consultancy services to veterinary surgeons, farmers and other bodies within the agricultural sector. It is a small and friendly established team within the RDSVS Farm Animal Division. Although historically focused on ruminant nutrition, the DHHPS provides independent consultancy advice to dairy, beef and sheep farms on all aspects of health and productivity including being registered deliverers of the AHDB Dairy Mastitis Control Plan and AHDB Dairy Healthy Feet Programme. RDSVS is an approved institution for both ECBHM and ECSRHM Residency programmes.

Based predominantly in the DHHPS, you will be active in the development and management of the DHHPS, the provision of its veterinary services, and developing key relationships with veterinary surgeons in farm animal practice, farmers and agricultural consultants. You will have a diverse daily work focusing on referral level farm clinical work, teaching and opportunities for research. This might include interpretation of metabolic blood results from farms all over the UK, taking vet students out on farm, and being involved with industry projects. You will teach undergraduate veterinary students in all aspects of farm animal husbandry and disease. You will be expected to provide support to the Section’s clinical research output, with scope for development according to your interests. This post offers great variety and the opportunity for the successful applicant to both share their knowledge and develop their career. This may include working towards a clinical specialism, such as ECBHM or ECSRHM Diplomate status, or to continue clinical-orientated research.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. 

Your skills and attributes for success:

• An MRCVS with relevant farm animal experience
• Postgraduate qualifications are advantageous but not a requirement
• Candidate should have a solid foundation in dairy, beef and sheep first opinion veterinary work, and be keen to develop their farm animal expertise especially in nutrition
• Work as part of the team, and communicate well with colleagues, clients and students
• Skilled in written work including report writing
• Hold a full driving licence, free from significant penalties

A full driving licence is essential for this role as the post holder is required to travel independently and frequently to farms and veterinary practices across the sector to deliver on-farm consultancy, clinical services, teaching and industry project work. 

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