Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery at The University of Edinburgh

Open Ended 35 hours per week

Start Date March 2024

 We are looking for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery depending on experience.

 The Opportunity:

The Hospital for Small Animals at the University of Edinburgh is looking to recruit a dedicated and talented veterinary surgeon to our Surgery Team. Working in a multidisciplinary environment, you will join a team of four ECVS diplomats, three residency-trained surgeons, four ECVS residents and two surgical interns. You will be supported by teams of specialists in neurology, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, oncology and anaesthesia among others, our surgical nursing and support teams, and our physiotherapy service.

You will play an important role in the development and provision of the clinical service that supports our expanding caseload, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. You will be provided with the support and time you require to develop your clinical interests, teaching and research ambitions. Interaction with colleagues across the range of specialist disciplines will provide the support and stimulation you need to progress your career from a campus with strong collaborative links. We will support you to develop your research interests, which takes place within a vibrant, integrated, and interdisciplinary structure, and encourages interaction between researchers across groups, centres, schools and colleges at the University.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• An enthusiasm for all aspects of small animal surgery, with a demonstrable interest in soft tissue surgery
• A motivation to deliver the highest standards of clinical care.
• A drive to help deliver transformative research.
• ECVS and/or ACVS boarded or board eligible.
• Postgraduate degree, diploma or doctorate.

 Click here to view a copy of the full job description for the Lecturer position and here for the Senior Lecturer role.