Veterinary Academic Clinician in Disease Investigation

1 month ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time
Job Purpose

The post contributes to a clinical service to deliver, enhance, and develop the education of undergraduate and postgraduate students in disease surveillance, disease investigation, including gross pathology, and production animal treatment and control/prevention programmes. In addition, the post collaborates with clinical and research staff in SRUC and the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences in developing an active research programme.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
  1. To deliver clinical services facilitating the investigation of diseases in the animals of local, national, and international flocks/herds/collections.
  2. To contribute to the diagnostic and administrative work of Veterinary Diagnostic Services and Farm Animal Clinical services as assigned by the relevant Clinical Directors.
  3. To supervise/support residents, undergraduate, and postgraduate students in their learning and advising on skills development.
  4. To deliver, enhance, and develop the education of undergraduate students in the veterinary and veterinary bioscience courses in disease surveillance and investigation.
  5. Participate on a collaborative basis in scientific research with relevance to the pathogenesis and control of diseases of veterinary and public health importance.
  6. To undertake gross post-mortems and report on gross post-mortem material managed by both SRUC and Veterinary Diagnostic Services (VDS) at Garscube and potentially at satellite and field locations.
  7. To deliver production animal and farm-based disease clinical service within the Division of Farm Animal Clinical Sciences.
  8. To take responsibility for aspects of the planning, organisation, and delivery of undergraduate clinical activities in pathology, disease investigation, surveillance, and production animal medicine, as directed by the Head of School in consultation with the course leaders.
  9. To participate in the supervision of practical work advising on skills, methods, and techniques in the post-mortem rooms, large animal clinical environment, and out in the field.
  10. To take responsibility for the delivery of a range of assessment activities and engage with the examination process as appropriate and provide effective, timely, and appropriate feedback to students to support learning.
  11. To support the planning, organisation, and delivery of training requirements of clinical postgraduates (farm animal and pathology residents), with a view to their successful completion of appropriate clinical qualifications and/or research degrees.
  12. To participate in the development of new resources for undergraduate veterinary education, continuing professional development courses (CPD) in pathology, Veterinary Public Health (VPH), and Production Animal Health (PAH), and resources for assessment (formative and summative) in pathology, VPH, and PAH.
  13. To collaborate in clinical research on a national and international level and develop an output of publications in high-quality refereed clinical/veterinary infectious diseases journals and/or textbooks.
  14. To attend and participate in national/international events/research seminars/conferences relevant to the service area.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

Essential:

  • A veterinary degree registerable with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
  • A Diploma (RCVS, European, or American) in a relevant discipline (including anatomic pathology and veterinary public health), or equivalent substantive experience.

Desirable:

  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Skills:

  • Excellent communications skills, both orally and written.
  • Enthusiasm for teaching and learning.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
  • Time, project, and people management skills.
  • Expertise across the field, corresponding to training and qualifications and the ability to provide expert advice to students, clinicians, support staff, and external individuals or organisations.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Self-motivated, able to plan for contingencies, and think strategically.
  • Ability to accept collegiate responsibilities and act accordingly.

Experience:

  • A minimum of two years' practical experience in a similar or related role(s) with a veterinary degree.

For appointment at Grade 8:

  • Evidence of clinical management responsibility, e.g. acting as a clinical team leader/deputy.
  • Evidence of delivery of high-quality and advanced clinical practice as an independent professional and a senior team member.
  • A record of high-quality scholarly outputs in discipline-specific journals.
  • Evidence of contribution to significant clinical service, as both an individual and as part of a clinical team that permits sustainable expansion/enhancement of existing services, growth of new services, and, where relevant, enhanced student experience.
  • A role in productive, externally facing engagement designed to translate the applicant's research/clinical findings into impact.

Desirable:

  • Experience of work with food hygiene.
  • Experience of work in a veterinary educational institution.
  • Understanding and experience of databases and other IT applications/packages, including disease surveillance/epidemiological methods.
  • A track record of development and delivery of teaching at undergraduate/postgraduate level.
  • Experience of research.


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