The University of Glasgow's School of Biodiversity, One Health and Vet Medicine invites applications to appoint a Clinician in Small Animal Cardiology to deliver an efficient and effective cardiology service by providing expertise and clinical activity in the Small Animal Hospital. You will enhance and develop the delivery of clinical teaching to undergraduates and clinical scholars as well as undertaking clinical research/scholarship within the cardiology service thereby contributing to the School objectives relevant to national and international excellence in clinical service, teaching and research.
The successful candidate will be based in our award-winning Small Animal Hospital on the beautiful Garscube estate. This busy multidisciplinary hospital is staffed by a team of specialists in surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, imaging, anaesthesia, oncology and ophthalmology. State of the art facilities available on-site include 1.5T MRI, CT, linear accelerator, digital radiography, and four fully equipped surgical theatres. Our 'One Hospital' team ethos ensures exceptional clinical care can be delivered to our patients, and supports the continual professional development of our vets, nurses and support staff.
We welcome applications from candidates who hold an RCVS registrable degree and postgraduate clinical qualification in cardiology or eligibility to take qualifying diploma examination and a diploma in veterinary cardiology.
Job Purpose
To deliver an efficient and effective cardiology service by providing expertise and clinical activity in the Small Animal Hospital. To enhance and develop the delivery of clinical teaching to undergraduates, clinical scholars and to undertake clinical research/scholarship within the cardiology service thereby contributing to the School objectives relevant to national and international excellence in clinical service, teaching and research.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical:
1. To provide a high-quality cardiology service and appropriate advice to external referring practices and owners that will consequently maintain a clinical referral workload necessary to support the commercial, teaching and research activities.
2. To support the development of novel approaches and techniques to aid diagnosis and treatment and exploit the opportunities to enhance the income generation capability of the service.
3. To contribute to the implementation and validation of clinical quality assurance measures.
4. To support the planning, organisation and delivery of training requirements of the clinical scholars, by supervision of clinical duties and research projects, with a view to their successful completion of appropriate Board examinations.
5. To participate in practical/professional and/or clinical practice bodies related to cardiology at national and international level as appropriate.
6. To ensure compliance with the continuing professional development requirements of the speciality and the RCVS.
7. To participate in promotional activities and events relating to the Small Animal Hospital.
Teaching:
1. To engage in the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities, as directed by the Head of Division in consultation with the course leaders.
2. To support the development of creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning, in accordance with the University's Quality Enhancement Strategy, so that the educational opportunities available to students are maintained or improved.
3. To engage in the delivery of a range of assessment activities and engage fully in the examination process as appropriate, (using a variety of methods and techniques) and provide effective, timely and appropriate feedback to students to support learning.
Clinical Research/Scholarship:
1. To collaborate in clinical investigations and evidence-based medicine of an external reputation and develop a consistent output of publications in high quality refereed clinical journals and/or textbooks.
2. To attend and participate in national/international events/research seminars/conferences within the service area.
Administration:
1. To develop material to promote the cardiology service both at conferences and electronically.
2. To undertake divisional/school level administration as requested by the Head of School/Division. To contribute to the performance and development review processes as appropriate in accordance with university strategy.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential:
1. A1 Veterinary degree registerable with RCVS.
2. A2 Postgraduate clinical qualification in cardiology, or eligibility to take qualifying diploma examination.
3. Note: Candidates having completed a recognised residency training programme and Board-eligible would be appointed at Grade 7 and will be promoted to Grade 8 immediately upon passing the Board exams. Candidates with suitable relevant experience will be considered for appointment at Grade 7.
4. A3 Diploma in veterinary cardiology.
Desirable:
1. B1 PhD (or other evidence of research training).
2. B2 Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Skills
Essential:
1. C1 High standard of communication skills both orally and written.
2. C2 Ability to work as part of a team.
3. C3 Expertise across the field, corresponding to training and qualifications, and ability to provide advice to clinicians, external veterinary surgeons, research bodies and organisations.
4. C4 Self-motivated, able to plan for contingencies and think strategically.
5. C5 High standard of presentation skills.
6. C6 Ability to work independently.
7. C7 Ability to provide specialist-level veterinary care to patients in the small animal hospital.
8. C8 Understanding and experience of databases and other IT applications/packages.
Experience
Essential:
1. E1 Experience in cardiology speciality.
2. E2 Teaching experience relevant to the HE sector.
3. E3 A track record of clinical research publications.
Desirable:
1. F1 Teaching experience at undergraduate level.
Terms and Conditions
Competitive salary, generous OOH supplement and employer pension contribution. This post is full time and open ended. The successful candidate of this post will be enrolled onto the University's Early Career Development Programme (ECDP). This will provide for you as an early career academic staff member to be developed and supported over a specified timeframe to facilitate the advancement of your academic career.
The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules.
As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity. As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
1. A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2. An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook, benefits and discount packages.
3. A flexible approach to working.
4. A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University.
We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Ms Alison Ridyard, Alison.Ridyard@glasgow.ac.uk or Dr Frane Ivasovic, Frane.Ivasovic@glasgow.ac.uk
Vacancy Ref: 157813, Closing Date: 28 November 2024.
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