Job Purpose

To deliver an efficient and effective small animal veterinary surgery service by providing expertise and clinical activity in the School of Biodiversity, one Health and Veterinary Medicine. To enhance and develop the delivery of clinical teaching to undergraduates, clinical scholars and to undertake clinical scholarship, 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 surgery service (orthopaedics/soft tissue) 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 participate in the out-of-hours service, ensuring adequate cover is available for the provision of direct supervision, advice and expertise when required.

4. To contribute to the implementation and validation of clinical quality assurance measures.

5. 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.

6. To participate in practical/professional and/or clinical practice bodies related to the service area at national and international level as appropriate.

7. To ensure compliance with the continuing professional development requirements of the surgery service and the RCVS.

8. To participate in promotional activities and events relating to the Small Animal Hospital.

9. To Contribute to the ongoing development of the academic discipline of the Division, by developing links with colleagues in external bodies as appropriate so that the highest professional standards are maintained.

Teaching:

10. To engage in the planning, organisation and delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities, and the Clinical Scholar didactic programme within veterinary medicine in accordance with established programme.

11. To support and encourage 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.

12. To deliver 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 Scholarship:

13. To conduct personal scholarship of an external reputation and maintain a consistent output of publications in high quality refereed clinical journals and/or textbooks.

14. To collaborate in appropriate clinical scholarship projects/trials through a portfolio of individual/joint research projects and to present findings at national and international meetings to ensure a high profile for the School, as well as the University of Glasgow.

15. To attend and actively participate in national/international events/research seminars/conferences within the service area.

Administration:

16. To contribute to the administrative work of the Hospital/Division as assigned by the Clinical Director/Head of Division.

17. To contribute to the performance and development review processes as appropriate in accordance with university strategy.

For appointment at Grade 9:

The post holder would be expected to demonstrate leadership in small animal surgery as evidenced in:

Undertaking and developing clinical services.

Participating in national/international, high quality clinical scholarships and research-led education. Contributing to academic development in the School through: clinical scholarship, training and teaching, and contributing at national level through external association.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential:

A1 Veterinary degree registerable with RCVS.

A2 Prior training and experience in small animal surgery.

A3 Further post-graduate specialist clinical qualification relevant to small animal surgery (orthopaedics or soft tissue). Postgraduate clinical qualification in small animal surgery (European, American or Australian) – RCVS diploma (orthopaedics or soft tissue).

Desirable:

B1 Masters, PhD (or other evidence of research training).

B2 Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Skills 

Essential:

C1 Expertise across the field, corresponding to training and qualifications, and ability to provide advice to clinicians, external veterinary surgeons, research bodies and organisations.

C2 High standard of communication skills both orally and written.

C3 Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

C4 Self-motivated, able to plan for contingencies and think strategically.

C5 High standard of presentation skills.

For appointment at Grade 9: 

C6 Ability to accept collegiate responsibilities and act accordingly.

C7 Proven leadership and motivational ability in teaching.

C8 Ability to actively lead clinical teams as appropriate.

Desirable:

D1 Understanding and experience of statistics, databases and other IT applications/packages.

Experience 

Essential:

E1 Post-graduate clinical experience in surgery (orthopaedics or soft tissue) of a sufficient standard to meet the credentials of a clinical accrediting board.

E2 Teaching experience relevant to the HE sector.

E3 A track-record of clinical publications.

For appointment at Grade 9: 

E4 Extensive experience in small animal surgery.

E5 An established reputation as an advanced clinician in small animal surgery.

E6 An established reputation in clinical research and a major contributor in small animal surgery.

Desirable:

F1 Successful supervision/career development of post-graduate students studying for clinical diplomas.

F2 Record of award of competitive grant funding for clinical research.

Terms and Conditions

Competitive salary with generous market supplement, OOH stipend and employers’ pension.

This post is open-ended and full-time (35 hours per week), however applicants wishing to work part-time will also be considered.

The successful candidate for the Clinician post will be enrolled onto the University’s Early Career Development Programme (ECDP). This will provide 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.  Information on the programme can be found on our website at: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/all/pay/ecdp/

Informal enquiries should be directed to Catherine.Stalin@glasgow.ac.uk

Closing Date: 04 March 2025 at 23:45.