http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancies.aspx Latest job vacancies at RVC http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=CTS-JEQ-12 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=CTS-JEQ-12 Category: Clinical Training Scholarships | Closing Date: 28 Feb 2012 | Equine clinical training scholars will receive advanced training in a rotating internship in equine surgery, equine internal medicine, equine anaesthesia and equine diagnostic imaging based in the Equine Referral Hospital at the RVC. There is also the opportunity to spend time at other referral centres. This scholarship counts as a rotating internship for the Specialist European Colleges. Two scholarships will commence on Monday 2 July 2012 and one on Monday 7 January 2013 for a fixed term of 12 months. The tax-free stipend is £13,749. For further information about Clinical Training Scholarships at the College, including details about entry requirements and selection criteria, please visit the Clinical Training Scholarship webpage. For informal discussion about these scholarships, please contact Prof. Josh Slater, telephone: +44 (0)1707 666859; email: jslater@rvc.ac.uk To apply for this scholarship, click on apply online. Interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday 26 March 2012. Clinical Training Scholarships Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=CTS-JFA-12 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=CTS-JFA-12 Category: Clinical Training Scholarships | Closing Date: 09 Mar 2012 | Farm Animal Health and Production clinical training scholars will receive advanced training and gain experience including internal medicine and surgery, livestock health and production, theriogenology and veterinary public health. There will be two scholarship tracks available, one offering the opportunity to rotate duties between the Farm Animal Clinical Centre, the RVC-Northpoint Ambulatory practice and the RVC Regional Veterinary Centre in South Wales, and the other practice based either at WestPoint Veterinary Group or Synergy Veterinary Services. Six scholarships will commence on Monday 2 July 2012 for a fixed term of 12 months. The tax-free stipend is £13,749. For further information about Clinical Training Scholarships at the College, including details about entry requirements and selection criteria, please visit the Clinical Training Scholarship webpage. For informal discussion about these scholarships, please contact Dr. Steven van Winden, email: svwinden@rvc.ac.uk To apply for this scholarship, click on apply online. Interviews will be held the week commencing Monday 9 April 2012. Clinical Training Scholarships Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=CSD-0172-11 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=CSD-0172-11 Category: Nursing | Closing Date: 06 Feb 2012 | The Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital is the first opinion small animal teaching hospital for the Royal Veterinary College and provides the local community with quality care in support of College objectives for clinical service, teaching and research. We require an enthusiastic colleague to complete our team of 9 nurses.  You will use your nursing skills in all aspects of our busy first opinion practice, assisting veterinary surgeons, veterinary students and trainee veterinary nurses. As a teaching hospital, you will be providing guidance to final year vet students on a daily basis. You will also be providing valued nurse clinics to our clients and hold an influential position within our progressive team. We have a mixed small animal case load, and spacious recently refurbished clinical facilities. The weekend rota and evening duties are shared evenly across the team with generous time in lieu provided. Regular in-house training is also provided in conjuction with access to external CPD. We offer a generous reward package including a final salary pension scheme. Permanent accommodation is available if required. For information or enquires please contact Senior Nurse Sheila White sewhite@rvc.ac.uk or Lucy Holland lholland@rvc.ac.uk on 0207 387 8134   Nursing Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=FIN-0001-12 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=FIN-0001-12 Category: Administrative | Closing Date: 07 Feb 2012 | The PA to the Director of Finance provides important services to the Finance Department and College.  In addition to secretarial duties, you will be expected to assist in the administration of two important committees of the College concerned with financial governance.  The College has in place a range of insurance policies and you will provide a crucial link between College staff and students and our insurers. You should be able to demonstrate strong secretarial and administrative experience  and should have undertaken a PA role previously.  Work experience in higher education or supporting a finance function are desirable, although not essential.  You should be a competent user of the Microsoft Office package, email and internet and have good minute taking skills.  You must be accurate, organised, comfortable and effective in communicating with varied audiences and able to form strong working relationships with both internal and external contacts. For an informal discussion on the role, please contact Andrew Dyer, Director of Finance on 0207 468 5132 or email: acdyer@rvc.ac.uk   Administrative Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=VCS-0004-12 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=VCS-0004-12 Category: Research | Closing Date: 13 Feb 2012 | We are looking to fill a Kennel Club funded position of Companion Animal Research Assistant in the Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group. The successful candidate will be involved in a range of research activity working within the RVC Electronic Patient Record initiative, VetCompass (www.rvc.ac.uk/VetCompass), in collaboration with the Kennel Club. This position will involve the collation and analysis of research results derived from the Vetcompass Electronic patient records linked to Kennel Club held pedigree data. It will require the management of a large dataset, data cleaning and analysis and the production of written progress reports and submission of findings in the form of publications in peer-reviewed journals. The successful candidate may also be required to assist in the preparation of grant applications and the supervision of any students allocated to related work. Prior epidemiological and database expertise and experience working in practice would be advantageous. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Dave Brodbelt (Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Epidemiology) on +44 1707 667155 or email: dbrodbelt@rvc.ac.uk or Professor David Church (Vice-Principal for Academic and Clinical Affairs) on +44 1707 666288 or email: dchurch@rvc.ac.uk    Research Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=VBS-0133B-11 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=VBS-0133B-11 Category: Research | Closing Date: 15 Feb 2012 | This is a 2 year fixed term contract. We are looking for a Research Technician to join Jim Usherwood’s group in the dynamic and successful Structure and Motion Laboratory at the Royal Veterinary College, as part of a five year Wellcome funded project investigating the strategies and constraints of powering locomotion with muscle using limbs that also support weight. The research involves studies of flying, walking and running in birds and rodents. You will be responsible for setting up experimental equipment, collecting and analysing data (force platform, motion analysis, respirometry and muscle physiology), exercising and training animals and looking after them during data collection and working within Good Research Practice and Health and Safety standards. You should be enthusiastic about research and confident working with animals, have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and be a team player. Some experience of biomechanics, physiology or engineering is highly desirable, as is a science-related degree or HND/HNC. We offer a generous reward package including a final salary pension scheme. Further information on the Structure and Motion Group can be found at http://www.rvc.ac.uk/SML/Index.cfm and on Jim’s research at https://sites.google.com/site/jimusherwoodresearch/   Research Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=VCS-0002-12 http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=VCS-0002-12 Category: Research | Closing Date: 08 Feb 2012 | We are looking to fill the position of a senior post-doc in risk assessment in the Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group. The successful candidate will be involved in a research project assessing the risk of influenza viruses becoming pandemic, other research projects and teaching activities related to risk assessment and thereby assisting the Group in reaching project milestones and the overall successful completion of these projects. The position will involve collation and analysis of data related to occurrence of influenza strains worldwide, development of risk assessment framework using qualitative and quantitative methods, production of written progress reports and submission of findings in the form of publications in peer-reviewed journals. The successful candidate will also be required to assist in the preparation of grant applications and the supervision of any students allocated to work on specific projects. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Barbara Wieland (Lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology) on +44 1707 667 059 or email: bwieland@rvc.ac.uk .   Research Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT