The Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital is the first opinion small animal teaching hospital for the Royal Veterinary College. Our hospital is patient focused, making animal welfare a top priority. We hold the gold standard accreditation for rabbit, dog friendly clinic scheme and cat friendly practice from the RWAF, Dog Trust and ISFM respectively and promote low stress handling for all patients. Our progressive attitude towards veterinary care and the role of the veterinary nurse means we offer high standards of first opinion services and nurse led inpatient care.

We are seeking a Registered Veterinary Night Nurse, to manage and monitor in-patients, delivering the best level of comprehensive overnight care to our patients. The shift pattern is 7 nights on followed by 7 nights off,  9pm to 8.30am. You will be the sole charge nurse working under the direction of the on-call veterinary surgeons. This role is ideal for a confident nurse who enjoys autonomy and responsibility in managing overnight patient care.

The Hospital is located within walking distance of Camden, Euston and Kings Cross Stations, we have a spacious, modern facilities, with separate species-specific clinical areas, offering routine and non-routine first opinion small animal procedures. We provide high quality veterinary care to the local community, as well as exotics referral services, with all team members receiving practical exotics training from our dedicated and experienced exotics team and our specialist Vets.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to advance your medical nursing techniques and develop your teaching skills, working alongside our team of clinicians, most of whom are Cert AVP holders. The role will suit any nurses wishing to pursue further study in a supportive learning environment, and offers free access to RVC CPD.

The successful applicant will be passionate about providing a high level of client and patient care, supporting our out-of-hour needs, sharing knowledge with colleagues and students and have strong clinical experience. Experience in working with exotic & small mammal patients would be an advantage.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays + concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

To discuss the role further or to arrange a chat with a member of our nursing team, please contact Lauren Hemmings - Head Veterinary Nurse lhemmings@rvc.ac.uk

Closing Date: 27 Apr 2026

Reporting Unit: Vet Nurse

Salary: £38,381 to £41,503 Inclusive of London Weighting, Market Supplement and Night Nurse Allowance
Permanent / Full Time

The Project:

You will join a Diabetes UK–funded research project led by Dr Gemma Brierley, whose group investigates the molecular underpinnings of insulin resistance. This project builds on our previous work using agonistic antibodies to activate mutated insulin receptors in cellular and animal models of human insulin receptoropathy. Insulin receptoropathy is a rare form of diabetes, for which there is no effective treatment. 

Your mission:

• Optimise next‑generation antibodies to overcome antibody‑induced receptor degradation
• Advance our understanding of insulin and IGF receptor biology
• Drive ongoing studies to publication and help shape the next phase of this research

This role offers the best of both worlds: a clear translational trajectory with the freedom to explore fundamental molecular mechanisms.

What we are looking for:

If you thrive in a collaborative, supportive environment and enjoy taking ownership of your research, you will fit right in. You will bring:

• A PhD in a relevant field (biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, or related discipline)
• Strong practical experience in:
  •     Eukaryotic cell culture
  •     Molecular biology
  •     Protein biochemistry
• Excellent organisational skills, scientific curiosity, and the drive to see projects through to publication

The Post:

Duration: 1-year initially, with the possibility of extension for an exceptional candidate (subject to funding)

Environment: You will be a core member of the Brierley Research Group - we are committed to mentoring, scientific growth, and helping researchers achieve their career ambitions.

Impact: Your work will directly contribute to developing therapeutic strategies for rare insulin receptor disorders, and deepen our understanding of metabolic and mitogenic signalling arising from the insulin receptor. 

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and concessionary days)
• On site café and restaurant
• Free membership to the Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site 
• Cycle to work scheme
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave

If you want to build a strong publication record, develop cutting-edge expertise, and contribute to research with genuine translational relevance, we'd like to hear from you.  For informal enquiries please contact Dr Gemma Brierley (gbrierley@rvc.ac.uk)

Closing Date: 01 May 2026

Reporting Unit: Research

Salary: £40,528 to £51,470 Per Annum Including London Weighting
Fixed Term / Full Time