Diagnostic Imaging Lecturer
UE08 Lecturer
Salary £49,250 – £60,321 plus market supplement
UE09 Senior Lecturer
Salary £62,098 – £76,398 plus market supplement
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
The University of Edinburgh
Open Ended, 35h/ week
Starting date 1.2.2025
We are looking for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging (Equivalent to Assistant / Associate Professor).
The Opportunity:
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies offers an exciting opportunity for an ECVDI or ACVR board certified or board eligible veterinary radiologist to join our small animal diagnostic imaging team on the modern Easter Bush campus on the outskirts of the Scottish capital.
The diagnostic imaging team currently consists of 3 senior radiologists (4 including this post), 6 imaging residents and 4 radiographers, coupled with a radiotherapy service with a dedicated radiation oncologist and technicians.
Our imaging modalities include state-of-the-art digital radiography and fluoroscopy, several top-of-the-range ultrasound units, 64-slice CT, a modern scintigraphy unit and a high-field-strength MRI (1.5T). In addition, there is access to a 3T MRI on campus in the Large Animal Research Imaging Facility (LARIF). We have a large array of software packages for special techniques such as contrast enhanced sonography, elastography, osteodensitometry and perfusion imaging. Our imaging modalities are supported by PACS which will be replaced by a state-of-the-art Vendor Neutral Archiving System in 2025.
Our imaging caseload is large and diverse including canine, feline, and exotic animals. Interest in particular species and imaging modalities can be tailored to. The imaging service works within a multidisciplinary clinical environment with many other veterinary specialists, and also with generalists. Research is integrated in the Edinburgh Imaging Community (https://clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-imaging), the LARIF and the Roslin Institute, which encourage medical & veterinary radiologists, scientists and engineers to collaborate. There are many opportunities for veterinary undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
The role requires a 60-70% clinical commitment (minimum 26 weeks on clinics), with the remaining working time dedicated to research, teaching and other roles. We offer an attractive continuing education, vacation and pension package as well as payment of fees for RCVS specialist registration and ECVDI/ACVR annual membership dues.
In the QS world rankings, we rank in the top 10 veterinary schools and top 20 Universities worldwide. Edinburgh is one of the most stunning and enthralling cities in the world, cosmopolitan and affordable to live in. It surrounded by the sea, beautiful countryside, hills and mountains.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Essential
- A veterinary graduate with postgraduate experience in Diagnostic Imaging.
- ECVDI or ACVR board certification or eligibility to sit board exam
- Member of (or eligible to become a member of) RCVS
- An ability to work alone as service senior, and to supervise and instruct students and residents
- Interest in and enthusiasm for imaging technology
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven ability to work within a team
- Desirable
- Experience in teaching, learning and assessment in a veterinary school.
- Experience in communication with veterinary practitioners.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Tobias.Schwarz@ed.ac.uk
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About the Team
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is a one-of-a-kind centre of excellence in clinical activity, teaching and research. Our purpose-built campus, set against the backdrop of the beautiful Pentland Hills Regional Park, is home to more than eight hundred staff and almost eighteen hundred students, all of whom contribute to our exceptional community ethos.
The School comprises:
· The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
· The Roslin Innovation Centre
· The Hospital for Small Animals
· The Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education
We represent the largest concentration of animal science-related expertise in Europe, impacting local, regional, national and international communities in terms of economic growth, the provision of clinical services and the advancement of scientific knowledge.
Education
The School is accredited by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and participates in the Veterinary Medical Colleges Admissions Service (VMCAS). We are consistently ranked the best vet school in the UK by both the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide and the Guardian League Tables. We are consistently ranked among the best in the world by global rankings.
The School is a global education provider with over 1,800 undergraduate, postgraduate and research students from around the world. We provide world-class education to improve the health of animals and human beings alike and are leaders in veterinary education, research, and clinical practice, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The Roslin Institute collaborates closely in delivering research-led teaching to undergraduate veterinary students, and promoting clinical veterinary research and translation. The unique association with leading medical and veterinary schools (through the University’s College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine) with a genuine commitment to the concept of One Medicine, also enables the translation of expertise and knowledge into human health and vice-versa.
Research Impact
In a joint submission to the latest UK Research Excellence Framework exercise, research at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been ranked number one in the UK for agriculture, food and veterinary sciences by combining Times Higher Education’s ratings for each institution. The judgement, based on the quality and breadth of research, maintains the R(D)SVS and SRUC’s position as the strongest provider in these subject areas. The institutions’ research environment was classified to be 100 per cent world leading or internationally excellent for agriculture, food and veterinary sciences research. The Vet School and SRUC submission was also assessed as being 100 per cent world leading or internationally excellent in terms of the impact its research work has on wider society.
CommunityThe School holds a Silver Athena SWAN award and the Roslin Institute holds a Gold Award in recognition of their commitment to advance the representation of women in veterinary medicine and animal science. It is home to a thriving and diverse community of staff and students, with access to facilities including campus allotments and apiary, cycle storage and showers, walking and running trails, two restaurants and a modern gym.