Production Animal Clinician
| Published | April 28, 2022 |
| Expires | May 18, 2022 |
| Location | St Lucia, QLD, Australia |
| Category | Academic and University Positions |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Closing Date | 24/05/2022 |
| Salary | $90,538.40 to $98,719.38 plus super of up to 17% |
| Reference Number | R-09430 |
| Contact Name | Dr Bruce Smith |
Description

- School of Veterinary Science
- HEW Level 7
- Full-Time, Continuing Position
- Closing Date: 24 May 2022 (R-09430)
About This Opportunity
You will contribute as a Clinician to provide veterinary clinical service teaching as part of the School’s Production Animal Service (PAS) Team. This includes participating in the PAS ambulatory veterinary roster managing production animal clinical cases during regular working hours and sharing the after-hours and weekend duty rosters for the PAS team.
In addition to ensuring excellence in clinical care, you will actively participate in the clinical and pre-clinical teaching and instruction of undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary science and veterinary technology students as well as clinical training of interns and residents.
Key responsibilities will include:
Clinical Service and Engagement
- Provide high quality clinical services and independently manage both routine and difficult veterinary cases
- Participate in after-hours on-call rosters for the service
- Be able to provide mentoring and clinical leadership to junior staff in managing more difficult or complex clinical cases
- Continue to develop expertise in clinical veterinary service
- Contribute to daily operations and management of the service and practice good business management
- Actively promote and foster the School of Veterinary Science’s relations with industry, government departments, professional bodies, and the wider community.
Teaching
- Teach into the Production Animal Service’s clinical rotation at the Gatton campus work integrated learning (WIL) of final year BVSc(Hons) and BVetTech programs.
- Contribute towards teaching into undergraduate and postgraduate courses in fields related to production animals in the BVSc(Hons) and BVetTech programs.
Research
- Provide support to school and university researchers in the planning and delivery of research projects involving campus animal units and or external client farms.
This role is subject to The University’s Code of Conduct.
About You
- A degree in Veterinary Science (or equivalent), registerable in Queensland.
- Award of membership of ANZCVS or equivalent plus experience of more than 4 years in the delivery of rural/mixed practice veterinary services or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated ability to teach students production animal medicine to a high standard, using a range of approaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, teamwork, negotiation and consultation skills and formal written and oral communication skills.
What We Can Offer
This is a full-time, continuing position at HEW Level 7.
The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $90,538.40 to $98,719.38 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range $105,929.93 to $115,501.67 per annum.
For further information about UQ’s benefits, please visit Why Work at UQ and review The University of Queensland's Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2018 - 2021.
Questions?
To discuss this role please contact Dr Bruce Smith at b.smith14@uq.edu.au.
For application queries, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
- Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section
- Resume
Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box during the application form.
To satisfy pre-requisite questions and ensure your application can be considered in full, all candidates must apply via the UQ Careers portal by the job closing deadline or will not be accepted.
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