Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging - The University of Sydney - ExecutiveCareer

First listed on: 30 August 2018

Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging 

School of Veterinary Science
Faculty of Science
Reference no. 1669/0818C

  • Opportunity to work as a Senior Lecturer, focusing on Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
  • Full-time, Continuing Employment, Located at Camden Campus
  • Base Salary: Level C $127,585 p.a. plus leave loading and a generous employer’s contribution to superannuation.  

About the opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Diagnostic Imaging, the Senior Lecturer’s primary focus to contribute to the diagnostic imaging team in development, teaching and assessment of the veterinary science curriculum at the Sydney School of Veterinary Science (SSVS), and to provide leadership particularly in equine imaging aspects of the team’s contribution to the School.   This will include providing a high quality imaging service to clients of the University Veterinary Teaching Hospitals of the SSVS to generate learning opportunities for residents and veterinary students and supporting the other clinical services within SSVS. To actively contribute to the Faculty’s clinical research programs and to the delivery of high standards of practice within the SSVS imaging team. 

Location is Camden campus, with some time spent at Camperdown campus.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging who possesses:

  • A veterinary degree registrable in NSW
  • Experience interpreting conventional radiographs, CT, MRI images, performing outpatient ultrasounds and specialised imaging procedures for other specialists.
  • Experience in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching, including curriculum delivery and development.
  • Willingness to provide leadership in teaching and clinical service.

Please refer to the Candidate Information Pack for a detailed Position Description. To be considered, it is essential that you upload a resume and address the online selection criteria.

The School of Veterinary Science reserves the right to not proceed with this recruitment for this role in alignment with its strategic goals.

About us

The Sydney School of Veterinary Sciences delivers a high quality Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program as well as residencies and postgraduate degree programs in numerous disciplines of veterinary science. The University Veterinary Teaching Hospitals provide the clinical learning experience for DVM students, interns and residents engaged in professional training programs, as part of the provision of professional services to the community and profession. In this context, the person appointed to this position will be involved in the teaching of veterinary diagnostic imaging through class room instruction as well as in conjunction with the delivery of a clinical service in diagnostic imaging, including radiology, ultrasound, CT, MRI and scintigraphy.  The appointee will advance the knowledge in this speciality through research, supervision of post-graduate students and other scholarly activity.

The Imaging team operates across the SSVS University Veterinary Teaching Hospitals at Camperdown and Camden campuses. The successful candidate will be based in the Camden Campus and will be focused on equine, small animal and exotics imaging.

The successful candidate will be an active contributor to the Imaging team of the SSVS, with a particular focus to provide leadership of the team’s provision of imaging expertise to the equine clinical unit at the Camden campus. This includes the opportunity to closely collaborate with equine specialists in internal medicine, surgery and sports medicine, and remotely with three imaging specialists, imaging residents and registrars. It also includes the opportunity to collaborate with small animal specialists in medicine, oncology, cardiology, emergency medicine and critical care, anaesthesia, as well as specialists in exotics and pathology.

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 6000 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change, which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 1669/0818C to apply.

Closing date: 30 September 2018 (11.30pm Sydney Time)

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

If we think your skills are needed in other areas of the University, we will be sure to contact you about other opportunities.

© The University of Sydney

 

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.