2 Academic jobs

Veterinary Nurse – Weekend Rotation UE04: £18,940- £21,220 UE05: £21,843 - £25,298 Permanent / Part-time  We are creating new weekend dedicated RVN positions at the Hospital for Small Animals. Do you want the experience of working at a busy referral hospital, but full time hours are difficult? Have you recently qualified or are you doing a top up course and want to learn from the best? This is definitely the job for you!  You will work alternating weekends: either both Saturday and Sunday every other weekend, or a combination Saturdays or Sundays only- depending on your fellow colleague’s availability. Our weekend staff cover each other’s holidays and other periods of absence. The shifts are 12 hours long (day shifts only), which means you may work either 24h/weekend or 12h/weekend depending on shifts placements. There are occasionally opportunities to acquire extra weekday shifts throughout the year as well. You will also be required to work a share of the public holidays over the Christmas period, like all other HfSA RVNs.  This post is graded as a UE05, we are also willing to train newly graduated RVNs who wish to build their knowledge and experience in a busy referral setting starting at a UE04 grading.  If you have any question, please contact the Veterinary Nurse Manager, Seanté Glass,  sglass@exseed.ed.ac.uk  or 0131 650 7686. Ref: 037606  Closing Date: 9 February 2017 For further particulars and to submit an application visit our website www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk

Veterinary Nurse – Medical Contract Duration: Permanent Full Time UE04: £18,940- £21,220 per annum UE05: £21,843 - £25,298 per annum Due to further expansion of our medicine department, we require dedicated Medical Nurses to join our incredible nursing team at the Hospital for Small Animals. Every day brings something different and you will assist in an exciting assortment of routine and complex cases within a state of the art teaching hospital.  We are currently seeking friendly and reliable RVN’s who believe in high standards and who are interested all aspects of internal medicine nursing from assisting in endoscopy or ultrasonography, to ensuring patients have the best medical care while preforming such tasks as: tube feeding, bandage care, barrier nursing, and refining your critical care nursing skills. HfSA is a busy Teaching and Referral Hospital where we consistently deliver gold standard patient care whilst also teaching the next generation of Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Nurses.  Experience working in a referral hospital would be advantageous, however further training and career progression are encouraged and we welcome all enthusiastic RVNs to apply and join our team. This post is graded as a UE04 or UE05, depending on nursing experience.  If you have any questions or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the Nurse Manager, Seanté Glass, 0131 650 7686 or email sglass@exseed.ed.ac.uk Ref: 038076                         Closing Date: 09 February 2017 For further particulars and to submit an application visit our website www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk