The department wishes to appoint a Clinical Skills Manager and Teaching Associate from 1 September 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. This is an exciting opportunity to teach veterinary clinical skills and to manage a small team, ensuring the effective management of Clinical Skills teaching and facilities in the Department. You will deliver clinical skills practical teaching, and co-ordinate the teaching of other members of the Clinical Skills team. You will also collaborate with clinicians in the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital to deliver aspects of the veterinary programme. Your teaching is currently focused on small animal clinical skills but may also include equine and farm animal skills, and you will be supported in developing new skills. Clinical Skills Teaching includes (but is not limited to): clinical skills staff-led classes (clinical examination, suturing, anaesthesia), clinician-led clinical skills classes (e.g., cardiopulmonary resuscitation, neurology), student self-directed learning, peer-to-peer teaching initiatives, provision of additional drop-in sessions where you will work one-to-one with students, to maximize the educational potential of the clinical skills facilities and preparation of online learning material delivered through the University's virtual learning environment. You will contribute to curriculum design, actively support the development of online teaching material for Clinical Skills and will help to devise and deliver practical assessment circuits (Objective Structured Clinical Exams or OSCEs) in partnership with academic colleagues. You will coordinate the development of standard operating procedures, risk assessments and health and safety within the Clinical Skills area in line with Departmental policy and is assigned a small operating budget by the Teaching Operations Committee. You will also be encouraged to contribute to veterinary education conferences on behalf of the Department alongside other members of the team. You will be required to attend on site during Full Terms of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, and other weeks outside of term for specific tasks (including examination preparation and outreach activities) throughout the year. Outside of those times, remote working, up to one day a week would be considered. It is essential that applicants are: Registered Veterinary Nurse or Veterinary Surgeon Have significant post-registration clinical experience and should be confident in practical skills to underpin delivery of clinical skills education to veterinary students Skilled and experience in staff management and supervision Applicants should have excellent organisational skills, the ability to organise their own time and have experience in the training of veterinary nurses or veterinary students, with the ability to address skills learning and assessment in a creative way Experience in using and having responsibility for care and maintenance of a range of equipment commonly used in veterinary practice Desirable qualities include: Relevant teaching qualification (AFHEA and/or FHEA) Post graduate qualifications in medical / veterinary / clinical education or a willingness to work towards these Experience in FE and/or HE education Undergraduate teaching experience, both large and small group teaching Experience in practical assessment and OSCE examination, design and delivery. Have education sector skills to included session planning, writing schemes of work and quality assurance Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Hannah Wong by email hew28@cam.ac.uk Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online. Enquiries about the application process can be directed to hr.enquiries@vet.cam.ac.uk Applicants should submit a CHRIS/6, CV, covering letter outlining suitability for the role and contact details for two references. Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application. For more information about the Department please visit www.vet.cam.ac.uk Closing date for applications is 3 June 2025. Interviews will be held on 18 June 2025 Please quote reference PP45871 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy. The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Further information Further Information - Clinical Skills Centre Manager and Teaching Associate Apply online