FURTHER INFORMATION – PID/0103/09
THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE
The Royal Veterinary College is the UK’s first and largest veterinary school and a
constituent College of the University of London. A detailed history of the College and
details of all facilities can be found by visiting the website: http://www.rvc.ac.uk The
College was awarded top gradings in both the Research Assessment Exercise, 2008, and in
its most recent Teaching Quality Assessment exercise. It is the only veterinary school in
England that has received Accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association.
The College offers not only a course of study leading to the award of Bachelor of Veterinary
Medicine but also a range of other undergraduate courses including Bachelor of Science
degrees in veterinary science, veterinary nursing and an intercalated BSc(Hons) degree in
veterinary pathology. In addition, the College runs a wide range of Masters degrees, has
many PhD students and Residents in the clinical and pathology departments.
COLLEGE LOCATION AND FACILITIES
The College is situated on two campuses, one at Camden Town in North London (the
Camden Campus) and the other on a 230 hectare site in the attractive Hertfordshire
countryside near Potters Bar (the Hawkshead Campus). The two campuses are 15 miles
apart and are easily accessible by road and rail. The Veterinary Investigation Officers are
based at the Hawkshead Campus. BVetMed students spend most of their last three years of
the five-year course at the Hawkshead campus.
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES and RVC-VLA
SURVEILLANCE CENTRE
The Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases is one of three academic departments
in the College, the others being Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences and Department of
Veterinary Clinical Sciences. The Head of Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases
is Professor Declan McKeever MVB PhD MRCVS. The Department has over 30 members of
Faculty staff and a similar number of post-doctoral assistants. It has several extensive and
active research programmes. The diagnostic services provided by the Department include
the full range of clinical and anatomic pathology services. The RVC-VLA Surveillance
Centre forms part of the pathology ‘team’, liaising particularly with RVC farm animal
clinicians, external veterinarians and farm managers to provide a full disease investigation
service. There are many opportunities to develop new lines of investigative/clinical
pathology research, analyse case series, etc. The diagnostic service including the RVC-VLA
Surveillance Centre plays a major contribution to the delivery of undergraduate teaching,
including short-term projects.
Currently (August 2009), the faculty in the pathological branch of PID are:
Anatomic Pathology:
Ken Smith BVM&S PhD FRCPath
Brian Summers BVSc MSc PhD FRCPath
Cheryl Scudamore BVSc PhD FRCPath
Brian A Smyth MVB MSc PhD
Harriet Brooks BVetMed PhD
Sandra Schoeniger DVM DrVetMed MSc DipACVP
Veterinary Surveillance Centre:
Mandy Nevel BVetMed BSc PhD
Sonja Jeckel DVM DrMedVet PhD
Libby Browne BVSc
Clinical Pathology:
Balazs Szladovits DVM DipACVP
Kate English BVetMed BSc FRCPath
Laia Solano Gallego DVM PhD DipECVCP
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT – PID/0103/09
The appointment will be made according to qualifications and experience on the College’s
pay structure, Grade 7 - £40,206 to £51,722 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.
The position will be for three years in the first instance and will be based at our Hawkshead
Campus near Potters Bar in Hertfordshire.
Normal working hours will be 35 per week, Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. This may vary
from time to time in consultation with your line manager, according to the needs of the
service and you will be required to work the hours necessary in order to carry out your
duties.
The annual leave entitlement is thirty days per annum plus public Bank holidays and
Christmas closure.
Eligibility for Universities’ Superannuation Scheme (final salary scheme).
The College has a “no smoking” policy and smoking is only permitted in certain designated
areas of the College.
HOW TO APPLY
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Sonja Jeckel, tel: 01707 666630 or email:
sjeckel@rvc.ac.uk
To apply online, please visit our website www.rvc.ac.uk Ref. PID/0103/09.
Closing date: 30 September 2009.
Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 26 October 2009.