Animal Care Assistant - Surgical

Animal Care Assistant – Surgical Rotation

UE04 £24,408 to £26,656 Per Annum, Pro Rata (based on 37.5 hour week)

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies / Hospital for Small Animals

Fixed term, 9-month post covering maternity leave

Part time averaging 23.3 hours/week, paid overtime with any additional shift cover

Comprised of 10-hour shifts, with 1 hour unpaid lunch (7.30am-6.30pm) working 4 shifts on and 8 shifts off

Our surgical rotation posts are ideal for anyone interested in developing their careers within a state of the art referral hospital. We will provide training across a variety of services by working within the teams of specialist clinicians and experienced registered veterinary nurses at the Hospital for Small Animals. You will be involved in a range of interesting and inspiring cases in our surgery suites, as well as helping for our ward-based patients at the weekends.

We welcome all enthusiastic candidates to apply as we have a full training programme for all new team members where you will work alongside our skilled staff while you learn the ropes.

The Opportunity:

You will work in a rotational “pod” of three, working in a 4 shifts on, 8 shifts off pattern. You will cover each other’s annual leave and accrue paid overtime for this additional shift cover.

At the HfSA, we are open to emergencies 24/7 and offer a friendly and supportive working atmosphere, with a strong tradition of research and innovation. We value our team highly, offering excellent education and development opportunities.

Our Specialist Services at HfSA include:

• Anaesthesia
• Cardiology Service
• Dermatology
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Dick Vet Rabbit and Exotic Practice
• Emergency & Critical Care
• The Feline Clinic
• The Internal Medicine Service
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology Service
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Soft Tissue Surgery
• REPAIR Centre
• The Riddell-Swan Veterinary Cancer Centre
  

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent organisational and communications skills are essential
  

Staff benefits include:

• Staff discount for pet treatment.
• Amazing onsite perks:
  • Staff discount for on-site gym and exercises classes https://www.ed.ac.uk/sport-exercise/gym-memberships
  • Free car parking with electric car charging points https://www.ed.ac.uk/transport/driving/ev-charging
  • Two on site canteens.
  • Cycle to work scheme, on-site bike lockers and showers available. https://www.ed.ac.uk/transport/cycling/getting-a-bike/cycle-to-work
• No additional on call or out of hours is required, however additional shift cover opportunities will available, accruing paid overtime for additional hours worked.
• Holiday entitlement 32 days + 4 days public holiday (pro rata)
  

If you would like to discuss the posts further, please contact our senior surgical nurse: Shirley Simpson Shirley.Simpson@ed.ac.uk

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.