- Do you have the veterinary expertise that can help us innovate and develop new, cutting-edge technologies?
- Are you excited by the prospect of interesting and challenging scientific problems that, owing to their sensitivity, cannot be done elsewhere?
- Can you see yourself working with senior stakeholders from within Defence Medical Services, using your veterinary knowledge and expertise to translate clinical problems into meaningful research studies?
A new opportunity at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory might be just right for you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a veterinary surgeon with research experience to join the Medical and Trauma Sciences Team. You will be an integral part of the Combat Casualty Care Research leadership team. Our world leading research seeks to understand the biological consequences of traumatic injuries as well as investigate strategies to mitigate the injuries and their consequences.
In this role you will:
- Ensure studies adhere to the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct and the five Principles of practice
- Ensure experimental studies comply with national legislation and local processes.
- Proactively implement best research practice, including implementation of the 3R’s (reduction, replacement and refinement).
- Ensure high quality experimental data
- Provide impartial, evidenced-based advice to customers and key stakeholders to enable them to make informed decisions regarding the most appropriate care for injured service personnel.
- Hands on research involving animal models of traumatic injury
We are looking for someone who has a Veterinary Science degree, and who is a practicing member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Alongside your salary (£46,900 - £54,106), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s range of great benefits includes:
- An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution.
- Flexible working options, including compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only), and flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time).
- Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid.
- Learning and Development opportunities; Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). There will also be opportunity for both domestic and international travel to present your work at meetings and conferences.
- On-site facilities such as parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.
Find out more by reading the job posting on Civil Service Jobs.