Senior Clinical Training Scholarship (SCTS) in Clinical Pathology

Scholarship award: £27,820.00 per annum

This Scholarship is available from 1 August 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter, and is for one year in the first instance, renewable (subject to satisfactory progress) for periods of one year up to a total of three years.

The Scholarship provides an outstanding opportunity to study for a postgraduate qualification in clinical pathology (Diploma of the European/American College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology). The training programme is approved by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

You will receive core training in all aspects of clinical pathology (laboratory management and quality control, haematology, biochemistry, cytology), will undertake a research project, and will participate in the small-group teaching of undergraduate veterinary students.

Applicants must:

• Be a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS), or hold a veterinary degree qualifying you for membership.
• Have at least two years' experience in general practice or a minimum of twelve months' experience in a rotating internship.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Tim Williams, by email: [email protected] or Cassia Hare, by email: [email protected]

A SCTS Application Form (SCTS1) and Information Pack can be downloaded from the following website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/job

Applicants should supply a completed SCTS Senior Clinical Training Scholarship Application Form (SCTS 1), a CV and a Covering Letter giving reasons for wishing to undertake a SCTS in Clinical Pathology at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Applications should be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] with the above documents as one attachment, by the closing date stated.

Please note: The ability to take up this Scholarship is contingent upon you being able to evidence your right to work in the UK, or through gaining the right to work via the UK immigration system. Evidence will need to be provided before an offer can be made. Regrettably, this Scholarship is not suitable for sponsorship via the Skilled Worker or Temporary Worker visa routes as the minimum requirements cannot be met.

Interviews will be held early in February 2024.

Please quote reference PP39808 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.