Open Residency Position

Approved Residency in Neurology, UK 07/01/2024

Closing date for applications: 19th January 2024

Salary: from £37,000

Location: Wear Referrals, North East England

Job Type: Fixed Term, Full Time

Hours: 45 hours per week over any 5 days Monday to Sunday including OOH/Weekend cover as part of the rota

Closing date: 19.01.24

Where should the applications be sent to: fabio.stabile@wear-referrals.co.uk

About us

Wear Referrals (part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited, owned by Mars) is a multi-disciplinary, specialist veterinary referral hospital in the North East of England, close to the historic university city of Durham, the thriving city of Newcastle, and set between the north east coast and the Pennines.  The hospital is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Scotland. 

Our specialist services include neurology, orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesia, oncology, diagnostic imaging and cardiology, as well as a busy primary care out-of-hours emergency service and in-house physiotherapy and hydrotherapy.  Click https://vimeo.com/448554524 to see a video tour around our hospital.

We have an exciting vacancy for a 3 year ECVN Neurology Residency Programme commencing in February/March 2024.   

The ECVN approved residency programme in neurology and neurosurgery includes training in neuroanatomy, clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropharmacology, neuropathology amongst others.

Your role and responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a growing team including 4 neurology Diplomates, working in collaboration with our dedicated neurology nursing team. The role will include supported out-of-hours responsibilities at weekends, weeknights and bank holidays. 

Teaching and clinical research is provided and strongly supported by our team of highly recognised neurologists.

Preference will be given to candidates with:

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant neurology experience
• A completed rotating internship
• Preferably, also have completed a neurology specific internship at a referral hospital.
• General practice experience is desirable.

Our hospital facilities include a dedicated ICU staffed 24 hours a day, spacious wards with walk-in kennels, in-house 1.5T Siemens Magnetom Essenza MRI, 16 slice Siemens Somatom Emotion helical CT, digital radiography, digital fluoroscopy, a brand new Neurogen neurodiagnostic system (for nerve conduction studies, electromyography, evoked potentials, electro retinography and electroencephalography), a Samsung RS85 ultrasound system and Arthrex / Karl Storz Laparoscopic/thoracoscopic and arthroscopic imaging systems.

We encourage an evidence-based multi-disciplinary approach, supporting a process of continuous learning and a collegiate atmosphere. We have an active internship programme and are expanding our residency programmes, with current residents in post in Surgery, Internal Medicine and Oncology.  Our extensive clinical caseload provides an interesting variety of cases and supports ongoing clinical research that is actively encouraged and supported. Linnaeus Veterinary Limited facilitates a highly collaborative approach between their hospitals and colleagues.

Benefits:

• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• Generous CPD allowance and CPD paid leave
• 6.6 weeks holiday (plus a birthday day off)
• Payment of Professional RCVS Registration Fees
• Employer Contribution Pension Scheme
• Professional Indemnity Cover
• Private Health Care
• Staff Discount

We are committed to providing a great place to work and supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates.  Wear Referrals holds Better Health at Work Gold status, has a large team of 20 qualified Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) onsite at Wear Referrals and an in-house HR Manager, in addition to offering private healthcare and a confidential Employee Assistance Program.

Part of an amazing global family

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 veterinary health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses also provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

We would love to hear from you for an informal discussion about this role, please contact our HR Manager Leisa Stokel, leisa.stokel@wear-referrals.co.uk or our Head of Neurology and Neurosurgery service, Fabio Stabile, DVM (Hons), DipECVN PhD, MRCVS fabio.stabile@wear-referrals.co.uk

PhD student position in Neurology at University Bern, CH 24/11/2023

A close relation to Clinical Neurology is encouraged with the option to get involved in an ECVN residency program.

Closing date for applications: 19th December 2023

Institution: Division of Clinical Neurology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University Bern, Switzerland

The Division of Clinical Neurology has an open position as PhD for a project together with the Division of Neurological Sciences (Anna Oevermann) investigating the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) including tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in canine and feline brain tumors. The project is embedded into a larger research initiative to develop an immunotherapeutical approach as adjunctive approach in antitumor therapy. For this laboratory-based project, a number of research techniques including cell isolation procedures, cell culture, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry and RNA sequencing will be applied. A close relation to Clinical Neurology is encouraged with the option to get involved in an ECVN residency program.

The PhD student will work in a multidisciplinary environment, receive committed scientific supervision and will be affiliated to the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) of the University Bern. Remuneration will be according to the guidelines of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF).

The PhD student should hold a veterinary degree, must fulfil the requirements for acceptance of the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) of the University Bern, must be highly motivated and able to work independently as well as in a team. Research results will be presented by the PhD student at international meetings. Therefore, good knowledge of written and spoken English is expected.

For further details or for an informal discussion about the PhD project, contact Prof. Veronika Stein ( veronika.stein@unibe.ch ).

If you are interested in the position we are looking forward to receive your electronical application that should be sent to Anja Krebs-Boldt ( anja.krebs@unibe.ch ) and should include a CV, letter of intent, and two reference letters.

The deadline for the application is 19th December 2023.

Employment:

100% Start of Employment: 1st March 2024 (or by agreement)

Fixed term: 3.5 years

Contact address: Prof. Veronika Stein, Dr. med. vet., PhD, DECVN Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine Vetsuisse Faculty, University Bern, Länggassstrasse 128, CH-3012 Bern Switzerland

Neurology-Neurosurgery Residency at Willows Referral, UK

The closing date for applications is Monday 9th October 2023.

Interviews for the position will be taking place in November 2023.

Applications are invited for Willows world leading three-year ECVN conforming Neurology and Neurosurgery Residency, commencing in January 2024. As a Resident you will be working as part of Willows team of five ECVN specialists, one residency trained clinician, three residents in training and two neurology nurses.