Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Technology

at  Charles Sturt University

Reference no: 497566
Work type: Continuing - Full Time
Location: Wagga Wagga

Categories: Academic - Teaching and Research, Academic - Teaching Focussed, Academic - Teaching and Professional, Academic - Leadership

• Prepare future animal health care professionals to serve our communities
• Contribute to research advancements in veterinary technology or veterinary science
• Opportunity to engage with the industry stakeholders

ABOUT US

The Faculty of Science and Health delivers flexible, innovative teaching programs which provide graduates with the skills and knowledge to build a career, advance their profession and contribute to their community. We currently have more than 9000 students and over 500 staff dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge.
We are a leader in strategic and applied research in a wide array of sciences. We enhance and extend knowledge, train and educate future researchers and provide scientific solutions to current challenges. We achieve this through ethical practice, professional collaborations, industry involvement and a commitment to continual improvement.
We also provide a range of health and other services to our regional communities through our enterprise activities.
The School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences provides more than twenty undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the Faculty of Science and Health. This includes Agricultural Science, Agribusiness, Animal Science, Equine Science, Environmental Science, Geospatial Science and Veterinary Science. The School has substantial infrastructure of a high standard for training veterinary undergraduates and postgraduates, including access to on-campus veterinary enterprises in Wagga. The School has a strong research profile, including significant numbers of undergraduate honours and higher research degree students. Relevant research strengths include equitation science, animal health, welfare and diseases, epidemiology, biosecurity, toxicology, animal models of human conditions, animal production and sustainable agriculture.
We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.
The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.
Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.
Charles Sturt University is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. This is demonstrated through our Athena SWAN Bronze Institutional Award and our participation as a member in the Australian Workplace Equality Index. Applications are encouraged from Indigenous Australians; people with a disability; women (particularly for senior and non-traditional roles); people who identify as LGBTIQA+; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

• Continuing, Full Time
• Level B - $107,098 to $126,971 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Level C - $130,939 to $150,813 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Wagga Wagga
  We are currently seeking applications from registered veterinarians or graduates in biological/biomedical science, veterinary technology or veterinary nursing, with relevant veterinary clinical experience to undertake teaching and engage in academic research activities.
  The successful candidate will focus on delivering teaching excellence in a number of areas including best practice in low stress animal handling, best practice for internal medicine, surgery and anaesthesia, emergency and critical care and support for the veterinary professional in clinical pathology and diagnostic techniques and imaging.
  The position will also be required to undertake research, generate publications, and participate in research activities and collaborations where appropriate.