invites applications for the position of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor in Small Animal Surgery based in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.
This is a permanent full-time position in our Companion Animal Hospital.
About us Ko wai matou
Our name Tawharau Ora encapsulates our aim to be a place of wellbeing, healing and recovery for people and animals. Tawharau can be translated as shelter or haven, and Ora's meanings include health, safety, recovery, and healing.
Who you will work with Mahi Ngatahi
As a specialist team, we get to work on some very cool surgical services combining leading techniques in soft tissue, orthopedics, and surgical oncology with a specialist-led anaesthesia service and fully equipped diagnostic imaging.
At Massey, our surgeons enjoy CAD and 3-D printing, Karl Storz 5mm laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, Philips fluoroscopic C-arm and radiographic DR systems, in-house 16 slice computed tomography and out-sourced magnetic resonance imaging at a local medical facility, interventional radiology, Ligasure vessel-sealing devices, AO / ASIF / Synthes plating systems, CRF, ImexESF, and Biomedrix CFX total hip replacement system.
About this role Mo tenei turanga mahi
To be successful in this role, our preferred candidates will have achieved ECVS / ACVS / FANZCVS diplomate or equivalent status
Applications from residency-trained candidates will also be welcome
A veterinary degree registrable in New Zealand is essential
You must be eligible to live and work in NZ.
This is a teaching hospital so final year students are involved in all departments in the Companion Animal Hospital.
In this role, you will :
Participate in daily clinical teaching activities involving rotating interns, residents and veterinary undergraduate students.
Provide lectures, tutorials, and case-based instruction to veterinary undergraduates
Provide a specialist referral surgical service to our referring clinics from across the lower North Island of Aotearoa
Provide clinical services to clients of the Small Animal Hospital within the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
The salary spanning these roles is at a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor grade (2024), ranging from $101,724 - $157,025 (NZD).
Salary will be negotiable by background / experience.
What's on offer
Five university holidays per year in addition to four weeks of annual leave
Up to 6.75% employer contribution to the UniSaver Superannuation Scheme
Subsidised Southern Cross Healthcare plan for you and your family
Special staff rates available for campus gym membership
Staff purchasing privileges and discounts at many commercial and retail businesses across NZ
Access to a wonderful on-Campus crèche / day care facilities for dependents of staff
Comprehensive professional development and training programmes.
Check out your new city :
Palmerston North; Manawatu; New Zealand
If you are ready for a change and are looking for a position that can provide you with professional and intellectual opportunities as well as an appealing lifestyle, please contact us for more information :
Dr. Thomas Odom Associate Professor at or Dr Jane Langton Burnell - Vet Teaching Hospital Director at
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and appointments may be made prior to the closing date.
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