Jayson graduated from Murdoch University, Australia, in 2008 and worked in small animal general practice for several years before obtaining membership in the surgery chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College by examination in 2012. He subsequently completed an orthopaedic and neurosurgery internship at Fitzpatrick Referrals in the United Kingdom before spending time at University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Sydney, as a small animal veterinarian and a rotating intern. He returned to Fitzpatrick Referrals in 2016 to undertake a European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) approved residency. He is in his final year of the residency and his field of interest include reconstructive procedures and management of complex fractures.