Vet Nurses and other support staff
Locum Vet Nursing Positions
Animal Eye Care, Malvern East VIC (posted 27th March) Locum Vet Nurse 8th April to 1st September
🐾 Animal Eye Care Melbourne: Join Our Compassionate Team! 🐾
Locum Vet Nurse - 8th April to 1st September 2024
Are you a passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse looking for an exciting new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of animals and their families? Animal Eye Care is on the hunt for a skilled and compassionate Locum Nurse to join our dedicated team, providing top-notch ophthalmic care to pets in need.
Why Join Animal Eye Care?
- Make an Impact: Specialize in the rewarding field of veterinary ophthalmology, where your work directly improves the quality of life for pets with eye conditions.
- Supportive Team Environment: Work alongside a team of experienced veterinary professionals who share your passion for animal care.
- State-of-the-Art Facility: Enjoy working in a fully equipped clinic, utilizing the latest in veterinary ophthalmic technology and practices.
- Flexible Scheduling: We understand the importance of work-life balance. Enjoy flexible locum hours that fit your lifestyle.
- Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive hourly rate, commensurate with your experience and skills in veterinary nursing.
About You:
- Qualified Veterinary Nurse with at least two years clinical experience.
- Previous experience in veterinary ophthalmology is not essential.
- A passion for animal care and a commitment to providing the highest standard of patient care.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.
- Adaptable and proactive in a fast-paced environment.
Your Role: As a Locum Nurse at Animal Eye Care, you will play a crucial role in our clinic. Your duties will include, but not be limited to:
- Assisting veterinarians during consultations and surgeries.
- Providing pre and post-operative care for patients.
- Educating pet owners about pet eye health, including post-operative care and medication administration.
- Maintaining a clean and safe clinic environment.
How to Apply: If you’re ready to take the next step in your veterinary nursing career with a leading specialist team, we would love to hear from you. Please send your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and why you are interested in joining the Animal Eye Care team to Jane at officeadmin@animaleyecare.com.au
VetPartners is an equal opportunity employer and recognises that diversity is crucial to our success. Whatever your identity and background, if this role sounds like you, then please 'Apply Now'
Join us in our mission to provide exceptional eye care to pets. Together, we can make a difference, one animal at a time. 🌟 #AEC
Balmain Veterinary Hospital, Balmain/Rozelle, Inner West Sydney, NSW (posted 11 March) Locum Mid June for 6 Months
Calling all Locum Veterinary Nurses…
If you're looking for a hospital where you feel supported and valued, and where you can build your skills and career… We've got you covered!
We are looking to recruit an experienced locum nurse for a 6-month full time contract starting mid-June. We have a team of 9 nurses who take bloods, run path, place iv catheters, induce and maintain anaesthesia and are the lifeblood of our hospital along with a fantastic team of supportive vets and reception staff.
We are offering:
- 6-month full time contract
- Minimal Saturday work, no Sunday work
- No afterhours
- Flexible working environment
Who are you?
The successful applicant will possess the following attributes:
- A passion for working with animals in a community-centric environment
- A pro-active nature and willingness to go above and beyond for clients, animals and colleagues
- Be comfortable working in a well-managed team where team members are encouraged to grow and are accountable for their position in the best way
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with a strong attention to detail
- Good presentation, excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment managing multiple tasks
- Have a good sense of humour and a keenness to actively help create a positive and enjoyable workplace
Who are we?
Balmain Veterinary Hospital is a well-established, 10 x full-time Veterinarian practice. We have been delivering superior quality veterinary services to the Balmain/Rozelle community for over 50 years. As a sizeable hospital, we regularly see interesting cases and are able to practice very high-quality medicine. We are committed to providing excellent service to all of our clients and patients in a professional and friendly environment. Our clients are the best.
The owners of the hospital are vets who work in the practice, all of whom have achieved membership by exam of ANZCVS and also undergone management and leadership training through The Lincoln Institute and who actively work on having the best work culture.
What do we do?
We develop close relationships with our clients, with a high level of trust. We regularly perform advanced orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery, ultrasound and management of complex medical conditions in house. We have an excellent relationship with several specialist practices and a high level of referral. We work our cases up to the point where we are either able to handle them in house as well as the specialists, or we refer.
This is your opportunity to join a friendly team that is passionate about providing outstanding care to animals and excellent customer service to their owners.
If you feel well suited to this position and wish to apply, please send your cover letter and resume to bvhcareer@gmail.com
You must have the right to legally live and work in Australia to apply for this job.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
JCUVet, Townsville QLD (posted 29th February) Locum Referral Vet Nurse from 4 weeks to 3months
LOCUM REFERRAL VETERINARY NURSE
JCU Univet Pty Ltd (JCUVet) is the Clinical Small Animal Teaching Hospital for the James Cook University School of Veterinary Science, located in Townsville, Queensland. We have a large team environment of 95+ staff across our referral, general practice and emergency & critical care teams.
As the only small animal hospital in North Queensland, we service a large geographical area and experience challenging, interesting and varied cases. We have a great support team of administration, animal nursing assistants, trainee nurses and dedicated receptionists, which allows our nurses to focus on what they do best!
While we are looking to fill a permanent role, we are offering the opportunity for an experienced veterinary nurse(s) to locum in our referral nursing team; which provides support to veterinarians and specialists in advanced diagnostics, anaesthesia, surgical and internal medicine. We offer the following package:
- Ability to locum from 4 weeks to 3 months (we can consider multiple locums)
- Excellent hourly locum rate circa $45 per hour
- Financial support toward flights
- Provision of shared accommodation
The ideal candidate will offer the following:
- Certificate IV veterinary nursing with advanced skills and knowledge gained from working in an animal hospital and/or specialty referral centre
- Alternatively, we will consider GP nurses with at least three years’ post-qualification experience in a busy and contemporary practice
- A passion for veterinary nursing and high levels of patient care
- A team player who builds others up and shares skills and knowledge
- A genuine thirst for knowledge and development of skills
We are pleased to offer:
- A 38-hour week worked across a four day working week (7.30am/8.00am starts)
- Competitive hourly rate including casual loading according to your skillset
- Support, guidance and mentoring by an experienced head nurse
- Access to advanced methodologies and use of advanced medical equipment
- A fun, friendly team that supports you and builds on your existing experience
- Life in an extraordinary part of Australia to explore outside of work
Townsville is perfectly positioned within relative proximity to Cairns and the Whitsundays. We are a vibrant city with a world class stadium, choice of dining and entertainment options, quality schools and some of the best hiking, fishing, snorkelling, diving and boating in Australia.
If you would like to locum at JCUVet, then please send us your application to:
Kim Litster
Head Nurse (Referral)
JCUVet
veterinarycareers@jcuvet.edu.au
Pet Universe, Inner North East Adelaide SA (posted 26th February) Locum Vet Nurse ASAP for up to several months
Locum Veterinary Nurse Position
Pet Universe is a progressive, high quality, small animal veterinary practice located 10 minutes from Adelaide’s CBD. With many years of veterinary experience, we have become an employer and practice of choice. We are also the Small Animal Practice of Excellence Winners 2015 and Telstra Small Business Awards SA 2015 Finalists.
Pet Universe Veterinary Centre has now expanded into the field of canine rehabilitation and regenerative medicine. Dr Chris Lee, Principal Veterinarian & Owner is now a qualified Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner (studied at University of Tennessee, USA & internship at Veterinary Orthopaedic Sports Medicine in Maryland, USA). With an increasingly complex surgical & rehabilitation caseload as well as our unique feline only entrance, reception, consult room & ward, we provide a very stimulating work environment. Both our practices hold Gold Cat Friendly Accreditation through the International Feline Medicine Society.
Pet Universe is looking for an experienced locum with:
- A minimum of two year’s fulltime nursing experience
- A Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing or accepted overseas equivalent qualification
- A passion for surgical nursing & getting the day to run smoothly in theatre
- Availability to work flexible hours during the week & weekends
We are flexible in terms of duration of a locum contract – up to several months work, starting as soon as possible.
To find out more about us have a more detailed look around our website - just visit www.petuniverse.com.au
For further information please forward C.V.s to Claire Lee, Managing Director via email: clairepentonlee@gmail.com All applications handled in strictest confidence.
Foxwell Vet, Coomera, Gold Coast, QLD (posted 16th February) Locum Vet Nurse 20th May to 11th June
Locum Veterinary Nurse
Foxwell Vet Coomera is looking for a Locum Veterinary Nurse.
We pride ourselves on our positive team culture and strive to have clear and positive communication between team members and clients. The clinic is owned and operated by a local vet with over 15 years of experience. Our team is customer centric, with customer satisfaction, quality care and a positive work culture being our priorities. We pride ourselves on being local and independent. What sets us apart is that our clients get to know our team and always see the same friendly faces! Check out our social media to see what our clients say about us!
About the role:
- Full time cover May 20th to June 11th
- Anaesthetics, surgical nursing, hospital nursing, pre-consulting and reception duties.
- Nurse consults - rechecks, dental checks, SR-12, Synovan injections, Beransa/ Solensia and Cytopoint injections.
What we are looking for:
- Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing or equivalent
- Confident monitoring anaesthetics, placing IV catheters, running in house bloods, preparing patients for surgery, caring for hospitalised patients and more!
- A positive easy-going attitude
- Excellent patient care and love of small animals
- Ezyvet experience (preferred but not essential).
For more details and to apply in confidence, please email Jayde Kresinger (Practice Manager) jayde.kresinger@foxwellvet.com.au or phone 07 5502 6699.
See our website https://foxwellvet.com.au/
Forest Hill Veterinary Hospital, Eastern Melbourne, VIC (posted 15th February) Locum Vet Nurse, ASAP-7th April
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, fun and motivated Veterinary Nurse to join our wonderful team on a fixed-term contract. We are currently looking for someone to start as soon as possible, extending to the first week of April working 4-5 days a week, with the possibility of weekend work.
We are a highly regarded, busy, small animal veterinary practice in East Melbourne. We have 4 Vets and 8 Veterinary Nurses, a Practice manager & a groomer that make up our team.
Our clinic is well equipped with all the toys needed to work up cases to high clinical standards, including digital X-ray, dental X-ray, dedicated surgical suite, IM3 dental base, capnography/Bionet monitoring machine, Ultrasound and endoscopy.
We use Rx Works as our PMS.
Our culture is one of personal & professional development, with our cohesive and collaborative team sharing skills across different specialities including surgery – soft tissue & orthopaedic, oncology and reproduction.
Your responsibilities:
- Reception duties including handling client queries, scheduling appointments, managing client accounts and providing an overall exceptional customer experience to our loyal and long standing clientele.
- Animal handling and general nursing duties for the hospitalised patient
- Maintaining excellent hygiene of the practice, including surgical areas and equipment.
- Undertaking general nursing tasks such as anaesthetic monitoring, patient admission and discharge, IV catheter placement and blood collection.
- Assisting our Veterinarians with a range of different surgeries and procedures
Essential criteria include:
- Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing.
- Someone whom is passionate about patient & customer care.
- Excellent animal handling skills
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of veterinary nursing procedures.
- Exceptional organisation, communication and customer service skills.
- Flexible and adaptable within a team environment.
- Knowledge of Rx Works ideal but not essential.
What we can offer you:
- An interesting and varied case load.
- A varied work environment.
- A commitment to your career development and continuing education.
- A fun and supportive team of nurses and vets
- Access to free counselling through access EAP
- Fixed-term contract: March – April 2024
Give us a call to discuss the position or better still come and have cuppa and a look around.
Please apply online with your CV and cover letter or call: David Margary or Emily Hegedis at the Clinic on 03 9873 1544
Kookaburra Veterinary Employment reserves the right to edit or omit any advertisement at our discretion. We take no responsibility for the accuracy of any advertisement shown and will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising under any circumstances.