Emergency Veterinarian - VRH Dandenong

Veterinary-Referral-Hospital; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

AVA/VECCS membership

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

The Veterinary Referral Hospital in Melbourne provides 24-hour emergency, critical care and referral services with a true multidisciplinary team including specialists in Emergency and Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Neurology and Anaesthesia.

We offer a supportive environment focused on teamwork and lifelong learning, with competitive remuneration, membership of professional bodies such as the AVA or VECCS, and access to an Employee Assistance Program.

Job description

The Veterinary Referral Hospital has been providing veterinary referral and emergency services to the pets of Melbourne for over 25 years. As such, we take great pride in delivering the highest possible standards of veterinary medicine and customer service.

Our hospital is a purpose-built 24-hour ECC and referral facility. We have all the gadgets you need to ensure you can practice at your best and continue to learn new skills. More importantly, we have the only truly multi-disciplinary veterinary team in Victoria, including specialists in Emergency and Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Neurology and Anaesthesia. Our case-load is incredibly varied, interesting and often challenging.

We have a friendly and supportive team of ECC vets consisting of 2 ECC specialists (FANZCVS and DACVECC), 1 ECC Registrar (residency trained veterinary associates), ANZCVS Membership veterinarians, experienced emergency veterinarians and recent graduates. Our ECC nurses are among the best in the industry; they are passionate, hardworking, and dedicated to high levels of patient care.

We offer a supportive environment with an emphasis on teamwork and life-long learning, and we are committed to delivering high standards of customer and patient care, and a sustainable work-life balance.

Employee incentives include:

• Competitive remuneration commensurate with experience
• Allowance for membership of professional bodies such as the AVA or VECCS
• Access to Employee Assistance Program

Our ideal new team member would:

• Align with our team values: Kindness, Honesty, Teamwork and Patient Care.
• Be passionate about working collaboratively with other specialty services to optimise patient care.
• Have 2 years or more experience working as an emergency or general practice veterinarian. (Experience working in a busy multi-disciplinary hospital would be highly regarded.)
• Be available to work a sustainable roster including a combination of day, night, and evening shifts, including 1:3 weekends and some public holidays.
• Be comfortable working sole charge and managing routine emergency presentations.
• Be eager to learn how to manage more complex patients under the supervision of our critical care team.

This position offers an opportunity to work with some of the best clinicians in their field, in a professional and challenging, yet enjoyable workplace. You will join a business that is committed to their people and sees diversity and inclusion as more than just policies and practices.