Experienced Veterinary Nurse

Weston Creek Veterinary Hospital; Canberra; On-site; AUD 43,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Induction program

CPD support

Employee discounts

Staff appreciation events

Coffee machine

Job summary

Weston Creek Veterinary Hospital in Canberra is seeking a qualified veterinary nurse to join our patient care team. You will focus on direct patient care, working with veterinarians and receptionists to keep medical and surgical cases running smoothly.

Responsibilities include in-patient and surgical care, anaesthetic preparation, diagnostics, radiography and client communication. We offer free parking, an ASAV accredited hospital history, and ongoing CPD support with competitive salary up to

Qualifications

• You are qualified with a Certificate 4 in veterinary nursing.
• You have amazing attention to detail.
• You are compassionate and caring towards your patients.
• You are comfortable treating surgical and medical cases.
• You are efficient, and can organise the daily hospital treatment schedule.
• You love being a contributor and can adapt to the varying challenges of veterinary practice.
• You are proud of your professional integrity and ethics.

Responsibilities

• In-patient and surgical patient examination.
• Hospital treatments through the day. Our Smartflow software really helps to keep track of this.
• Preparing the surgical and diagnostic areas.
• Aseptic surgical kit preparation
• Collecting samples for pathology testing. We have a full suite of IDEXX in-house path analysers.
• Preparing for anaesthetics, placing IV catheters.
• Monitoring anaesthesia with the assistance of pulse oximetry, capnography, NIBP and ECG on all patients.
• General and dental radiography.
• Performing dental cleaning procedures.
• Patient admits and discharges.

Skills

Attention to detail

Compassionate care

Team collaboration

Organisational skills

Surgical & medical case experience

Education

Certificate 4 in veterinary nursing

Tools

IDEXX in-house path analysers

Job description

Job Description

Hey Vet Nurses, we’ve got free parking and a whole lot more…

Our vet nursing team is expanding and we are after someone experienced to be a core part of our patient care team.

We like our nurses to be concentrating totally on their patients. By collaborating with our dedicated receptionists and veterinarians, dealing with customers only forms a small part of our nurses’ day.

Does this sound like you?

• You are qualified with a Certificate 4 in veterinary nursing.
• You have amazing attention to detail.
• You are compassionate and caring towards your patients.
• You are comfortable treating surgical and medical cases.
• You are efficient, and can organise the daily hospital treatment schedule.
• You love being a contributor and can adapt to the varying challenges of veterinary practice.
• You are proud of your professional integrity and ethics.

Your responsibilities would include:

• In-patient and surgical patient examination.
• Hospital treatments through the day. Our Smartflow software really helps to keep track of this.
• Preparing the surgical and diagnostic areas.
• Aseptic surgical kit preparation
• Collecting samples for pathology testing. We have a full suite of IDEXX in-house path analysers.
• Preparing for anaesthetics, placing IV catheters.
• Monitoring anaesthesia with the assistance of pulse oximetry, capnography, NIBP and ECG on all patients.
• General and dental radiography.
• Performing dental cleaning procedures.
• Patient admits and discharges.

We want to offer a great salary, dependant on experience. On offer will be a package (salary + super) of up to $71,000.

The Hospital has been looking after the pets of Weston Creek and Woden for over 50 years. WCVH is an ASAV accredited hospital. Our senior vets have the combined experience of over 100 years in practice. (That makes us sound old!) We want to continue to build on our great history with ongoing innovation and being leaders in the veterinary profession.

Employee Experience

• Free Parking
• Induction program to ensure you are set for Success
• Ongoing training and CPD Support
• A management team that is approachable and welcomes ideas
• Collaborative team dynamic
• Innovative systems
• Access to our EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Employee Discounts
• Staff appreciation events throughout the year
• Birthday cake
• A coffee machine (necessary!)
• Saturday shifts paid at penalty rates

As well being part of the CVS Australia group, our team also has a few other perks:

• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted health insurance
• Potential for international secondment for veterinary nurses.