Experienced Veterinary Nurse: In-House Care & Surgery

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

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