Gp Veterinary Nurse

Wellpet Vets; Sydney; On-site; AUD 20,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks annual leave

ECC transfer access

Job summary

Mountains Animal Hospital is located in Blaxland NSW in the Lower Blue Mountains and is seeking a motivated GP Veterinary Nurse to join our General Practice team. This part-time role involves sole charge with one Vet and one nurse onsite, serving a friendly local client base.

Responsibilities include patient care, client communication, reception tasks, and nursing duties across consults, surgery, and kennels. Experience with RxWorks/Vetcheck is desirable.

Qualifications

• Certificate 4 in veterinary nursing or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar veterinary nursing role.
• Enthusiastic and outgoing personality.
• Excellent phone manner and customer service skills.
• Commitment to high standards of patient care.
• Interest in mentoring junior veterinary nurses and work experience students.
• Comfort with Sole Nurse work (one Vet and one nurse onsite).
• Excellent time management across reception, consulting nursing, surgery and kennel duties.

Responsibilities

• Manage patient care and ensure best outcomes for patients and clients.
• Communicate with clients face to face and over the phone on a regular basis.
• Reception/administration duties including invoicing, cash handling, till reconciliation and record keeping.
• Nursing duties including surgical nursing, medical care and treatments to inpatients, basic diagnostics, and assisting veterinarians.
• Tending to boarding patients (Canines, Felines, Avian, Exotics) in Pet Hotel and General Boarding facilities onsite (cleaning, feeding, medicating, walking).
• Providing basic grooming services for sedated canine and feline patients.
• Perform Nursing consults, admissions and discharges as required.

Education

Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing

2 years experience in veterinary nursing

Tools

RxWorks

Vetcheck

Job description

Mountains Animal Hospital is looking for a motivated GP Veterinary Nurse, who is comfortable with sole charge, to join our friendly General Practice team of experienced Vets and Nurses. This is a part-time role working regular Tuesday to Saturday shifts at a small GP clinic with a friendly local client base.

Key responsibilities

• Management of patient care and ensuring best possible outcomes for patients and clients
• Communicating with clients on a regular basis both face to face and over the phone
• Reception/administration duties including invoicing, cash handling, till reconciliation and record keeping
• Veterinary nursing duties including surgical nursing, providing medical care and treatments to inpatients, performing basic diagnostic testing and assisting veterinarians in care and management of patients
• Tending to boarding patients (Canines, Felines, Avian, Exotics etc) in both the Pet Hotel and General Boarding facilities onsite (cleaning, feeding, medicating, walking)
• Providing basic grooming services for sedated canine and feline patients
• Performing Nursing consults, admissions and discharges as required

About you

• Hold a Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing or equivalent
• Have a minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar veterinary nursing role
• Have an enthusiastic and outgoing personality
• Have an excellent phone manner and customer service/communication skills
• Be committed to high standards of patient care
• Have an interest in training and mentoring junior veterinary nurses and work experience students
• Be comfortable with Sole Nurse work (With one Vet and one nurse onsite)
• Have excellent time management skills- being able to navigate a role that shares Reception, Consulting Nurse, Surgery and Kennel Hand/Ward duties on a given day
• Experience using RxWorks (desired but not essential)
• Experience using Vetcheck (desired but not essential)
• 4 weeks annual leave per year for full-time employees (pro-rata for part time employees)
• A variety of consulting and surgical cases each day
• Access to up-to-date equipment
• Located in the beautiful Lower Blue Mountains and less than 30 Minutes/ 1 hour to Sydney CBD
• Career opportunities in a growing business
• Access to internal referral, with the ability to transfer ECC patients to our 24 hour emergency hospital in Regentville
• Friendly team of vets and nurses
• Commitment to ethical practice
• No out-of-hours work
• Separate and dedicated offsite call centre, so your interruptions are kept to a minimum

About us

Mountains Animal Hospital is located in Blaxland NSW in the beautiful Lower Blue Mountains and is less than 30 Minutes/ 1 hour to Sydney CBD. We are a small animal general practice with a friendly local client base, offering 30-minute consults, a variety of consulting and surgical cases each day, and access to up-to-date equipment. We are a growing business with career opportunities and a friendly team of vets and nurses committed to ethical practice.