Graduate Companion Animal Veterinarian

Apiam Animal Health Limited; Horsham; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above award graduate salary

Relocation assistance

One week paid study leave each year

Veterinary registration paid

Support towards professionalMembership

VetEducation membership

Structured graduate development and CP

Job summary

Fur Life Vet Horsham in Horsham, Victoria is offering a Graduate Companion Animal Veterinarian role designed to build strong foundations in medicine, surgery, diagnostics and emergency care. As part of ASAV accredited care, you will learn in a supportive, collaborative team with qualified nurses and experienced vets.

You’ll gain hands-on experience across preventative care, medicine, dentistry and diagnostics, with case work expanding as your confidence grows.

Qualifications

• Graduate aiming to build foundations in medicine, surgery, diagnostics and emergency care.
• ASAV-accredited hospital with a supportive nursing and vet team.
• Regional practice offering hands-on learning across cases.

Responsibilities

• Gain experience across preventative care, medicine, surgery, dentistry, diagnostics and emergency care.
• Work with a nurse during consults in a collaborative team environment.
• Develop clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills over time.

Skills

Collaborative team player

Clinical curiosity

Willingness to learn

Job description

Graduate Companion Animal Veterinarian

Fur Life Vet Horsham | Horsham, Victoria

Want to become the kind of small animal vet who feels confident working up the interesting cases, not just the straightforward ones?

At Fur Life Vet Horsham, you'll get the clinical variety of regional practice with an experienced team around you while you learn.

We're an ASAV accredited companion animal hospital with a close-knit team of vets, qualified nurses and reception staff who genuinely enjoy working together. For a graduate wanting strong foundations in medicine, surgery, diagnostics and emergency care, Horsham is a pretty exciting place to start.

Why Horsham?

Regional practice brings variety.

You'll gain experience across preventative care, medicine, surgery, dentistry, diagnostics and emergency cases, with the opportunity to tackle more complicated medical and surgical cases as your confidence grows.

We take a collaborative approach to cases and use a team consulting model, so you'll be supported by a nurse during consults and have experienced colleagues around you to bounce cases off.

You don't need to know everything on day one. We want to help you become the vet you imagined you would be when you started vet school.

Great cases. Great equipment. Plenty to learn.

Our hospital is equipped to let you properly investigate and work up your cases, including:

• In house IDEXX laboratory with SediVue
• Digital radiography and ultrasound
• Digital dental radiography
• Multiparameter anaesthetic monitoring
• Endoscopy and video otoscopy
• Tonometry and electrocautery
• SmartFlow and EzyVet

For a graduate, that means hands on experience using diagnostics and building your clinical reasoning rather than simply learning when to refer.

What you'll receive

• Above award graduate salary
• Relocation assistance
• One week paid study leave each year
• Veterinary registration paid
• Support towards professional memberships and subscriptions
• VetEducation membership
• Structured graduate development and ongoing CPD
• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff discounts on veterinary products and services
• Retail, travel and gym discounts
• Four weeks annual leave
• Five days paid volunteer leave

Your working week

After hours is shared with a neighbouring clinic and supported by a trained triage team that filters calls and takes deposits.

As a graduate, the focus is on building your skills and confidence with experienced people around you as you transition into practice.

Life in Horsham

Horsham offers the ease and affordability of regional living while still providing the amenities of a major regional centre.

You'll have sporting and community activities, schools and healthcare locally, with national parks nearby for hiking, camping and weekends outdoors.

It's somewhere you can get to know your clients, become part of the community and have a life outside the clinic too.

About you

We're looking for a graduate who wants to become a really capable companion animal vet.

You don't need to arrive as an accomplished surgeon or have every complicated medical case figured out. We're looking for someone who:

• Enjoys companion animal medicine and surgery
• Is curious and wants to understand their cases
• Enjoys working collaboratively with vets and nurses
• Communicates well with clients
• Is comfortable asking questions
• Wants to develop strong clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills

If you're enthusiastic, curious and prepared to learn, we'll help you build the rest.