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Form of workEast Bentleigh Vet Clinic - Full time Experienced Vet Nurse wanted!
Are you looking for a new and exciting role with a supportive team environment? Take the next step and join our team!
Due to continuous growth, East Bentleigh Vet Clinic is looking for a passionate and experienced vet nurse to join our friendly team.
About us:
East Bentleigh Vet Clinic is a modern purpose-built hospital, with a caring and experienced team of veterinarians and nurses who are committed to providing excellent customer service and exceptional pet care. We are a very busy clinic offering a wide range of services and advanced surgical procedures.
We are a very supportive team and pride ourselves on a positive, encouraging clinical culture. It is really important for us that the candidate fits well with our team over anything else. We encourage and support further learning and development of our team, as a group and as individuals.
Good work life balance for all staff is our priority!
What we can offer you:
- A fun, happy and busy work environment
- Correct “onboarding” for all new staff so you won’t be thrown in the deep end!
- A wide variety of medical and surgical cases to assist with including orthopaedics
- Fantastic facilities with all the tools you need to make your job interesting and enjoyable
- Lots of perks! Social events, lunches, birthdays, and purpose built staff room with a flat screen TV and more!
- High standards, ongoing training, career development and continuing education
- A positive workplace with zero tolerance to abusive behaviour towards our staff
- Good work life balance and flexible working hours
- Scheduled lunch breaks
Your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Provide effective support to veterinarians in all aspects of veterinary nursing, including animal handling, IV catheter placement and blood collection
- Maintain an excellent level of patient care and customer service at all times, treating every patient as if they were your own
- Monitoring anaesthesia and assisting in routine procedures, advanced and orthopedic procedures and all reception tasks
- Maintain a consistently high level of organisation and cleanliness in the hospital and kennel areas at all times. All members of our team help with all tasks, including cleaning and including the vets! It is not unusual to see a vet clean a cage or mop the floor so if you don’t like to clean, this is not the workplace for you. “Team work makes the dream work!”
Do you possess the following attributes?
- Minimum 4 years' clinical experience with Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing (or equivalent) being an advantage
- Experience in all areas of anaesthesia, routine and advanced surgery, orthopaedics, dentals, placing catheters, taking bloods and emergency care an advantage but not a must have
- You must be positive, dedicated and easy going, yet organised and self-driven, team players only
- The ability to work well and remain calm under pressure
- Flexible availability including afternoons and weekends
- A keen desire to deliver excellent standards of patient care and customer service at all times
- A willingness to learn, grow and develop as a nurse and together with our team
- Excellent general computer literacy. Working knowledge of RX Works an advantage
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
If you are interested in joining our wonderful team, please send your resume along with a cover letter to Practice Manager Gayle Bosel ***********@eastbentleighvet.com.au.
