About us

Peninsula Vet Emergency and Referral Hospital offers a wide range of clinical services including a 24-hour emergency service, surgery, internal medicine, and anaesthesia. Our hospital boasts a collaborative approach to patient care with a passionate team and positive culture centred around providing the best care for our patients.

About the role

We are expanding our team of nurses and looking for someone who is passionate about medicine to work alongside and learn from our highly skilled medicine team. If you are looking for diverse and exciting caseloads - then look no further! Our medicine team provides a warm, friendly team environment that will provide you with ongoing learning and development opportunities.

Under the direction of the Referral Nurse Team Leader, you will be responsible for working collaboratively with our Internal Medicine Specialist, Registrars, Resident, and Intern to provide outstanding patient care. This includes monitoring patient anaesthesia, assisting with endoscopes, ultrasounds, chemotherapy, CT scans, X rays and caring for hospital patients.

This is a full-time position based on four-day week (Monday to Friday) with a 1 in 6 weekend rotation and public holiday as required.

About you

We are looking for committed, caring, and highly motivated nurses with strong clinical skills. To be considered for this position you will have a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, experience working in referral medicine nursing, and a passion for in depth cases. The position would be well suited to nurses who demonstrate the following:

• Excellent communication skills
• A keen desire to advance their knowledge and clinical skills
• A flexible, enthusiastic, and positive attitude
• Ability to operate in a face paced and dynamic environment
• Committed to our core values of being passionate, building trust, having fun, growing, and evolving, and having compassion and respect

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

What we can offer you

• A positive and fun workplace and a supportive team
• A focus on your wellness and mental health support available to all employees
• Opportunity to work with and learn from industry leading specialists
• Access to state-of-the-art facilities
• Great employee benefits and discounts for the health of your pet
• Commitment to your career development through mentorship, on the job training and a continuing education allowance