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Careers – Come Join Our Fun Team

We are a fun, outgoing team and our employees are our Number 1 priority, we always make sure we have some fun in our workday 🙂

If you are interested in joining our amazing team and are passionate about working with animals, we would LOVE to hear from you! We are always on the lookout for dedicated veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, receptionists and support staff.

We believe our employees are our greatest asset, and we strive to ensure our employees are afforded appropriate opportunities for training and development throughout their employment. We offer a fun, family environment, weekly snacks/fruit, unlimited coffee/tea! Free parking is also a bonus just a short walking distance from the practice and we don’t work Public Holidays or Sunday’s. We also have a dedicated EAP service.

Our roles are permanent part-time roles; and you will be paid an hourly rate and receive all entitlements as per the National Employment Standards and our award.

To find out more about our wonderful team, you can read their profiles here.

 

For Expressions of Interest – If you think that you’d make a great addition to the team, please email your application (which should include your CV, cover letter and availability) and any questions to our Practice Manager.  We will get back to you as soon as we can.

For Current Positions Vacant, please see below. If none are listed, please send us your expression of interest – these are always welcome 🙂

 

All Applications must come through to our Practice Manager, at jobs@gungahlinvet.com.au including your current CV, cover letter, answers to selection criteria (if required as per job advertisement below), your availability and anything else you need us to know.

Please Note for all our Roles

  • Our roles are open to anyone with unrestricted working rights for Australia.
  • We do not offer visa sponsorships.
  • You must have the required skills, experience and/or education to be considered for our positions.
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted if successful through initial screening.
  • Recruitment will be ongoing and the advert may be removed at any time if the successful candidate is found.
  • Applications from recruitment or employment agencies will not be accepted for any of our positions.

 

VETERINARY NURSE

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Nurse to join our amazing team working with 14 vets in our purpose-built general practice hospital where you will have exposure to both our Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital and our Cat Hospital at the same premises. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain exposure to a variety of different animals and responsibilities, and work on all the cool stuff like oesophageal foreign bodies, surgeries and complicated procedures, dental work and more…… this will just be a normal day at the practice, as well as your general nursing.

This is a permanent part-time role with an immediate start.

Working hours are rostered between the hours of 7:30am to 19:00pm Mondays – Fridays and 8:00am to 14.00pm on rotated Saturdays.

The successful candidate for this role must be available to start shifts no later than 7:30am. It is a requirement to be available to work Saturdays on rotation with other nurses (i.e. not every Saturday).  The working hours can be up to 38 hours per week but may be less depending on demand.

Our ideal candidate

We are looking for someone who can tick the following boxes:

  • Must have a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing
  • Must have over 1 years of nursing experience 
  • exceptional customer service skills,
  • high emotional intelligence,
  • excellent time management,
  • excellent attendance record and reliability,
  • the ability to work varied tasks that are constantly interrupted yet concluded,
  • the ability and confidence to handle many types of small animals, up to large dogs,
  • communication skills to communicate with all personality types and always remain professional even under stressful situations,
  • great teamwork approach and professionalism to strengthen the GVH team,
  • willingness to make a long-term commitment to the role.

Benefits of working at GCH/GVH

  • The workload is busy, challenging and varied,
  • We encourage staff to follow their fields of interest,
  • We support continuing education and VNCA membership paid by us,
  • We pay for your Proskills e-Learning account for further training to gain CPD points,
  • Teamwork is highly valued – you’ll be working with an excellent team of people with an importance placed on having a wonderful staff culture,
  • Remuneration is above-award according to qualifications and experience,
  • Assistance in relocation for successful out of state applicants can be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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