Due to the growth of the business, we have both casual and permanent animal attendant positions available.
The Role:
Our Junior Nurse/Animal Attendant roles, are an entry-level into the emergency nursing and shift working environment. We are looking for Cert IV vet nurses who ideally have some experience outside of their placement roles. This position is ideal for GP nurses who are developing foundational skills and gaining experience to be one of our future Emergency & Critical Care nurses.
Your primary responsibilities are to assist our nursing and veterinary team when needed, as well as provide an outstanding level of care for our visiting patients, whilst maintaining excellent hygiene and stock levels for our busy hospital.
Your Duties & Responsibilities:
Ensuring hospital workflows are efficient by maintaining hospital hygiene and replenishing floor stock levels
Patient care – this includes maintaining patients’ temporary environments, ensuring their health and safety and carrying out daily tasks related to their care
Assisting nurses and vets with animal handling, procedures, IV placement, blood draws, IV fluids set up, X-rays and ultrasounds when needed.
Assisting with TPR duties under supervision and as directed by nurses.
Surgery assistance (set up and maintenance of surgical areas)
Reception duties when required
Handle patients in line with our “Low-Stress Handling” techniques
Your Skills & Experience:
Previous experience and employment in a veterinary hospital/setting
Ability to prioritise under pressure in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Adaptable and responsive to guidance, ensuring tasks are completed according to specified requirements
Genuine desire to deliver exceptional patient and client care
Sound knowledge of hospital hygiene and general clinic workflow requirements
Experience in low stress animal handling (including exotics and wildlife)
Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively & with a willingness to learn and receive feedback
Requirements:
Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing (essential)
Experience outside of placement in (busy) general practice Due to the critical and fast-paced nature of our environment, we do not have the capacity to provide the foundational skills and experience developed in general practice. It is for this reason, that we expect that candidates have been pre-exposed to, and possess, the fundamental skills to support them in their roles.
Willingness to adhere to the AREC guidelines and expectations outlined in the AREC Progression Plan to ensure consistent development and advancement.
Availability for shiftwork including a variety of early morning, afternoon, evening, overnight and weekend shifts.
Flexibility to work public holidays – as we are a 24-hour hospital, we require our team to be available during peak periods such as Easter, Christmas, New Year and October Long Weekend.
Casual positions require a minimum commitment of 2 shifts per month, plus the availability to pick up extra shifts during peak periods. Note: Please be prepared to discuss your specific availability early in your application process.
AREC can offer:
Continuing Education Allowance and access to employer-funded benefits including memberships and registrations to professional organisations for eligible employees.
Competitive remuneration
Paid attendance for compulsory staff meetings
An engaged and committed leadership team that encourages growth and recognises positive contributions and feedback from the team
Dedicated ‘Break Nurses’ on shift to encourage rest and improve staff wellbeing
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness Committee
If you are keen to be a part of a highly compassionate and hard-working team of healthcare professionals, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application by clicking the apply now button below.
AREC foster diversity and inclusion within the organisation to create an environment where all individuals are valued and included.
Note: All short-listed applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment check to verify their identity, qualifications and experience in the form of a reference check.
