Greencross Vets

ECC Nurse Assistant - ARH Essendon

Greencross Vets  •  Commonwealth of Australia / Federal Republic of Germany (Onsite)  •  19 days ago
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Part-time ECC Nurse Assistant | Animal Referral Hospital – Essendon Fields, VIC

  • Casual or Perm Part time, 20h/week
  • Mainly evenings and weekends e.g. 6:00pm - 4:00am and 4:00pm - 2:00am

The Animal Referral Hospital (ARH) Essendon Fields is a 24 hour-a-day/7 days-a-week hospital with a dedicated team working across ECC, Internal Medicine and Surgery. We aim to provide a responsive and comprehensive specialist and emergency service to veterinarians, their clients and their pets.

As a Nurse Assistant with ARH Essendon, you will be a key part of the veterinary care team, helping to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to our patients in a collaborative and professional environment. Working under the guidance of experienced veterinary nurses, veterinarians, and other team members, you will contribute to the overall wellbeing of patients and the smooth function of the hospital.

Duties will include:

  • Assist veterinary nurses and veterinarians as required
  • Monitor and care for hospitalized patients (under the guidance of the ECC team)
  • Administer medications as directed by the ECC team
  • Ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of hospital facilities
  • Handle and restrain animals with care and compassion
  • Animal cage cleaning and re-setting, cleaning patient bowls etc.
  • Walking, feeding and offering water to patients under nurse instruction
  • Restocking disposables (needles, syringes etc) and pharmacy (medication)
  • Maintaining cleanliness of hospital areas throughout the day/evening as required, including floors in treatment, ICU and ward spaces
  • Daily laundry upkeep

The Perks:

  • Incredibly diverse range of cases to fast-track your experience within the animal care industry
  • Access to advanced veterinary technologies
  • Amazing team culture (our team has been hand-picked for their personality, as well as their skills and experience)
  • Competitive salary with discounts on veterinary services and pet products
  • Team celebration events

About you:

  • Completed or currently enrolled in Cert IV in Vet Nursing, Associate Degree of Vet Nursing or Bachelor's Degree of Vet Nursing
  • Previous experience in the animal care industry highly desirable
  • Adaptable and enthusiastic
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Ability to handle animals with gentleness and confidence

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply today! We would love to meet you!

Greencross Vets

About Greencross Vets

Established in 1994, Greencross Vets is the largest veterinary services provider in Australia where we operate over 150+ clinics including General Practices and Animal Emergency Clinics.

As Australia's leading veterinary group, we provide pet owners access to a network of well-equipped veterinary practices run by local veterinary teams, which offer exceptional client and patient care.

We feature some of the most advanced practices in the veterinary industry and choose the best diagnostic tools, treatments and preventative measures based on clinical excellence.

Greencross are part of a community of vets who enjoy sharing their knowledge and clinical expertise. Complex cases can be discussed with our centres of excellence, where we have the most advanced equipment and nationally recognised teams of specialist vets. Finally, there’s our Vet Advisory Board (VAB) that leads our clinical practice and maintains our high standards consistently across the group.

Our operations include:

• General Practices

• Emergency Centres

• Specialist Centres

General practices, consisting of veterinary practices that offer consultations and associated diagnostics capabilities and general practice medical and surgical treatment options. Emergency centres, providing full animal hospital facilities for after-hours care and treatment of sick pets, and Specialist centres providing veterinary care across a number of specialist services including medicine, surgery, pathology, radiology, dermatology, cardiology, ophthalmology and dentistry.

For more information about Greencross Vets and our culture please visit www.greencrossvet.com.au or www.greencrossvet.com.au/careers to learn more about joining Greencross Vets.

Industry
Veterinary & Animal Care
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
North Ryde, AU
Year Founded
1994
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