Lead with Compassion. Inspire Your Team. Help Shape the Future of Our Clinic.
Greencross Vets Ballarat is seeking an experienced and passionate Head Veterinary Nurse to join our team and play a key role in the ongoing success of our clinic.
This is an exciting opportunity for a confident senior nurse who enjoys mentoring others, driving high clinical standards, building a strong team culture, and fostering accountability, all while remaining hands-on in veterinary nursing.
If you're looking for a leadership role where your ideas are valued, your team is genuinely supportive, and your nursing and leadership skills are utilised every day, we'd love to hear from you.
At Greencross Ballarat, you won't feel like just another employee.
We're a collaborative, close-knit team that genuinely cares about each other, our patients, and our clients. We support one another through the busy days, celebrate our successes together, and firmly believe that a positive workplace culture is just as important as exceptional patient care.
Our nurses are highly valued members of the team and are trusted to take an active role in patient care, client communication, and clinic operations. We advocate for continuous learning, encourage professional development, and strive to deliver the highest standard of veterinary medicine possible.
We're also known for our kindness, compassion, good food, and healthy sense of humour.
Located just 75 minutes west of Melbourne, our clinic operates from a charming historic building dating back to Ballarat's gold rush era.
Recently renovated and thoughtfully designed, our hospital combines modern veterinary medicine with a welcoming and comfortable environment.
Our facilities include:
We're a growing small animal practice with a large and loyal client base and a fantastic reputation within the local community.
As Head Veterinary Nurse, you'll be a steady, dependable presence who is always thinking one step ahead. You'll lead by example, support your team, and help ensure the clinic operates smoothly and efficiently every day.
Beyond the clinical aspects of the role, you'll be instrumental in creating an environment where people feel valued, supported, accountable, and motivated to do their best work. You'll play a key role in maintaining the positive culture we are known for while ensuring high standards, clear expectations, and continuous development across the nursing team.
Your responsibilities will include:
This role offers the ideal combination of leadership, mentorship, culture-building, and hands-on nursing.
We're looking for someone who:
Most importantly, you're someone who enjoys helping others succeed and wants to be part of a clinic where teamwork, client relationships, and patient care are genuinely valued.
We're looking for a leader who understands that great clinics are built by great teams, and who is passionate about creating a culture where people are supported, challenged, recognised, and inspired to deliver exceptional care every day.
Why Ballarat?
Often described as "Mini Melbourne", Ballarat offers all the culture, cafés, restaurants, and amenities of a vibrant city without the congestion or metropolitan price tag.
Living and working in Ballarat means enjoying:
It's the ideal place to build a rewarding veterinary career while enjoying a fantastic quality of life.
Why Join Greencross?
As part of Australia's leading veterinary care network, you'll have access to a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development, and career growth, including:
If you're an experienced Veterinary Nurse looking to take the next step in your career and lead a supportive, dedicated team, we'd love to hear from you.
Join Greencross Ballarat and help create an environment where exceptional patient care, strong team culture, accountability, and professional growth thrive every day. 🐾
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.
