Centre for Animal Referral & Emergency (CARE) Veterinary Hospital in Collingwood, Melbourne, is looking for a second Veterinary Criticalist to join our highly regarded Emergency & Critical Care team. You will work in a specialist-led, collaborative multi-specialty setting, managing a varied and rewarding caseload while helping shape the future of our ECC service.
Whether you are a board-certified Criticalist, residency-trained clinician, or a registrar working towards credentialing, CARE offers a supportive environment focused on clinical excellence, professional growth, and exceptional patient care.
Why CARE?
Located in the vibrant inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, CARE is one of Australia's most respected multidisciplinary referral and emergency hospitals. Our team is committed to delivering outstanding patient outcomes through collaboration, innovation, and a shared passion for veterinary medicine.
Within the department, you'll join Dr Christine Lovatt (DACVECC) and a team of Membership-qualified vets, experienced clinicians and interns. As part of a specialist referral hospital, you'll work closely with experts across multiple disciplines, ensuring seamless patient care and access to advanced diagnostics and treatment options.
Our ECC department manages a broad range of emergency and critical care presentations and is supported by a highly skilled nursing team and experienced clinicians who thrive in a collegial and supportive environment.
This is a purely clinical position focused on providing specialist-level critical care support and complex case management within our busy ECC service.
You will manage a diverse emergency and critical care caseload including:
Our Head of ECC, Dr Christine Lovatt, has particular interests in:
This creates excellent opportunities for collaboration, mentorship, and exposure to advanced critical care techniques.
We see a high percentage of feline cases, accompanied by committed clients and a highly insured client population, allowing you to pursue the best-practice diagnostics and treatment for your patients.
CARE's ECC service is equipped with advanced technology to support complex critical care, including:
You will report directly to Dr Christine Lovatt, Head of ECC, and be supported by both Christine and Dr Sebastian Chua, ECC Vet Manager.
The role works closely with:
Together, you'll help create strong patient pathways through the hospital while supporting high-quality clinical decision making and workflow management.
We are seeking someone who:
Registrar-level candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. CARE is committed to supporting clinicians through their credentialing pathway while they continue to work clinically within the hospital.
If you're looking to practice high-quality critical care medicine within a supportive, multidisciplinary referral environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply here or for more information contact:
Sharleen Harman | Talent Acquisition Business Partner | Vet Specialists & Interns
(+61) 420 249 101 | sharleen.harman@gxltd.com
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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.
