Would you like a role where you enjoy coming to work each day? How about working for an employer who respects and values you? Maybe you are seeking a supportive environment to develop, grow and refine your skillset! If so, keep reading….
An opening for a veterinarian has become available at a growing and progressive privately-owned practice in Sydney’s west!
The position has the flexibility to be full or part-time. A part-time vet could work anywhere between 1 to 3 days per week. No after-hours required. The employer places focus on a good work-life balance, staff well-being and providing staff with a positive workplace.
The current team consist of five vets, seven nurses and a dedicated receptionist. All nurses are capable of venipuncture, canulisation, attentive patient monitoring and care, dentals and radiography. The team are positive, collaborative and share a strong bond while working together to provide high standards of care.
Day to day, you will enjoy a wide variety of cases, from routine surgery to more involved medical and surgical cases. The small animal caseload includes birds, exotics and welfare patients from local rescue groups. The team aims to provide a minimal stress experience for all patients.
The practice owners are dedicated to providing a fantastic work environment for their staff and are constantly working on their leadership skills. They are involved with the Lincoln Institute, which focuses on veterinary careers and helping you be the best version of yourself that you can!
The clinic and the skills and services they offer are constantly growing and building. It is well-equipped with ultrasound, IDEXX in-house with Catalyst and Procyte, digital x-ray, dental x-ray, iM3 dental suite, BM3 surgical monitor, cryosurgery, tonometry, microscopy and more! The practice is fully computerised with RxWorks.
Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (or equivalent) and be eligible to register with the Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales.
Perks of the job include:
– Well above award salary with regular salary reviews
– Four weeks annual leave, one week study leave, plus a paid personal public holiday for your birthday each year!
– Continuing education membership
– An allowance for continuing education along with the support to pursue your veterinary goals
– Regular staff social events
The clinic is located close to train and bus stops and is easily accessed via motorways from all areas of Sydney. If travelling from the east, you will have the pleasure of heading against the traffic!
Here is your chance to work for an employer who strives to keep their team happy and look after their staff!
Feedback from a 2021 graduate who started at the practice as a new graduate and is still working there:
The whole team are so lovely and highly supportive of new graduates. There is a thorough induction and training process for new graduates, starting with shadowing another vet and progressing gradually. They scheduled it so that I could find my feet and develop my time management. There was (and still is) always someone available to help and for you to ask questions. It really is such a friendly and collaborative work environment. The team is so nice to work with and everyone gets along with everyone.
The practice is well-equipped with everything you need including ultrasound, x-ray, dental x-ray, dental machine and the system we use is really good (RxWorks). There is a mix of clients, with some looking for lower-cost options, so you learn to talk about a whole range of different treatment options from conservative to gold standard. There is also the option to refer with a specialist centre nearby, but we still have the capacity to do most things in-house. We have a mobile specialist surgical service that will come out to do orthopaedics and complex soft tissue procedures.
With surgery, they started me off with the basics and there was always another vet available to scrub in with procedures I hadn’t done before. I never felt like I was pushed into doing a procedure I wasn’t comfortable with. Even now, they try to schedule it so there’s someone around to help if needed and try to organise it so that vets can learn procedures they haven’t done before.
We have separate meetings for vets and nurses once a month, and a monthly meeting for the whole team. There’s a strong focus on professional development, with journal club, lots of informal CPD, access to VIN (there’s lots of free courses on there), and a yearly allowance for formal education which is usually enough for a workshop or distance education course. We also develop our own standards of care if we see a lot of cases where we don’t already have a set protocol. We will allocate ourselves a condition, do our own research, write the protocol ourselves and then have others look over it. Our lead vet will do the final edit and then these are shared on our public drive.
We also have regular social events throughout the year and do something every year for Christmas too. Most recently, a couple of weeks before Christmas, the practice owners booked a house and we went away together which was really nice. We played some games and got to relax!
