Veterinary Nurse

7 days ago

Townsville, Queensland, Australia Seven Animal Health Full time
About Seven Animal Health

We are a multi-disciplinary teaching facility, which offers a full service general practice and referral services including medicine, surgery, anesthesia, emergency and diagnostic imaging. Our well-equipped purpose-built hospital provides a wide range of diagnostic, laboratory and monitoring equipment, including digital x-ray, dental x-ray, CT, extensive anesthetic monitoring equipment, ventilation capabilities, a full Idexx in-house laboratory suite and university pathology laboratory.

We are a growing hospital and we regularly expand the services we offer. We are looking for a part-time Referral Nurse who is passionate and enthusiastic to learn and grow with us. Our goal is to secure experienced professional staff and support them with generous continuing education, competitive remuneration and work-life balance.

Student Teaching and Mentorship

Our primary role in teaching involves clinical tuition of final year veterinary students, across all our services. A passion for teaching and mentorship is a must as we pride ourselves in providing high-quality new graduates to the veterinary industry. Teaching students provides the opportunity to grow both your clinical and non-clinical skills, including communication, organization and self-confidence.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced nurse to help provide a gold standard anesthesia service to our surgery, medicine, imaging and dermatology services. You will be supported by three anesthesia nurses, a veterinary anesthetist and an anesthesiologist. The primary responsibilities of the anesthesia nurse role are:

  • Assist the anesthesiologist with patient assessments
  • Formulate a patient-specific anesthesia and pain management plan for review by the anesthesiologist
  • Prepare anesthesia drugs and equipment as relevant for specific patient requirements
  • Assist with induction process
  • Apply and manage monitoring equipment as relevant to anesthesia
  • Collect and record patient physiological data
  • Assist and/or manage the stages and planes of anesthesia from premedication through to recovery
  • Manage fluid therapy as relevant to anesthesia, including the pre and post-operative period
  • Assist and/or manage the recovery period, including responding to adverse events
  • Review/complete post-operative pain management planning for review by the anesthesiologist
  • Completion of anesthesia administration and paperwork
  • Hospital cleaning, stocking and equipment maintenance
About You

Our ideal candidates will possess:

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience as a veterinary nurse
  • Certificate IV in veterinary nursing
  • The desire to develop progressive practice and contribute to practice growth
  • The ability to work efficiently and independently
  • The ability to work as part of a cohesive, like-minded team
  • Commitment to the provision of optimal patient care
  • The ability to support trainee nurses, veterinary students and animal nurse assistants
  • Exceptional communication and organizational skills
  • Commitment to patient-centered, low-stress handling
  • Compassion
Desirable Attributes

We are looking for candidates with:

  • Experience in calculation and preparation of CRI's
  • Familiarity with pain assessment, scoring and management
  • Exposure to more complex anesthesia/patients with comorbidities
  • Understanding of common anesthesia complications and appropriate action
  • Exposure to advanced anesthesia monitoring equipment and ventilators
  • Knowledge of basic pharmacology of commonly used anesthesia drugs
What We Can Offer You

We offer:

  • Generous remuneration, above award
  • Paid registration and licenses
  • Access to a wide range of continuing education opportunities
  • RECOVER CPR training
  • Access to regular in-house discussion forums and tutorials
  • Access to VSPN
  • Annual membership to the Vet Education online learning portal
  • Access to the university library and other services

We live in a beautiful, sunny part of the world, next to the tropical rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef, all without the hassle and expense of inner-city living.

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