Veterinary Nurse Assistant

Pet Universe is a progressive, high quality, small animal veterinary practice located 10 minutes from Adelaide's CBD. With many years of veterinary experience, we have become an employer and practice of choice. We are also the Small Animal Practice of Excellence Winners 2015 & Telstra Small Business Awards SA 2015 Finalists.

Pet Universe Veterinary Centre has now expanded into the field of canine rehabilitation & regenerative medicine. Dr Chris Lee, Principal Veterinarian & Owner is now a qualified Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner (studied at University of Tennessee, USA & internship at Veterinary Orthopaedic Sports Medicine in Maryland, USA).With an increasingly complex surgical & rehabilitation caseload as well as our unique feline -only entrance, reception , consult room & ward, we provide a very stimulating work environment.

*Do you have excellent communication skills & enjoy people?

* Can you multi-task, stay cheerful under pressure and can evening hours?

*Can you apply your previous customer service experience & animal handling & husbandry skills to our environment?

What Does The Role Entail?

* Help out with any reception, animal care & cleaning tasks that the team rquires including post-theatre clean up

* Meeting & greeting clients and their pets at the check-in

* Taking the pet through to the consult room and assisting the vet with restraint

* Calling the client into the consult once the examination is complete

* Make bookings & check that appropriate revisit appointments are made

* Be available Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays from 4pm & Thursdays from 10am onwards for a minimum 3-hour shifts

Will You Fit In?

All of our team shares a few things in common – namely a real passion for their work, a great attitude & a great work ethic that not only includes working hard but also working as a team. They all come to work not because they have to but because they want to.

What Does Pet Universe Stand For?

We believe in offering the very best healthcare in an innovative, professional, caring, enjoyable, consistent and value-for-money way. Our standard consults are 20 minutes long or 30 minutes for new clients. This enables us to promote our unique features including Fear Free techniques for all our patients which falls in line with our Cat Friendly Gold Accreditation.

We have a large number of qualified Veterinary Nurses and dedicated Client Relations team members, who are passionate in delivering our motto "Healthcare from your pet's point of view".

Being true to one of our values, "innovation", we were the first Practice in Adelaide to offer Kitten Kindy, one of the few to offer acupuncture, the first practice to gain gold cat-friendly accreditation from the ISFM at both locations, and now we offer canine regenerative & rehabilitation sports medicine at our all new Adelaide Canine Rehabilitation Centre. And that's why we have some really great clients that want to do the best by their pets and say "Yes" to our treatment recommendations. To find out more visit us on

Why You'll Love Working With Us

· A fun, supportive team that loves what they do.

· Staff discounts on vet care & pet products.

· Access to our Workplace Wellness Scheme (Health Assured).

· Regular team treats like lunch, bubble tea, and afternoon teas.

· Social events .

· Learning & growth opportunities through our online Knowledge Hub.

· Discounts on Anytime Fitness & Medibank Private memberships & pet food brands (Hills & Royal Canin).

What Experience & Talents Do I Need To Apply?

* Good animal handling skills

* Ideally animal care certificate / previous experience in pet or vet industry

* Good standard of spoken and written English and computer literate

* A minimum of 1 years of service industry experience

* Good time management, prioritisation and self-motivation skills

* Good communicator & team player that can develop & maintain a good rapport

* Must love animals

* Most importantly a positive attitude

Pet Universe Veterinary Centre (CVS (Australia) Pty Ltd)

ACN

CVS registered office address:

C/O BDO, Level 10,12 Creek Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

Job Type: Casual

Pay: $30.35 – $33.70 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• certificate 2 Animal Studies or higher (Preferred)

Work Authorisation:

• Australia (Required)

Work Location: In person