Permanent Part-Time Veterinarian – North Brisbane
- Organisation:
- Third Avenue Veterinary Surgery
- Location:
- Sandgate, Brisbane
- Occupation:
- Veterinarian - Small Animal
- Employment Type:
- Part Time
- Posted:
A permanent part-time position is available for a small animal veterinarian to join a well-established practice in a beautiful northern coastal suburb of Brisbane. The clinic is a short walk from the water in a lovely town that offers a relaxed and family-friendly lifestyle.
About us:
The clinic is a busy and independently owned, long-established practice with a loyal and rapidly growing customer base and wonderful team members who provide day-to-day clinical peer support.
Their ethos is to provide practical, professional and balanced care for their patients and clients as well as ensuring you enjoy what you do well as a veterinarian and helping you where you want to learn more, all to achieve the best possible care for your patients.
They pride themselves on providing a premium level of service, as they don't want the clients or the team to feel rushed and offer 20-minute consults. They take the time to get to know the families and the pets and to make them feel comfortable and welcome in their practice. They have a lovely client base, who want what's best for their pets and are generally happy to work-up cases properly, accept specialist referrals when required and focus on keeping their pet healthy rather than waiting until they are too sick.
The employer is looking for a new team member who can work within the practice and is comfortable with providing routine general practice medical and surgical duties. They are a close-knit team and always treat each other with mutual respect and kindness and promote an environment of continued training and education.They have a very capable nursing and support team who can do almost everything, including blood draws, catheterisation, and x-rays.
Clinic equipment includes digital routine x-rays, new ultrasound, in-house IDEXX biochemistry and urine analysis machines.
Benefits/Conditions:
- Professional development: $1000 allocated to CPD after 12 months employment.
- Rotating roster averaging 32-34 hours per week (negotiable) with a shared rotating Saturday roster, including the same 1 day off per week (roster is very flexible).
- Clinic hours are 8 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Friday, and 9 am to 12 pm on Saturdays.
- No after-hours, public holidays or Sundays, all emergencies are referred to nearby hospitals.
- There are currently 3 lovely nurses supporting the veterinary team.
- Flexibility that accommodates your family commitments and the clinics requirements.
- NO KPI's – we trust our vets to use their own judgement to treat our patients and the families to the best of their ability.
What the employer is looking for:
- The main requirement is that you are positive and friendly and make an effort to work with the team.
- Some shifts will be sole-charge so you must be reasonably comfortable consulting on your own.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, including high attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks within a busy work schedule.
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Demonstrated ability to work well & multi-task.
- Maintain appropriate certificates as required to continuing professional development.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written).
- They are looking for someone who sees a long-term future with the clinic and wants to grow with them.
Contact Dr Garreth van Bart thirdavenuevets@gmail.com
