Full or Part-Time

Would you like to join our Vet Team in an independently owned ASAV Accredited Veterinary Hospital of Excellence in Sydney's Upper North Shore?

Summary

• Permanent full-time or part-time role
• Independently owned practice
• 30-minute primary consultations to ensure time to provide gold-standard care to our patients
• Regular visiting specialists provide services for our practice in imaging, internal medicine and surgery
• Several vets within our team have ANZCVS membership, Masters or CertAVP qualifications
• Regular Performance Appraisals and Professional Development Reviews
• Monthly vet meetings to collaborate and share updates in veterinary innovations and case management
• Lincoln Institute Accredited Employer of Choice
• North Shore's only ASAV Accredited Veterinary Hospital of Excellence

About us

Would you like to join our outstanding professional team of animal lovers, who enjoy coming to work each day?

Turramurra Veterinary Hospital is a supportive team who ensure that we provide the best care possible for our patients and their owners on a daily basis. We consider our community's pets as an extension of our own family.

We believe work should be enjoyed, not endured. We are proud to have maintained a pleasant workplace environment that focuses on team collaboration, leadership and career development.

Turramurra Veterinary Hospital is a 6-vet (full-time equivalent) practice and the North Shore's only ASAV-accredited Hospital of Excellence, and we are a Lincoln Institute Accredited Employer of Choice.

We are located in Sydney's Upper North Shore, close to National Parks and around 30 minutes from the city and close to the Northern Beaches.

We have a purpose-built recently renovated modern and well-equipped building with two sterile surgical theatres, My Lab ultrasound, oxygen cage/oxygen concentrator, Canon DR digital radiology suite, IM3 dental x-rays, Vet-Tome, Vetscan pathology/Imagyst suite and VetNotes AI technology. We regularly have visiting specialists provide services for our practice and we have an Exotics vet on our team who works twice weekly.

We aim for the gold-standard of care for our patients and to facilitate this, we have a high ratio of supportive team members to vets and allow 30-minute primary consultations so that our vets have the time to develop client rapport and provide a high level of patient care without the stress of being overbooked. We provide consult-free time and are rostered adequately to ensure there is adequate time to update patient records, report pathology results and fit in triage appointments if required. There are pre-entered urgent appointment blocks before close to reduce the likelihood of vets being held back after their allocated finish time.

Our team of over 30 employees, includes our dedicated Customer Care Team, who is supported by our Nursing Team and Hospital Assistants as required.

View our website at www.turramurravet.com.au to learn more about our practice.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced veterinarian, who has exceptional communication skills in building client rapport, is comfortable performing thorough diagnostic investigations and enjoys practising a high standard of veterinary medicine. High level surgical skills are welcome but not essential for this role and we would consider a veterinarian who prefers a consulting only position. Our practice would also be able to support a return-to-work program for a veterinarian who has taken a break from practice.

The role would suit either a permanent full-time or part-time position. We could also accommodate a part-time vet during winter 2025 followed by a transition into a full-time roster around spring/summer 2025.

A permanent full-time position is based on 38 hours per week. Your weekly roster includes 1-2 surgery shifts and 2-3 consulting shifts, including a shared weekend roster of 1 in 2 Saturdays and 1 in 4 Sundays plus 2 Public Holidays per year. There is very little sole-charge work required.

A part-time position based on 15-30 hours per week depending on your preferred number of weekly hours. Your weekly roster will include 1 surgery shift and 2-3 consulting shifts, including a shared weekend roster of 1 in 3 Saturdays, 1 in 6 Sundays and 1 Public Holiday per year. There is very little sole-charge work required.

We encourage a healthy work-life balance so there are no after-hours on-call work, as we refer locally to Northside Emergency Veterinary Service (NEVS). On occasions where there is an in-patient that needs to be checked in the late evening, the vet or nurse available to do the check is paid a fee for doing so, which is charged to the client.

About you

Essentials:

• Minimum 3 years' experience as a qualified veterinarian in small animal practice
• Current registration with the Veterinary Practitioners' Board of NSW (or with another Australian state vet board)
• Current NSW EPA Radiation User Licence
• Comfortable with working sole charge when required
• Self-motivated to participate in regular CPD with a desire to continue to improve knowledge and skills
• Reliable and committed work ethic
• Exceptional communication skills
• Currently living in and eligible to work in Australia

Desirables:

• Comfortable with routine +/- more complex surgical procedures
• Achieved ANZCVS Membership, GPCertSAM, CertAVP, AVA CVP or Masters or a desire to pursue one of these in the future
• Knowledge about management of tick toxicity but specific training on our treatment protocol will be provided
• Determination to learn the OpenVPMS Veterinary software - we will teach you!
• Live within 20 minutes of the practice
• Own car and driving license
• Familiarity with or an interest in the local area

The Benefits

Remuneration:

Salary is determined on level of experience, expertise, qualifications and availability of the successful applicant. Starting salary package is negotiable from $100,000pa + 12% superannuation (full-time or pro-rata part-time).

What We Offer:

• Continuing education opportunities through practice membership of the Centre for Veterinary Education (CVE), access to VIN, in-clinic Lunch & Learn training sessions and team training events
• Regular performance evaluation and professional development reviews
• Collaborative, diverse and supportive team environment
• Employee Excellence Award initiatives
• Employee discounts for veterinary services
• Regular team lunches and social events

Hours:

Rostered hours will vary from winter to summer and consist of a combination of early and late shifts, depending on our roster requirements. It is important that you can do a combination of early start and late finishes, which will be dependent on practice requirements.

Our practice's opening hours are:

Weekdays:
7am – 7pm (non-daylight savings)
7am – 8pm (daylight savings)

Saturdays:
7am – 4pm

Sundays & Public Holidays: (closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day)
9am – 3pm

Application

If this sounds like the role you have been looking for, then we encourage you to apply!  

For your application to be considered, it is important that you follow both of these steps:

Step 1) VIDEO INTRODUCTION: Send through a 30-40 second video introducing yourself by stating your name and why you would like to join our Vet Team at Turramurra Veterinary Hospital. Send video via WhatsApp to 0488 180 081.

Step 2) EMAIL: Email through your CV with at least two professional references and a cover letter outlining your experience and suitability for the role to manager@turramurravet.com.au.

Remember - only apply for the position if you are currently living in and eligible to work in Australia.

We look forward to hearing from you!