HEO3 Casual $36.61 per hour plus an employer contribution of 9.5% superannuation will apply
Casual role available during the University teaching semesters involving 25-30 hours per week for 24 weeks each year
The School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences runs a comprehensive dog and cat live animal desexing clinic for our 5thYear veterinary science students. The program is run by a dedicated team of seven veterinarians and two nurses, including specialist surgeons and anaesthetists. It aims to provide gold standard patient care in a purpose-built surgical skills suite to produce the best training for our veterinary science students.
We are offering a casual position for a Certificate IV Veterinary Nurse that has worked in small animal practice for a minimum of 3 years. The successful applicant would run all the nursing and day to day organisational aspects of our student desexing clinic. Ideally the applicant should also have a high level of nursing experience in the anaesthesia and surgical desexing of domestic pets.
Some features of the role include: organisation of drop off and pick up of animals for the desexing clinic, surgical theatre setup / clean up, maintaining consumable stock, record entry into the hospital’s practice management software, instrument cleaning and sterilisation and billing of clients. In addition to this you will assist students with animal handling, blood collection, patient care, anaesthetic induction, surgical patient preparation, sterile gowning and gloving, patient recovery and preparing patient discharge reports.
This casual position involves 25 to 30 hours per week, Tuesday to Friday for 24 weeks in the year during the university teaching semesters. These run from late February to October excluding university breaks which generally coincide with school holidays. The hours of work range between 7.30am to 6pm, with the possibility of flexibility in the weekly rostered hours.
To be successful you will need:
Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing
Veterinary nursing experience in routine desexing of cats and dogs (Desirable)
Experience working in a small animal practice for a minimum of 3 years
Strong organisational skills coupled with the ability to work independently
Good written and verbal communication skills to support students in a professional environment
The School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences provides world-class, outcome-based education and training of animal and veterinary scientists in a research environment. Based at the Roseworthy Campus, 50km north of the Adelaide CBD and minutes from Gawler. To find out more about our teaching clinics visit our website at *****
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Click on the 'Apply Now' button to be taken through to our online application form. Please ensure you address and upload your responses to all of the selection criteria. Applications close 11:55pm, 16 March 2021.
For further information
For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Dr Olaf Schaaf,
Lecturer, Small Animal Surgery
P: +61 (8) 83131999
E: **********
For a confidential discussion regarding the recruitment this position, contact:
Mr Bill Savas
HR Coordinator, Faculty of Sciences
P: +61 (8) 83133170
E: **********
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The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply.
