Small Animal Veterinarian - Varied & Exciting Caseload!

Location Melbourne
Discipline: Small Animal Vet, Veterinary Surgeons
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Aimee Greer

Contact email: aimee@lloydandcowan.com
Job ref: AG070
Published: 6 months ago

Work 10 minutes from the beach in this exciting opportunity for a small animal veterinarian in Melbourne, Australia!

Many emergency and critical care patients seek this clinic out for their services and this ensures a varied and interesting workload, increasing surgical cases beyond most general practices.

This new clinic on Nepean Highway is 600Sq metres over two levels, with state-of-the-art facilities, equipment and offices, helping promote an enjoyable and educational environment. The teams focus is on support at all levels to ensure help is always available for difficult cases.

Services:

  • TPLO

  • Tightrope

  • Laryngeal Paralysis

  • Perineal Urethrostomy

  • Advanced Cancer Resection

  • Liver Lobe Resection

  • Thoracotomies and Lung Lobe Resection

  • Pericardial Windows

  • Exploratory laparotomies (Common for us, we perform many each week)

  • Over the past few years they have also become a major Brachycephalic clinic and see approximately seven BOAS surgical cases per week, along with all the other Bulldog concerns.

This position is for four days per week and every 3rd weekend. The consulting hours are currently 8am to 6.30pm weekdays and 8.30am to 3pm weekends.

Benefits:

  • Support beyond compare with 8 vets and a mentoring system

  • Assistance from senior vets is available at all times for both consultations and surgery

  • A gradual but consistent introduction to basic level surgery increasing with ability and desire for however far you wish to take your surgery

  • An education as to the practical approach to consultations and an emphasis on teaching the right way to make clients appreciate your efforts

  • An emphasis on handling difficult and stressful clients and situations when they arise, and how to work through and cope with these. This will set you up to cope with any situations in your career

  • A level of surgery, emergency and medical cases not seen in most general practices which will give you access to a far greater range of conditions

  • A practical approach to veterinary medicine and surgery that does not involve the marketing of products and food, allowing you to be a pure veterinarian rather than a retail sales person

For a confidential discussion about our opportunities call Aimee on +447835146288 or email a CV to aimee@lloydandcowan.com.

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us on 028 8744 0649. If you know someone else who may be interested, why not pass this advert on to them. If we successfully place someone, you've referred to us; we'll give you £200 in high street vouchers as a way of saying thank you.

All applications will be treated in the STRICTEST CONFIDENCE