About this role

We ideally need a nurse confident with surgical nursing including anaesthesia monitoring. Confidence with capnography and blood pressure management would be fab. We do run nurse consults for monthly injections, post op checks, nails/AGs and dental checks. Ideally our candidate would be confident with making clients feel at ease, even if they don’t have the answer. We can teach clinical skills, but the ‘softer’ skills of customer service, empathy and social/self awareness are harder to teach, so this is what we’re looking for.

Important clinical skills include confidence with low stress animal handling, catheter placement/blood drawers, dental x-rays, dental scale/polish, thinking ahead to what the vet needs next, attention to detail with set up of equipment for vets (in both consult and in surgery).

We have a thorough clinical position description available on request, however for me, it’s more important we find someone who is kind, trusting, open to feedback and highly accountable. We value emotional intelligence and a high level of initiative and problem solving skills.

About you

As mentioned before, our focus is on emotional intelligence – self awareness, social awareness, empathy, self regulation and motivation. We believe that to have a high performing team we need a high level trust amongst the team – and so we work hard to build trust and positive relationships. We value open communication, accountability and the ability to laugh at yourself!

We love music, coffee, plants and you will even see us implementing elements of feng shui into the clinic to keep the energy positive 🌞

Our location

Como itself it an amazing location, close to the freeway for ease of access, just 7km south of the city. We have a lovely local set of shops with an IGA and a few lunch options (like Subway, Sushi, Noodle bar) and a great local cafe called Hoopla that we regularly order from. Most days we do a coffee run around 1pm to freshen everyone up for the afternoon 😉

Perth itself is just beautiful – amazing weather, blue skies and mild winters.

We have a 13 bay dedicated car park behind the clinic, so very easy to park. The clinic is an old house that was converted into a clinic in 2009. It’s double storey, with a kitchen, office, bathroom and balcony upstair for downtime. We often get comments about how homely and inviting the clinic is and we work hard to make it a lovely space for our team and clients.

Our offer

Hourly wage will be reflective of experience but typically we pay $36/hr for a Level 4 Vet Nurse + super including 4 weeks annual leave (pro rata if part time). We celebrate yearly service with a bonus/gift and involve the team in decisions around how we spend profits (eg new equipment, bonuses etc).