Afterhours Veterinarian
3 days ago
Weekend Emergency Veterinarian
- Join our friendly, supportive and skilled afterhours veterinary team
- Let your passion for providing pet emergency care shine.
- Located in friendly Feilding, our service operates on weekends and public holidays, ideal for work-life balance.
About us
The Regional Emergency Clinic is a small compassionate team that provides high quality afterhours care to pets in the Manawatu, Horowhenua and Whanganui Regions. We pride ourselves on creating a positive work environment through staff support, collaboration and upskilling. We are a skilled, hardworking team that enjoys ourselves whilst caring for our region's pets.
About these Roles
Starting January 2025, we have two regular roles available;
Role 1
Saturday 4pm-10pm with overnight on call
- This is available as either 1 shift every 2 weeks or 1 shift every 4 weeks.
Role 2
Sunday 3pm-10pm with overnight on call
- This is available as 1 shift every 3-4 weeks.
These are some of the essential skills we are seeking for these roles;
- Confidence to work with the varied caseload of after-hours in a sole charge capacity.
- Solid surgical experience with the ability to perform all types of emergency surgery.
- Comfortable with stabilizing and managing critical care cases, including interpreting in-house diagnostics.
- Compassionate communication with clients.
About you
In addition to your expertise and experience, the following personal qualities are important to us;
- Collaborative and supportive team member that fits well into our current team.
- Empathetic to clients with the ability to guide them through stressful/upsetting situations with compassion
- Accurate and consistent charging for services and medications
- Shows initiative and problem solving when dealing with complex emergency cases
Our location
Our service operates out of Totally Vets Feilding on weekends and public holidays. Feilding is a friendly picturesque town with beautiful gardens, shops and cafes. It is a short 20-minute drive from the city of Palmerston North.
Our offer
- Opportunity to upskill with quarterly team CPD sessions
- Generous renumeration- Hourly rate of $85-115/hr depending on experience.
- Excellent support from experienced colleagues.
- Flexibility and a work-life balance that suits you.
If this sounds like a good fit for you, please apply.
For more information, please contact:
Erin Wasley
HR Manager
