Senior Veterinary Nurse

• Flexible working options to suit your lifestyle
• Proudly Certified Great Place to Work
• Competitive rates for Vet Nurses with experience!

An opportunity to join our ever-growing team of veterinary professionals!

The Strand Veterinarian is a fast-growing companion animal health service close to the Auckland CBD. Our business success in this growth sector comes from the belief we ‘treat them as our own’, ‘step into their shoes’, and always ‘dream big’ to deliver the best care possible to clients, patients, and team.

Why chose us?

🥦 🌳 Sustainability and fear-free handling are key focuses for our clinic

⚕️⚕️Team-led culture informed by our key values

🏅 🎖 Opportunities for job crafting towards areas of passion or special talents

The Role

We hire for skill, intelligence (EQ+IQ), resilience, and HEART, and would love you to help us service our high-involvement pet clientele. We’re seeking a mid to senior level Veterinary Nurse to join our team, working 35–40 hours per week, including Saturdays (8:30am – 2pm) on a 1-in-4 week roster. In this role, you will work closely with our experienced veterinarians across all areas of small animal veterinary practice, including hospital care, surgery and consultations. We pride ourselves on delivering the highest standard of patient care, veterinary excellence, and customer service.

The Position – our ideal candidate

• 3 + years of veterinary nursing experience in companion animal clinics

• A nurse with a strong drive for gold standard care, and the confidence to advocate for patients, clients and team.
• Good anaesthesia monitoring knowledge including monitoring devices, how they work, limitations and problem solving when patient or machine abnormalities arise.
• Team player with self awareness in how you communicate with others, how to deal with conflict in a respectful manner with a focus on creating and maintaining a great culture
• Willingness to embrace the importance of self care, break the habits that the profession has created - to enjoy a long career of patient and client care
• Passion and dedication for learning
• Must hold a nursing qualification eligible to join and maintain your AVPRC Registration
• Ideally have practice software experience with Ezyvet and Smartflow

What is on offer:

• Competitive rates for Vet Nurses with experience! - $32 - $34 per hour (DOE)
• Flexible working options to suit your lifestyle
• Proudly Certified Great Place to Work
• Team member referral bonus – know great people? Have the opportunity to be rewarded!
• Paid parental leave & Paid Puurental leave because pets are family too!
• Team member recognition awards!
• Access to VC Learning Academy to grow your skills
• Employee wellness support via EAP
• Generous staff discount for your pets
• Birthday Leave
• Staff carparking benefit
• Southern Cross health Insurance after 6 months of employment if eligiable.

Learn more:

More information about the way we provide a safe and supportive work environment:

• Fear-free handling: https://fearfreepets.com/
• NOVM Accreditation (first clinic outside North America):https://www.nomv.org/clearblueprint/
• Vet Thrive (Veterinary Wellbeing Programme): https://www.vetthrive.org/We look forward to hearing from you!

If you would like to join a talented team, work in a beautiful clinical environment, and thrive in your chosen veterinary professional career, apply today, and if you would like to discuss further, reach out to careers@vetscentral.com.au and we would love to hear from you!