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Small Animal Veterinarian – Build the Career You Actually Want

Ballina Coast Vets | Full-time or Part-time

There comes a point in every veterinarian's career where you stop looking for "the next job" and start looking for the right team.

Somewhere you can practise excellent medicine.

Somewhere that invests in equipment instead of asking you to make do.

Somewhere that challenges you professionally, supports you personally, and still lets you have a life outside work.

That's what we're building at Ballina Coast Vets.

We're a young, privately owned, ambitious hospital with a vision of becoming one of Australia's leading regional veterinary hospitals. We love great medicine, exceptional client care, continuous learning, and creating a workplace where people genuinely enjoy coming to work.

Our new hospital, which opens at the end of this year, has been developed around how veterinarians actually like to work.

You'll have access to:

• Brand-new Siemens MULTIX Impact E DR digital radiography.
• Brand-new Siemens Somatom Go.Up CT machine.
• High-end ultrasound.
• Flexible and rigid endoscopy.
• A dedicated dental theatre with dental radiography.
• Two fully equipped surgical theatres.
• Modern anaesthetic and monitoring equipment.
• Purpose-built ICU and hospital facilities.
• A busy 24-hour emergency and critical care service.
• A thriving exotics caseload, including birds, rabbits, reptiles and small mammals alongside our busy companion animal practice.

We believe good equipment doesn't replace good clinicians—but it certainly helps you practise the medicine you trained to do.

We're looking for someone who:

• Enjoys practising high-quality medicine.
• Wants to keep learning and developing.
• Likes working collaboratively with experienced vets and nurses.
• Is happy mentoring younger colleagues or keen to be mentored themselves.
• Has a sense of humour, because some days the Labrador eats the CT positioning sponge....

Whether you're an experienced veterinarian looking for a long-term home or an early-career vet wanting outstanding support and mentorship, we'd love to have a conversation.

And then there's Ballina.

Imagine finishing work and being at the beach in five minutes. Morning swims before consults. World-class surfing, whale-watching, mountain biking and hinterland trails. Weekend trips to Byron Bay, Lennox Head or the Northern Rivers.

A fantastic climate, excellent schools, great cafés, and none of the daily commute that comes with city practice.

It's the sort of place people come to for a holiday and quietly start wondering whether they should stay.

What we offer:

• Full-time or part-time opportunities.
• Well above-award remuneration.
• Flexible rostering to suit your lifestyle.
• CPD encouraged and generously supported.
• Mentoring from experienced clinicians.
• A collaborative, down-to-earth team that genuinely enjoys working together.
• Exposure to an interesting and diverse caseload, from routine medicine through to emergency, surgery, imaging and exotic animal practice.
• The opportunity to help shape the future of one of Australia's most progressive regional veterinary hospitals.

We're not trying to build the biggest hospital.

We're trying to build one of the best.

If that sounds like the sort of place you'd like to be part of, we'd love to hear from you.

Send us your CV (admin@ballinacoastvets.com.au) — or just reach out for a confidential chat. Sometimes the best career move starts with a simple conversation.

Ballina Coast Vets

Exceptional medicine. Exceptional people. An exceptional place to live.