The Regional Emergency Clinic - Weekend Emergency Veterinarian - Horowhenua District/Manawatū-Whanganui Regions

Organisation/clinic: The Regional Emergency Clinic

Location: Horowhenua District/Manawatū-Whanganui Regions

Position type: 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 Manawatū, 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 regular roles available.

Role one:

Saturday 4:00pm - 10:00pm with overnight on-call

• This is available as either one shift every two weeks or one shift every four weeks.

Role two:

Sunday 3:00pm - 10:00pm with overnight on-call

• This is available as one shift every three to four weeks.

These are some of the essential skills we are seeking for these roles:

• Confidence to work with a varied caseload of afterhours 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 up-skill with quarterly team CPD sessions
• Generous remuneration - hour rate of $85 - 115/hour 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 by visiting our careers website!

For more information, please contact Erin Wasley, HR Manager: erin.wasley@tvg.co.nz or call (+64) 6 323 6161