(HEO7) $98,343 – $109,989 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Continuing Full-Time position available immediately.

We are seeking an Experienced Small Animal Veterinarian who can provide high quality primary opinion services to a range of small animal and wildlife patients within the Small Animal Hospital.

We support continued professional development, and we’ll provide an annual budget of up to $3000 towards approved activities.

The School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences is one of four schools in the Faculty of Sciences. Located at the University's Roseworthy campus, approximately 50 km north of Adelaide, it is South Australia's only veterinary school and an internationally renowned centre for excellence in animal production. The facilities are state-of-the-art and include a veterinary hospital and centres for companion animal, production animal, and equine health. The campus is situated on a 1600 hectare property with a working farm, less than eight kilometres from the township of Gawler.

The Roseworthy Veterinary Hospital (RVH) is the School’s clinical teaching facility which operates on a commercial basis, offering first opinion, ambulatory and specialist veterinary services across all animal species to the general public and referring veterinarians.
As a unit of RVH, the Small Animal Hospital (SAH) is a leading-edge primary opinion practice and referral care veterinary clinic equipped with the technology, equipment and professional services to treat small companion animals of all species.
The SAH offers high quality first opinion, referral and 24/7 emergency and critical care veterinary services to the public and provides a clinical training environment for final year veterinary students working under the close supervision of experienced veterinary surgeons, nurses and support staff.

The Veterinarian will primarily provide high quality primary opinion services to a range of small animal patients; a minor part of the role will be to provide emergency and critical care services.
The caseload is varied including wellness services supported by dedicated GP nurses, dentistry, surgery, imaging and medicine cases.
The Veterinarian will also contribute to clinical teaching and supervision of students by involving them in clinical case management, providing additional learning opportunities where appropriate and demonstrating the highest standard of clinical and professional behaviour. Mentoring of other staff including interns, locum veterinarians and veterinary nursing team members will be required on an ad hoc basis.

To be successful you will need: 

• Proven veterinary experience in first opinion services 2 years+
• Demonstrated high level communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively with a diverse range of clients and team members.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm and experience in assisting, teaching or mentoring others.
• Demonstrated high level written communication skills, including the ability to keep detailed, accurate medical records and write professional referral letters and client correspondence.
• Demonstrated organisational skills with proven ability to effectively prioritise work and balance competing deadlines to achieve accurate, high quality work outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to triage.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; high-quality professional development programs and activities, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); and an on-campus gym and other fitness facilities.

We prioritise your mental health like never before, we are committed to fostering a workplace where you are supported both mentally and emotionally.
We believe that a supportive work environment is crucial for both professional success and personal well-being.
The University of Adelaide provides staff access to information, training and assistance to build wellbeing and includes both mental and physical health.

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Your faculty's broader role

The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology is a multidisciplinary hub of cutting-edge teaching and research. Many of its academic staff are world leaders in their fields and graduates are highly regarded by employers. The Faculty actively partners with innovative industries to solve problems of global significance. 

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If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

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***Applications close 11:55pm, Monday 4th November 2024***

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:

Simone Patterson
Senior Talent Acquisition Officer
simone.patterson@adelaide.edu.au

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The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. 

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