Specialty Veterinary Nurse - VRH Dandenong
Core
Specialty veterinary nurse supporting surgery, anaesthesia, and emergency care in a multi-disciplinary referral hospital.
Role type
Specialty veterinary nurse (clinical IC)
Builds
Surgical and emergency patient outcomes in a referral hospital
Domain
Veterinary medicine, surgery, anaesthesia
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Anaesthesia monitoring, IV catheter placement, blood collection, TPR monitoring, surgical scrubbing, aseptic technique, theatre nursing, patient handover coordination
Preferred skills
Experience in general practice or specialist referral hospital, interest in surgery/anaesthesia, intubation, ventilation, loco-regional nerve blocks
Technologies
State-of-the-art surgical and anaesthetic equipment
Responsibilities
Anaesthesia nursing for surgical, imaging, and emergency procedures; preparing patients for surgery; theatre nursing with strict aseptic technique; monitoring and caring for hospitalised patients; assisting with specialist consultations; coordinating patient handovers; maintaining theatre equipment and sterile stores