Head Veterinary Nurse - Greencross Vets Caloundra
Core
Lead the veterinary nursing team at a busy small animal clinic, ensuring clinical excellence, patient welfare, and operational efficiency while maintaining hands-on involvement in surgical and critical care.
Role type
Senior leadership veterinary nurse (Head Nurse)
Builds
High-standard patient care outcomes and a supportive, clinically excellent nursing team
Domain
Veterinary medicine (small animal)
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Surgical nursing, anaesthetic monitoring, team leadership, mentoring, clinical standards management, fear-free handling, emergency and critical care nursing, pathology and laboratory work
Preferred skills
RxWorks experience, process improvement, onboarding and training
Technologies
RxWorks, Ultrasound, Digital radiography, Dental radiography, IM3 dental equipment, CT scanner
Responsibilities
Leading and mentoring the Veterinary Nursing team, managing daily workflow and nursing operations, performing surgical nursing and anaesthetic monitoring, supporting patient welfare from admission to discharge, collaborating with the Practice Manager and Vet Director
Seniority
Senior, hands-on leader