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Senior Vet Nurse

Taumarunui, Manawatu-Wanganui💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-19 → 2026-09-07

Core

Provide surgical nursing, anaesthetic monitoring, and critical care for patients in a busy veterinary clinic.

Role type

Senior Veterinary Nurse (Clinical IC)

Builds

Patient care and surgical support for veterinary patients

Domain

Veterinary Medicine / Animal Health

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Anaesthetic monitoring, medication calculation, IV catheter placement, blood collection, inpatient critical care, client education

Preferred skills

Experience in fast-paced environments, patient advocacy, calm under pressure

Responsibilities

Surgical nursing and patient preparation, anaesthetic induction and recovery, inpatient and critical care nursing, IV catheter placement and blood collection, laboratory sample processing, nurse consultations and client education, supporting veterinarians with medical and surgical procedures

Seniority

Experienced, hands-on IC

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