Wildlife Veterinary Nurse
Core
Provide expert nursing care, emergency support, and rehabilitation for injured, sick, and orphaned native wildlife in a fast-paced hospital setting.
Role type
Clinical veterinary nurse (wildlife)
Builds
Wildlife rehabilitation and release programs for native Australian species
Domain
Veterinary medicine / Wildlife conservation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical nursing judgment, surgical assistance, emergency care, laboratory procedures, patient monitoring, husbandry, record keeping, triage support
Preferred skills
Wildlife or critical care nursing experience, adaptability, resilience, empathy, public education skills
Technologies
Diagnostic testing equipment, surgical instruments, clinical record systems
Responsibilities
Assist veterinarians with triage, diagnostics, treatment, and surgery; deliver emergency and critical care; monitor patient recovery; perform laboratory procedures; provide daily husbandry and feeding; support rehabilitation and release planning; educate carers and the public
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC