Nurse Team Leader
Core
Lead a team of veterinary nurses in a rural clinic, providing direct clinical care, mentoring staff, and developing clinical policies.
Role type
Senior IC veterinary nurse team leader
Builds
Clinical care for hospitalized and surgical patients, team training, and clinic operational standards
Domain
Veterinary medicine / Rural healthcare
Required skills
Veterinary nursing (Certificate 4 or Bachelor), team leadership, mentoring, clinical decision-making, policy development, customer service, surgical patient care, roster coordination
Preferred skills
Emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, strategic thinking, advanced clinical procedures
Technologies
Radiography equipment, surgical tools
Responsibilities
Provide leadership, support and mentoring to the clinical veterinary nurse team; Solve clinic operational challenges including developing new nursing standards of care; Provide care for hospitalised patients; Prepare, monitor and recover surgical patients; Deliver customer service and clinical care to inpatients and outpatients; Undertake advanced clinical procedures under supervision; Coordinate rosters and interview new staff
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC