Expressions of Interest - Afterhours Veterinarian

Weekend Emergency Veterinarian

• Join our friendly, supportive and skilled afterhours veterinary team
• Let your passion for providing pet emergency care shine.
• Located in friendly Feilding, our service operates on weekends and public holidays, ideal for work-life balance.

About us

The Regional Emergency Clinic is a small compassionate team that provides high quality afterhours care to pets in the Manawatu, Horowhenua and Whanganui Regions. We pride ourselves on creating a positive work environment through staff support, collaboration and upskilling. We are a skilled, hardworking team that enjoys ourselves whilst caring for our region's pets.

About these Roles

Starting January 2025, we have two regular roles available;

Role 1

Saturday 4pm-10pm with overnight on call

• This is available as either 1 shift every 2 weeks or 1 shift every 4 weeks.

Role 2

Sunday 3pm-10pm with overnight on call

• This is available as 1 shift every 3-4 weeks.

These are some of the essential skills we are seeking for these roles;

• Confidence to work with the varied caseload of after-hours in a sole charge capacity.
• Solid surgical experience with the ability to perform all types of emergency surgery.
• Comfortable with stabilizing and managing critical care cases, including interpreting in-house diagnostics.
• Compassionate communication with clients.

About you

In addition to your expertise and experience, the following personal qualities are important to us;

• Collaborative and supportive team member that fits well into our current team.
• Empathetic to clients with the ability to guide them through stressful/upsetting situations with compassion
• Accurate and consistent charging for services and medications
• Shows initiative and problem solving when dealing with complex emergency cases

Our location

Our service operates out of Totally Vets Feilding on weekends and public holidays. Feilding is a friendly picturesque town with beautiful gardens, shops and cafes. It is a short 20-minute drive from the city of Palmerston North.

Our offer

• Opportunity to upskill with quarterly team CPD sessions
• Generous renumeration- Hourly rate of $85-115/hr depending on experience.
• Excellent support from experienced colleagues.
• Flexibility and a work-life balance that suits you.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please apply.

For more information, please contact:

Erin Wasley

HR Manager

06 323 6161

[email protected]