Urgent Care Head Vet

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? The Austin Vet Specialists is expanding, and we have an exciting opportunity for a Head Vet to lead our newly formed Urgent Care team.

Blend Patient Care with Leadership: Lead a department while providing urgent care (including emergency care).
Top-Notch Equipment: Work with state-of-the-art tools and a supportive specialist team (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Imaging, Ophthalmology).
Sustainable Future: Help us create a sustainable career path for ER vets, with a focus on work-life balance.

Why join us?

Whilst the job market is a buyer’s market at the moment, this position is unique. As an independent centre, we want to be a force for change with a proper work-life balance (shifts up to 8.5 hours), balanced staff-to-patient ratios and excellent financial reward. Are you ready for the next step in your career?

The Austin Urgent Care:

We are conscious of the demands on vet emergency in Adelaide. Our aim is to provide an alternative option for clients, especially for the cases that need more urgent attention but may not necessarily need ICU. We also aim to innovate urgent care/emergency to be a more sustainable career choice.

We prioritise quality over quantity, guaranteeing the best possible care for each pet. Our focus will be on staff-to-patient ratios, ensuring patients receive close and personalised attention.

Our philosophy is to excel in everything we do, or not do it at all. With this commitment in mind, we have spent some time to build the necessary support systems to launch our urgent care service for referring veterinarians. Our Urgent Care vets and nurses are equipped to perform a wide range of procedures, supported by our specialist services to ensure the highest quality of care.

The Austin Urgent Care will (initially) be available five days a week (Mon-Fri) to provide immediate medical attention for pets requiring urgent and critical care during those crucial after-hours times when their regular practice is closed. A team of Urgent Care vets, nurses, and animal care attendants will look after Urgent Care patients day 24 hours per day Monday to Friday.

We want to create a sustainable future for ER vets, and believe in a work-life balance so shifts are up to 8.5 hours, allowing flexibility to spend time with family or get in some exercise before a shift and other things that really matter when building a sustainable work roster.

About The Austin:

We are young but ambitious with lofty standards. Our growing custom-built hospital (1200m2) is designed around a synergistic approach to patient care. Between specialist departments in surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology and imaging, we work as one team to ensure outstanding patient care and exceptional customer service.

Our hospital has all the instruments necessary to enable our team to relish their chosen careers, and flourish. This includes intensive care facilities, large central treatment area, surgery wing, full suite of imaging equipment and dedicated medicine room.

About the role:

As the Urgent Care Head Vet, you will lead and develop our newly formed Urgent Care team. This includes managerial duties as well contribution to clinical duties (consults and in-clinic patient management).

The role is permanent and full-time with a negotiable start date. The roster will rotate Mon-Fri between various shifts.

Financial loading and other incentives apply providing an attractive salary which will grow with you as you develop your career.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and expertise:

Veterinary degree that is recognised in South Australia
Aptitude and attitude to develop long-term career in Urgent Care/Emergency and Critical Care
Desire to grow in(to) leadership position (have ambition and good ideas)
Willingness to participate in rotating roster

If you get excited about urgent care and emergency work working alongside other discipline specialist, have innovative ideas about how to create a sustainable future for this in Adelaide, and want to be a part of a friendly, but dynamic environment, please Apply Now.

Please note that applications will close soon unless the position is filled prior to this date so submit your application promptly.

Application process

Please send your CV and cover letter to Xander Huizing at career@theaustin.vet. Please include a cover letter including your reason for applying for this position and what attracted you to The Austin. Please also include your future career goals and prior experience. All applications will be treated confidentially, but please make sure you include contactable referees.