Description

Senior Veterinary Nurse | Brisbane | 4-Day Week

We're not looking for someone to fill a seat. We're looking for someone who wants to help build something.

We're a Brisbane GP clinic in the exciting (and sometimes chaotic) phase of setting ourselves up for long-term excellence — and we need a Senior Nurse who wants to be part of that from the ground up.

Our head nurse is highly experienced across both GP and emergency, with particular strength in anaesthesia. She's the kind of person who will genuinely invest in you — but she needs a peer beside her, not another person to carry. Someone who brings their own ideas, catches the things she misses, and helps lift the whole team.

What the role actually looks like

You'll be nursing at your full scope from day one. We have nurse-led consults, and we're actively developing nurse-led clinics — weight management, puppy consults, post-op care and more. You'll work with our head nurse to build clinical protocols and help mentor our junior staff. You won't be told what to do next. You'll know.

Our vets rely on our nurses — genuinely. Nursing input is respected in patient management, clinical decisions are collaborative, and we don't have a culture of nurses being treated as assistants. If something isn't working, we want to hear it.

We've invested in the equipment that lets you do your job properly: capnography, digital and dental X-ray, ultrasound, electrocautery. Gold standard care isn't a tagline here — it's what we've built toward and keep building toward.

What we offer

• 4-day working week — because five days is last century

• Above-award wage reflecting your experience at a genuine senior level

• Rotating Saturday roster — weekends exist, and you still get most of them

• Paid public holidays

• Very limited overtime — we're honest that it occasionally happens, but it's actively managed; we also have emergency clinics nearby so after-hours pressure doesn't fall on you

• Free CPD — online access plus a dedicated training facility

• Meaningful staff pet discounts — actually meaningful, not 10% off a bag of kibble

• Real scope of practice — nurse-led consults, clinical input, protocol development

• A practice manager who genuinely prioritises staff wellbeing — not as a poster on the wall, but as how decisions actually get made

• Wraparound support from your PM, lead vet, head nurse, and the wider team — you won't be left to figure things out alone

We're looking for someone who:

• Has 2+ years of qualified GP nursing experience and is confident working independently

• Communicates brilliantly — with clients, with vets, and with junior staff

• Actively contributes ideas and isn't afraid to say "what if we did this differently?"

• Wants to genuinely be part of something for the long term, not the next 12 months

• Cares deeply about patient outcomes and being a meaningful part of their community

A word on culture

We're not perfect — we'll say that plainly. We're a newer team deliberately building for long-term success, and that means we're still refining, still improving, and genuinely open to being made better by the right people. If you're someone who gets energy from that kind of environment, you'll fit right in. If you want everything already figured out, we're probably not the right place yet.

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Interested? Please apply online with your updated resume to have a confidential conversation.