Veterinary Specialist Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgeon

Veterinary Specialist Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgeon

Who

We are Animalius Vet: a thriving independent multidisciplinary hospital in Perth Western Australia. Our mission is to better support our referring partners whilst keeping our professional lives both sustainable and enriching. We aim to be a training hub growing the next generation of specialists.

We are looking for an orthopaedic-focussed Diplomate (or equivalent) or one who is trained and close to sitting exams. You will be joining an established surgical team with two European Diplomates a 2nd year resident and intern.

The hours

Full or part time weekdays only. Our full-time specialists work 4 days/week without on-call.

The fruit

We have the equipment to support your orthopaedic case load including Striker arthroscopy (1.9 2.3 2.7mm) with arthroscopic fluid pump and implants include full Synthes LCP system (1.5-3.5mm) and VOI TPLO plates (1.5-3.5mm) SOP IMEX Circular linear and hybrid ESF system. We have negative pressure wound therapy instrumentation FT-10 bipolar sealing device with various handpieces and bipolar and monopolar electrocautery control systems. We also have intraoperative fluoroscopy.What else would you like

Our team also has a specialist dental surgeon skilled with maxillofacial surgeries and comprehensive anaesthesia services delivered by specialists. We have dedicated hospital vets for anaesthesia support inpatient and 24hr overnight care and a motivated intelligent and skilled nursing team.

You will be supported by highly collaborative radiologists with DR 64 slice CT high field MRI skills in MSK sonography and ultrasound/fluoroscopy guided interventions.

We have outstanding and enthusiastic specialist medicine support for patients with complex comorbidities and with unrivalled endoscopic capabilities.

Our team is loyal and stable; they will have your back.

Why Animalius

Our team

We hire for values and work constantly to keep the team aligned. You cant just call a group a team and expect everything to fall into place. Our team is stable with little turnover. Feel free to ask our staff about our work and culture.

Our values

We are an organisation that is not afraid to challenge dogma. We are life-long learners solution focused and fierce in our support of our staff and referring personal and professional growth are not things you want to embrace in a workplace you will not thrive here.

What does this look like

We have multidisciplinary rounds every day and Journal Club every week regular morbidity and mortality and interspecies collaborations (animals vs humans!).We are reflective and ask what can we do differently We provide non-technical skills training acknowledging high-performing teams have great social and cognitive skills. Our specialist staff are well known throughout Australia through our engagement with teaching (vets and veterinary students) resident training and our leadership positions in our industry.

We require our nursing staff to stretch and grow across multiple disciplines to expand their skills and knowledge within the hospital providing work opportunities and continuing education. We close the hospital and hold regular team building events work with all staff to set goals for their professional development and assist them with the resources to achieve these.

The workplace

Our hospital is beautiful. It was designed with an eye for aesthetics as well as function. It has dedicated workspaces for each discipline striving for a calm environment to optimise patient and staff wellbeing while encouraging efficient workflow. Our clients and staff love it.

Perth

This city is fantastic and the lifestyle is enviable. Our professional colleagues are collaborative there are plenty of jobs for partners great schools beaches arts sports and quokkas.

The package

Remuneration will be based on experience including 4 weeks annual leave continuing education study leave superannuation and paid professional fees. We provide relocation assistance and visa sponsorship.

If you have any other questions about the role and package please get in touch with our General Manager Alison Hall Director Zoe Lenard

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