Permanent Full-time | Not for Profit | Animal Care & Veterinary Services Award Level 4, $32.13

About The Role

Animal Welfare League Queensland (AWLQ) is seeking a compassionate and experienced Veterinary Nurse to join our Willawong Animal Rehoming Centre in a full-time role. If you’re an experienced Vet Nurse who is passionate about making a genuine difference in animals’ lives and enjoys supporting and guiding a team to achieve positive outcomes, we would love to hear from you. You’ll become part of a dedicated and caring professional team, united by a shared commitment to giving animals the best possible chance through veterinary treatment, fostering, and adoption. Willawong is a busy and rewarding location where many animals rely on AWLQ’s care and expertise. Working closely with our veterinary team, you’ll help ensure the smooth and efficient flow of animals through the clinic so they can move forward to their forever homes.

This role also offers the opportunity to support AWLQ’s community outreach projects across the Brisbane region, helping extend care, education, and positive outcomes beyond our centre and into the wider community. You’ll liaise daily with a range of staff, departments, and foster carers, so strong communication, teamwork, and multitasking skills are essential. If you’re looking for a role where your skills, empathy, and leadership truly matter, this could be the perfect fit.

Key Responsibilities

- Consult Support: Support veterinarians with routine health examinations and medical cases
- Foster Care Assistance: Assist veterinarians with foster carer consultations
- Nursing Support: Assist in radiography, surgical procedures, and monitor patient anaesthesia and post‑operative procedures. In‑house and external pathology procedures. Prepare medications as required
- Inpatient Care: Nurse hospitalised animals, monitor clinical signs and communicate with the team




- Communication: Liaise clearly and professionally with staff, volunteers, foster carers, and the community to ensure smooth operations and positive outcomes
- Organisation Pro: Prepare and implement surgery and consult schedules
- Patient files: Data entry of health, treatment and behaviour information
- Processes: Compliance with AWLQ policy and procedure, in addition to compliance with state and federal legislation
- Equipment Maintenance: Scheduling and management of veterinary equipment
- Stock control and ordering supplies

Minimum Requirements

- Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing or recognised equivalent
- Ideally 3+ years’ vet nursing experience
- Excellent animal handling skills, experience with anxious animals in the clinic workplace
- Experience in a busy, fast‑paced work environment
- Good computer literacy, including Microsoft Office Suite
- Previous experience in a shelter/rescue environment will be highly regarded

What You’ll Need

- Excellent Customer Service Skills
- Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- Ability to manage your own time effectively and be respectful of the time of others
- Completes tasks thoroughly with strong attention to detail within deadlines
- Versatility, flexibility and positivity

Why Join Us

At AWLQ, we offer competitive pay and benefits, including access to an independent Employee Assistance Program, retail discounts, and vet discounts. Most importantly, every day you’ll play an instrumental role in our lifesaving work. Our mission is to unleash the potential in every team, and we know that teams perform best when they have passion. We are committed to building a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do meaningful work and is recognised for their efforts.

Equity

Diversity and inclusion are the principles guiding how we build our teams, cultivate our leaders and build a culture of belonging where differences are valued.

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📌 Veterinary Nurse - Rehoming (Brisbane)
🏢 Animal Welfare League Qld
📍 Brisbane