Ready Vet Go | Melbourne
As seen on Channel 9
Take your veterinary nursing skills on the road.
VETERINARY NURSE – Mobile Urgent & Emergency Care
Ready Vet Go | Melbourne
Full-Time & Part-Time Opportunities | Above-Award Remuneration
As seen on Channel 9
Take your veterinary nursing skills on the road.
If you love veterinary nursing but want to experience it outside the walls of a clinic or hospital, Ready Vet Go offers a role like no other.
Ready Vet Go is Melbourne's veterinary ambulance and mobile urgent-care service, providing urgent veterinary care in the community and safe transport for unwell pets to veterinary hospitals.
Our nurses work alongside a veterinarian as a two-person clinical team, travelling throughout Melbourne to care for patients in their homes, in our ambulances and during their journey to hospital.
It's hands-on veterinary nursing, strong teamwork and meaningful client care — just in a very different environment.
Ready Vet Go – as seen on Channel 9.
What does the job look like?
You'll start your shift from our brand new headquarters in Huntingdale VIC before heading into the community with your veterinarian teammate.
A shift alongside your vet teammate may include:
Urgent and emergency house-call consultations, from straightforward presentations to seriously unwell patients
Stabilising patients before hospital admission
Home-to-hospital veterinary ambulance transport
Inter-hospital transfers
Palliative care and home euthanasia
Longer-distance transports across Greater Melbourne and occasionally regional Victoria
Communicating with pet owners, referring vets, emergency hospitals and specialist teams
Every shift & case brings variety, & being on the road is a large part of the role.
Nursing one patient at a time
One of the biggest differences from hospital nursing is the ability to focus on the patient their pet owners currently one at a time.
Your nursing responsibilities may include:
Patient assessment, observations and monitoring
IV access and fluid therapy
Oxygen therapy and emergency equipment preparation
Assisting with sedation, anaesthesia and procedures
Point-of-care diagnostics
Preparing and monitoring patients during transport




Assisting with transport of pets out of their home & into the ambulance
Supporting owners during stressful or emotional situations
Providing clear clinical handover to receiving hospitals
Maintaining ambulance, equipment and stock readiness
Your role will involve a lower caseload with a higher amount of individual attention, communication and care for each pet & their family.
You'll have a teammate by your side.
Every clinical shift pairs a Veterinarian + Veterinary Nurse.
You attend cases together, travel together and care for patients together.
The model provides skilled clinical teamwork, support during higher-acuity cases, companionship on longer drives and an key additional layer of safety when working in the community.
You'll build a close working partnership with the vet beside you while still having plenty of opportunity to use your own nursing skills, judgement and initiative.
Good communication matters
Some of the most important moments in this role happen outside the clinical hands-on itself.
You'll support owners who may be worried, overwhelmed or making difficult decisions. You'll explain what is happening, help prepare them for what comes next and communicate professionally with veterinary teams across Melbourne.
If you enjoy the people side of veterinary nursing as much as the clinical side, you'll likely enjoy this work.
Who we're looking for
We'd love to hear from veterinary nurses who have:
Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing or equivalent
Ideally 2+ years of clinical veterinary nursing experience
A valid Victorian driver's licence and good driving record
Strong foundational nursing and patient-monitoring skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Confidence supporting clients through stressful situations
Good organisation, documentation and attention to detail




The ability to work closely with a veterinarian while using your own initiative
An adaptable approach to changing patients, environments and situations
A genuine interest in urgent and emergency veterinary care
Previous ECC or referral experience is highly regarded but not essential. Your onboarding will not only ensure that you understand the operational ropes of our service, but you will also be paired with an experienced team member & learning on the job is encouraged!
If you're an experienced GP nurse with strong clinical foundations, good judgement and an enthusiasm for developing your more emergency-focused skills, we'd love to hear from you.
Why join Ready Vet Go?
Above-award remuneration based on your skills and experience
Full-time and part-time opportunities
Work as part of a consistent Vet + Nurse clinical team
Focus on one patient at a time
Gain exposure to urgent and emergency cases without spending every shift on a hospital floor
Work across homes, ambulances and veterinary hospitals throughout Melbourne
Ongoing education and clinical development
Opportunities including RECOVER CPR Rescuer Certification, ongoing internal & external CPD opportunities, & educational workshops.
Access to veterinary education and professional resources
Be part of a growing service doing something genuinely different in Australian veterinary care
You might love this role if you enjoy:
Giving your patient your full attention
Getting out of the hospital and into the community
Urgent and emergency veterinary medicine
Working closely with another clinician
Using your wealth of experience to supporting pet owners
Building relationships with veterinary teams
Driving and being on the move
Thinking independently and adapting as the situation changes
If you're looking for clinical variety, strong teamwork, meaningful client relationships and a veterinary nursing career that gets you out into the community, we'd love to meet you.
Ready for something different?
Take your veterinary nursing skills on the road.
Ready Vet Go – Veterinary Ambulance & Mobile Urgent Care
Huntingdale, Victoria, Australia
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📌 Veterinary Nurse - Full Time & Part Time (Melbourne)
🏢 Ready Vet Go - Pet Ambulance & Mobile Urgent Vet Care
📍 Melbourne