What Veterinary Nursing Internship Junior Trai...Veterinary Nursing Internship (Junior/Trainee) - ARH HomebushVeterinary Nursing Internship (Junior/Trainee) – Emergency & ReferralAnimal Referral Hospital (ARH) SydneySydney NSWFull-time 12-month Fixed-Term Contract | 75% Emergency & Critical Care + 25% Specialty RotationsOpportunity to transition into a permanent positionAbout the Nursing InternshipTake the next step into emergency and referral nursing.Our Nursing Internship is designed for qualified Veterinary Nurses with general practice experience who are ready to build their skills in a busy emergency and specialist referral hospital.
You'll spend approximately 75% of the year in our Emergency & Critical Care (ECC) service, building confidence with emergency presentations, hospitalised patients and increasingly complex cases.
The remaining 25% is spent rotating through specialty departments, which may include Internal Medicine, Surgery, Ophthalmology and Cardiology.You don't need to arrive knowing everything.
That's the purpose of the internship!
How the internship worksA dedicated nurse mentor for the duration of your internshipA structured learning plan with competency sign-offs across ECC skillsWeekly/fortnightly specialist-led education and case discussionsFormal check-ins at 3, 6 and 9months to review your progress and goalsOn successful completion, the prospect to transition into a permanent roleWhat you'll learnEmergency triage, patient assessment and clinical reasoningNursing hospitalised emergency and critical care patients, and recognising and responding to changes in their condition Emergency stabilisation and management of acute presentationsCRIs, blood products, transfusion medicine, advanced analgesia and emergency medicationsAssisting with CPR, intubation, thoracocentesis and advanced patient monitoringComplex medical, surgical and specialty cases across our referral departmentsAs your skills develop, you'll gradually take greater ownership of patient care.Roster: 4 x 10-hour shifts per week on a rotating roster including days, nights, weekends and public holidays.
Specialty rotations run on weekday day shifts.
Majority of the internship will be out of ARH Homebush, with occasional shifts at ARH Greater Western Sydney if required.
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