- UQ VETS.
- Full-time, permanent position.
- Base salary will be in the range $79,096 to $83,863 + 17% super (HEW Level 4).
- Join our Gatton Campus community and take a virtual tour.

About This Opportunity

Join the 24/7 UQ VETS Small Animal Hospital as an Urgent Care Veterinary Nurse, providing skilful, compassionate nursing support to injured animals across emergency, intensive care, isolation and hospital wards. Working alongside veterinarians, veterinary specialists, support staff and students, you will contribute to a collaborative clinical environment where excellent patient care, purposeful teamwork and the education of future veterinary professionals come together.

Key Responsibilities Will Include, But Not Limited To

- Assess, monitor and treat patients in intensive care, isolation and hospital wards, maintaining excellent standards of nursing care and animal husbandry.
- Support veterinarians and veterinary specialists during emergency procedures, diagnostic clinical pathology and advanced diagnostic imaging, including radiography, computed tomography, scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging.
- Care for, clean and maintain technical and specialised instruments and equipment, while following and contributing to the review of nursing standard operating procedures.
- Provide clinical teaching support for veterinary and veterinary technology students, deliver a high level of service to clients and support the hospital’s clinical administration, reception, pharmacy inventory and practice management requirements.

As a 24-hour operation, the roster consists of rotating morning, afternoon and evening shifts that provide exposure to a broad range of cases and opportunities to develop your skills across multiple specialty areas.



Your take-home salary will be dependent on your specific roster, including loadings of 50% for weekend shifts, 25% for night shifts, and 15% for afternoon shifts.

About UQ VETS

A career at UQ VETS means making a difference to not only the lives of the people and animals in your care, but also the next generation of vets and vet technicians. At UQ VETS, we offer the prospect to build a dynamic career through structured development programs and access to industry leaders.

Instead of solely concentrating on meeting caseload benchmarks or revenue targets, your priorities lie in creating an impact, establishing a lasting impression on the field, and conducting work that brings about positive changes in the lives of animals.

The Veterinary Teaching Hospital is an organisational unit within the School that includes all of the School’s outstanding clinical facilities. UQ VETS Equine Hospital is largely referral-based hospital with advanced facilities and offers a 24-hour emergency medical and surgical service. UQ VETS Small Animal Hospital boasts the latest in veterinary medical and surgical diagnostic and treatment options for small animals, birds, exotic pets and wildlife, as well as a 7-day urgent and emergency Care service. UQ staff also supervise clinical placements at the RSPCA’s Brisbane Animal Care Campus, Wacol.

In particular,



the UQ VETS Small Animal Hospital values every animal and offers unrivalled medical, surgical and diagnostic services for dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, small mammals and fish at our world-class veterinary hospital in Gatton. You can take a virtual tour of our Small Animal Hospital here.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, working together to create a better world. Join a collaborative and inclusive community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

- Free parking and an intercampus bus.
- On-campus childcare, a medical clinic and a post office.
- Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave or paid primary carer’s leave.
- 17% super contributions and 17.5% annual leave loading.
- Health and wellness discounts, including Fitness Passport access, free annual flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family.
- Career development opportunities, including access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program.
- A 25% discount on eligible UQ VETS services.
- Access to our $4.1 million UQ Sport facility.

About You

- A Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, Bachelor of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology or Bachelor of Veterinary Technology, together with at least two years of veterinary nursing experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver and maintain high standard

📌 Urgent Care Veterinary Nurse (Gatton)
🏢 The University of Queensland
📍 Gatton