Critical Care Intern

About SASH:
The Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH) is the largest, privately owned network of veterinary hospitals in the Southern Hemisphere, offering multi-disciplinary specialist and emergency services across multiple locations in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. At SASH, we are committed to providing exceptional care and service to pets, their families, and the veterinary community. This is an exciting chance for you to be part of the next group of Interns at SASH!

In Adelaide we offer a 24-hour emergency and critical care service together with services in internal medicine, surgery, neurology, dermatology, radiology, cardiology, ophthalmology and physiotherapy/rehabilitation. Our Adelaide facility was built with the needs of our team in mind. You will have access to the Intensive Care Unit, full service in-house lab, Ultrasound, CT scanner, MRI, digital radiography, three theatres including an interventional radiology space, laparoscopy, endoscopy, and more.

The Internship:
This prestigious program will provide you with an opportunity to work alongside our experienced specialists and emergency clinicians, providing care to our patients and their families. This program offers a structured learning opportunity, providing you access to a varied case load, advanced equipment and imaging facilities, and the support of the wider SASH team. Clinical shifts will be primarily in our intensive care unit working alongside our criticalists in addition to our experienced emergency clinicians and highly skilled nursing team. SASH Adelaide is a state-of-the-art facility with a purpose-built emergency room and intensive care unit to be able to provide exceptional care to our patients. This includes availability of in-house diagnostics, blood bank, mechanical ventilation, high flow oxygen, oxygen cages and more, with collaborative specialist support across departments.

You will, be encouraged to have primary case responsibility to maximize learning and growth during the program. You will also have the opportunity participate in journal club, ER physiology rounds and other didactic opportunities offered both onsite and across the SASH network. This is a full-time, 12-month position.

About You:
We are looking for passionate, dedicated and enthusiastic vets with a thirst to learn. This is a challenging program and will require you to have an adaptable and proactive approach to situations. To be considered for a position, you will need to demonstrate the following:

• Strong care and service orientation with a hands-on approach
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to liaise with a variety of stakeholders
• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work collaboratively, positively and flexibly with others
• Self-motivated and committed to ongoing professional development
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• Strong work ethic and commitment to the culture and values of SASH
• Eagerness to have primary involvement in cases, looking forward to tackling a high and interesting case load.

To be successful in this position, you will have:

• Tertiary qualified Veterinarian with a minimum of 2 years clinical practice experience. Emergency experience will be viewed favourably.
• Current Australian registration
• Valid Australian work rights 

What we can offer you:

• Excellent salary package on offer, well above the current award
• Contribute to defining excellence in animal healthcare
• An opportunity to learn from a collaborative and approachable team of specialists and support staff
• Be part of an organisation committed to its people and culture
• Supportive team and great place to work
• Staff discounts and social events
• On-site parking available

Your application pack must include:

• Your CV
• Cover letter

To apply, please submit your application pack to the apply now button. You will need to attach your letters of reference to the end of your CV as only 2 documents can be uploaded.