working in Australia

Re: working in Australia

kristen — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:20:36 GMT

I worked in Oz in 2007 as an unqualified nurse, but they let me do everything their qualified's did... I found that the vets were more hands-on so the nurse duties were anaesthesia, reception and organising the day.

The vets did most of their own xrays and did visits on their own. I did work only in small town communities where I was the only nurse or one other nurse there and tended not to have hospital environment. Either operate and send home or euth! This is due to a lot of farm and wild animals (kangaroos/working dogs) and very little pet insurance I'd say.

I think an inner city vets would be much more like Bondi Vet! It's definitely worth doing and working in a few practices for experience, you'll get plenty of experience for sure.

Mail me if you want some agencies to try :)

Re: working in Australia

melloyello — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:18:55 GMT

Hi there

I have worked in NZ, Aust and the UK and find it is the same where ever you go. As in, your duties will depend on how the practice you are working in is run and how forward thinking the vets are.

In all countries I have taken bloods, xrays, castrated cats (although not in the UK), dentals etc as well as the cleaning, reception, in-patient nursing etc.

Cheers

Re: working in Australia

Siobhan Steven — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:53:36 GMT

Not much help in comparissons, but I am in Australia so if you need any information just ask. I'm thinking of doing the oposite swap in a couple of years...