Surgical Expertise Opportunities
This role offers an exciting chance to share your surgical expertise with a dynamic team. As a travelling vet surgeon, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care and managing various surgical cases across our clinics in Western Australia.
Job Description
* Surgery Position: This is a travelling vet surgeon position offering surgical expertise across our practices in WA.
* Clinical Freedom: You will have the opportunity to work up your own cases and develop your clinical skills.
Required Skills and Qualifications
* BVSc or equivalent qualification
* Current radiation licence
* Registration to practice in Western Australia
* Experience and confidence as a surgeon
* Knowledge of small animal surgery
Benefits
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* Skilled and supportive work culture
* Clinical freedom to work up your own cases
* A team of hardworking professionals who place a great focus on skill development
* Various caseload offering a rewarding work experience
* Continuing Education allowance and one week paid study leave
Others
You will be responsible for managing all surgical cases that require further assessment. Your duties will include:
* General GP surgeries: Lump removals, Wound repairs, Abdominal surgery, Caesareans, Routine desexing, Bladder stone removal, and other urinary tract procedures, Intestinal foreign body retrieval.
* More complex surgeries: Intestinal obstructions, Gastropexy, Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (Bloat), Entropian surgery, Perineal urethrostomy, Liver lobectomy, Splenectomy, Diaphragmatic hernias, Perineal hernia, BOAS, Axial pattern flaps.
* Orthopaedic Surgery Procedures: Cranial Cruciate Ligament Surgery, Medial Patella Luxation, Hip dislocation, Fractures, Femoral Head Excision, Amputations, Joint taps and bone biopsy, Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO).