Takurua Vets is seeking a full time veterinary nurse to join our busy Christchurch GP and urgent care clinic. This is a role for a capable nurse who is confident across the practical realities of clinic life and who wants to contribute meaningfully to patient care, workflow, and day to day standards within a growing team.
This is a full-time position based at Takurua Vets in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. The role involves working across a busy small animal clinic with both general practice and urgent care responsibilities.
The position includes patient care, surgical nursing, anaesthesia monitoring, inpatient support, dental procedures, client communication, and the broader day-to-day work that helps the clinic function well. It is a role for someone who is willing to be involved, take ownership, and contribute across both routine and more urgent aspects of practice.
Because Takurua Vets also provides urgent and after-hours care, the role includes paid overtime and after-hours callouts at time and a half.
Position details
Full-time
Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
$28-$35 per hour
Paid overtime
After-hours callouts at time and a half
Takurua Vets is an Immigration New Zealand accredited employer. Eligible overseas applicants are welcome to enquire where this aligns with visa requirements and the needs of the role.
We are looking for a veterinary nurse who is calm, practical, dependable, and serious about doing good work. You should be able to work well in a team, communicate clearly, and maintain a high standard of patient care across a varied caseload.
This role will suit someone who is confident in a hands-on clinical environment and comfortable contributing across surgical nursing, anaesthesia monitoring, inpatient care, dentistry, and client support. We value nurses who are organised, proactive, and willing to take responsibility for the quality of their work and the systems around them.
A minimum of 3 years of companion animal nursing experience is required.
We would especially like to hear from nurses who are comfortable in a busy clinic environment, who can think practically, and who are able to contribute reliably across both everyday workflow and more urgent clinical situations.
Because the clinic also provides after-hours support, this role includes weekend work and after-hours on-call responsibilities.
At Takurua Vets, we value nurses who notice what needs doing, follow through properly, and care about both patient outcomes and the standard of the clinic as a whole.
This includes nurses who are willing to support surgery and anaesthesia properly, contribute to inpatient care, assist with dental procedures, communicate well with clients, and help strengthen the practical systems and routines that keep the clinic running smoothly.
Takurua Vets is continuing to build around calm, thoughtful veterinary care, with a growing clinic-wide commitment to fear-free and pain-conscious practice. We are looking for team members who care about patient experience as well as clinical outcomes, and who want to be part of a clinic that is actively shaping its systems, standards, and way of working.
If this role sounds like the right fit for you, we would be happy to hear from you. Please get in touch with your CV and a short introduction outlining your background, experience, and interest in the role.
