Equine Veterinary Nurse - Seasonal Position in New Zealand – August 2025 to January 2026

Cambridge Equine Hospital in New Zealand is a well-equipped primary care and referral equine clinic situated in the heart of the Waikato region, with a strong focus on animal and client care. Our company currently has 11 Veterinarians, 4 Veterinary Nurses and 7 Administration Staff. For more in depth information, please visit our website. www.horsehospital.co.nz

We are looking for someone with:

·       A Veterinary Nurse or Technician Qualification (Certificate or Diploma) or relevant work experience

·       A team player with a healthy ‘can do’ attitude to be a part of our positive team

·       Flexible and able to multi-task with the ability to think and work quickly in what can be a fast paced, busy clinic

·       Proactive attitude including being punctual, reliable and self-motivated

·       Experience with foal handling and nursing

·       New Zealand citizenship/residency or eligibility for a work or working-holiday visa

 

In this role, you will be working 40 hours per week, some of which will be on weekends and at night. There will also be times where you will need to be on-call. Your duties will vary with surgery, hospital and ambulatory tasks. You will be first on call for overnight foal care if needed, so flexibility is essential.

Some examples of what your duties will include:

·       Nursing hospitalised patients, including intensive care neonatal foals

·       Surgical nursing

·       X-Raying

·       Assisting vets with ambulatory cases

·       Yard Duties

·       Operating our in-house Idexx machines and other Laboratory duties

 

Confidence and experience in horse and foal handling is a MUST. We will provide training if you are not confident in certain aspects of the role.

If you feel like you could be an asset to our friendly enthusiastic team, please forward your CV and Cover letter to Greer Gedye at careers@ceh.co.nz

Please send your applications in by May 25th.

 

 

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