Vet Nursing Technician
Mō Tēnei Tūranga Mahi | About the Role
The Animal Technology Centre at Wintec are looking for a Technician to support their department while facilitating the learning of future people wishing to enter animal healthcare.
The appointing salary for this role will be between $57,300 and $75,200, depending on skills and experience.
The Technician is based at our Rotokauri Campus in Hamilton. Your role is to support kaimahi and ensure our facility is ready for course delivery and lab preparation. Other tasks would include inventory control, asset control, purchasing supplies to support labs and lessons, and cleaning duties within the Animal House, to name a few.
Skills and experience that would be helpful:
- Theatre practice experience within a veterinary clinic.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety relevant to workshop practice.
- Demonstrated experience in handling a variety of equipment, tools, and materials, including dental machines, anesthetic machines and protocols.
- Animal organ knowledge.
- Bloods and animal theatre experience.
- Able to interact and be responsive to the needs of diverse groups, e.g. youth, Māori and Pasifika, and international students, academic staff members, and industry participants.
- An ability to undertake complex scheduled sessions in a planned and systematic manner within a learning or training environment.
- Demonstrates knowledge of health and safety requirements and responsibilities relevant to the position, with excellent practical skills and demonstrable experience of safe ways of working.
- Highly developed interpersonal and relationship skills to work with colleagues to resolve issues and meet agreed outcomes, exercising judgment in problem-solving. Proactive and responsive customer service attitude with a focus on internal and external customer needs.
- Understanding of budgeting, purchasing and relevant financial skills. Competent user of MS Office.
He kōrero mōu| About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Qualified Veterinary Nurse and or experience.
As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value diversity and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not.
We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your Cover Letter.
For more information please view the Position Description below.
Mō Mātou | About us
Wintec is a business division of Te Pūkenga, a vibrant and progressive tertiary institute with regional campus locations in Hamilton.
Wintec | Te Pūkenga is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and delivering services in a manner that responds to the needs of Māori learners and their whānau, as well as the aspirations of iwi and Māori communities throughout our region (including Māori employers). To deliver effectively on this commitment, we recognise the need for a culturally competent and confident workforce vertically and horizontally across our organisation.
Me pēhea te tono | How to apply
As a responsible employer and education provider, Wintec | Te Pūkenga is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable persons and applies relevant policy and practice to meet this commitment. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will be required to undergo pre-employment checks; Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant vetting and employment checks.
If this exciting and rewarding role sounds like your next career move then we encourage you to apply.
We will be assessing applications as they come in and this role will be closed earlier if we receive a suitable candidate.
Please note: This role has been identified as a children’s worker – therefore the successful candidate will need to undergo a Safety Check process which includes, but is not limited to a New Zealand Police vet.
