Full-time permanent position
Competitive renumeration plus 17% superannuation at HEW 8
Based at Gatton Campus
Join UQ VETS Small Animal Hospital as a Senior Primary Care Clinician and lead a high-performing team delivering exceptional, relationship-centred care. Mentor students, interns, and junior clinicians while shaping hospital practices through clinical leadership and continuous improvement.
Opportunities include contributing to shelter medicine and surgical training at the RSPCA Brisbane Animal Care Campus (Wacol). This is your chance to combine clinical excellence, mentorship, and impact in a collaborative, values-driven environment.
Key responsibilities will include:
Lead Clinical Excellence: Deliver and oversee high-quality, relationship-centred care for small animal patients, including wildlife, while leading a collaborative and high-performing Primary Care team.
Mentor & Inspire: Provide advanced clinical guidance, role modelling, and mentorship to junior clinicians, interns, and students, supporting their professional growth and development.
Teach & Develop Talent: Deliver hands-on clinical training for undergraduate and postgraduate students, interns, and residents, contributing to their learning and the hospital’s teaching excellence.
Drive Improvement: Identify opportunities for service enhancement, lead quality assurance initiatives, and champion best practices across clinical care.
Engage & Strategise: Represent the hospital externally, coordinate seamless patient care across teams, and contribute to strategic planning, operational management, and key leadership projects.
Established over 125 years ago, UQ’s Gatton Campus has a long history – from starting out as a dedicated agricultural institution, to being a field hospital during WWII, and to joining the UQ community in 1990.
Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.
Join an organisation where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued, and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:
On campus childcare, medical clinic, and post office
Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
25% discount on eligible UQ Vets services
Access to our $4.1 million UQ Sports facility
Volunteer in our community garden
Veterinary Qualification: Bachelor of Veterinary Science (or equivalent), eligible for registration in Queensland.
Clinical Excellence: Advanced clinical experience through residency, ANZCVS membership, or several years of practice.
Relationship-Focused Care: Committed to collaborative, patient- and client-centered veterinary care.
Leadership & Mentorship: Inspires and mentors junior staff and students, serving as a clinical role model.
Proactive & Engaged: Drives continuous improvement, fosters strong professional relationships, and contributes to the School’s teaching, industry, and community engagement.
Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, professional registration, criminal history checks, and other role-specific requirements such as mandatory immunisations. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.
You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Wendy Goodwin at w.goodwin@uq.edu.au.
For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload:
Resume
A cover letter summarising how your background aligns with the 'About You' section
Our strength as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent, particularly from Australia’s First Nations Peoples. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.
UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.
Applications close Sunday 19 April 2026, 11.00pm AEST (R-61906). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for the first week of May.