Benefits at Animal Emergency Australia
Giving you everything you need to achieve your personal and professional goals.
Fitness Passport
We value the wide range of benefits that looking after your physical fitness can bring. Which is why we’ve partnered with Fitness Passport!
Fitness Passport (FP) is a leading corporate health and fitness program which allows employees to access a wide range of local health, fitness, and leisure facilities.
With hundreds of participating locations all across Australia, there’s plenty of options to find the right fitness location for you! Explore state-of-the-art gyms, pools, yoga studios, and more.
With Fitness Passport, you’re never locked into one facility, meaning you can access any facility on the program as often as you like. The perfect way to keep your fitness goals flexible!
Health and Wellbeing
Ensuring the health and wellbeing of all of our teams; helping those who help pets.
We acknowledge that working in the veterinary profession can be challenging and particularly emotional. This is why we offer all of our employees access to the following:
- Wellbeing Committee: focus on our team’s physical and mental well-being, and foster a worksite culture that supports anyone’s desire to make healthy lifestyle choices.
- Employee Assistance Program: professional counselling, face-to-face sessions during working hours; phone counselling 24/7. Confidential and no approval required.
- Mental Health First Aid Certificates: providing training for interested team members.
- Burn Out or Just Cooked: developed in collaboration with The Barrington Centre to assist team members who are at risk of burning out.
Financial Benefits
As part of Animal Emergency Australia, you’ll gain access to a wide range of discounts, incentives, and opportunities to earn more.
In addition to paying generous wages, team members at Animal Emergency Australia are supported financially though:
- Discounts: up to 50% discounts on Hills pet food and discounted veterinary services for all AEA staff and immediate family members.
- Great Game of Business: promoting financial transparency – become part of business decisions and share in profits and success.
- Refer a Friend Program: earn up to $2000 for each referral!
- Company Equity: we offer all veterinary professionals the opportunity to be part of AEA’s success.
Want to find out more about these financial benefits? Get in touch with our team today for more information.
Learning and Education
As a veterinary professional, we know that learning never stops. Continuous development is critical to helping patients.
That’s exactly why we’ve developed a national education strategy to ensure that all team members at AEA are provided with ongoing support to achieve their education goals. Our approach to learning means that:
- Learning is vital to growth and success, and most importantly, to achieving the best outcomes for our patients and clients.
- Learning is valued and championed at all levels. We invest in people, our biggest asset.
- Learning is an experience that has the most impact when it is closely linked to and supported by robust coaching and mentoring.
- Learning pathways are structured and transparent, giving all staff access to training and development opportunities to grow in their careers and roles.
If you’re seeking a workplace that truly values learning and strives to make a difference to our people, explore the current career development opportunities available at AEA.
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