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Join Our Team

Become part of a dedicated team treating, rehabilitating and releasing over 16,000 native animals every year. We’re a passionate community and an incredible network of wildlife carers that are committed to Wildlife conservation and animal welfare. 

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Current Vacancies

Located in the heart of Currumbin Waters, we’re one of the busiest wildife hospitals in the world caring for over 16,000 admitted native animals every year. Become part of a dedicated team with the mission to treat, rehabilitate and release sick, injured and orphaned Australian wildlife.

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Training Opportunities

Vet Placement

For Australian and New Zealand veterinary medicine students

Your chance to conduct a clinical placement at one of the world’s busiest wildlife hospitals. This program is for clinical-year veterinary students and is a minimum of 2 weeks.

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Nurse Placement

For Australian and New Zealand students

An exciting opportunity for students interested in enrolling in the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing to gain industry experience in a working wildlife hospital.

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International Students

For international students in the veterinarian field

Spend a week or more with our dedicated veterinary team and learn about Australian wildlife firsthand in one of the world’s busiest wildlife hospitals.

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Volunteering

It takes a big heart and real dedication to be a volunteer at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital. Join a passionate team of volunteers to assist our vets and veterinary nurses to care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.

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Jingeri – Hello

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.

We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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