Veterinary Emergency Services (VES) in Verona, Virginia, near Staunton and located 45 min west of Charlottesville, is ready to welcome an additional Emergency Veterinarian to our tight-knit team. Our practice provides high-quality emergency veterinary care to Verona and surrounding communities. We are well-established, with an excellent reputation; clients are willing to travel for our services. New team members, aligned with our mission, vision, and values will help us accomplish this goal.

As an Urgent Care/ER-only practice, VES is now open 24/7 (Monday-Sunday: 24 hours). The practice is fully equipped with a variety of equipment for surgical and non-surgical needs.

Culturally, the VES team prioritizes supporting one another and sharing ideas to ensure its after hours shifts run smoothly and that each patient receives the best possible care. New and experienced veterinarians looking to build their experience with emergency care will be able to do so in a professional environment where the team looks after one another.

We're thrilled to announce that we'll soon be moving into a brand-new purpose-built facility coming 2025. This will be an updated high quality facility to better serve our clients and patients and have all the needs that an ER DVM would want.

New graduates eager for robust mentorship in emergency medicine are warmly invited and encouraged to apply!

Highlights:

• Collaborate with a four-doctor teamwith additional consistent relief doctors
• Member of a strong network with over 90% veterinary retention rates - ask our team why they are "Happy Here!"
• Offering structured mentorship and additional network-wide support through our Support From the Start program; a customized, hands on mentorship program for new veterinarians. Learn more by clicking here
• Enjoy exceptional medical leadership and mentorship from Dr. Renee Addison, both locally and network-wide on emergency medicine. Dr. Addison is incredibly passionate about serving her community. That community extends beyond borders to serve the St. Kitts community with her Ross colleagues - read more here!
• Brand new purpose-built facility coming 2025
• VES currently has full shift coverage and is 24/7!
• Team has strong clinical skills in the areas of urgent care and emergency medicine
• Fully equipped with in-house lab capabilities, digital x-ray, and ultrasound
• Excellent culture, collaborative environment, and low turnover

• Provide top notch patient care alongside a tenured, passionate Practice Manager and Support Staff team. We love our Blue Ridge Community College grads and student interns! LVT staff have been with the practice for five years or more

Hours/Schedule:

• Full time: 12-13 shifts/month
• Part time and relief options available
• Variety of shift options. Contact us to learn more

Hours of operation

• Monday - Sunday 24 hours

Who are we looking for?

• New graduate, experienced emergency veterinarian or general practice veterinarian interested in transitioning to emergency medicine

• We have capacity to add the equivalent of one full-time doctor while we are in our current facility. This will expand our ability to serve the community.

• We are open to interviewing full and part time candidates.

• At least one additional anticipated opening available upon relocation to new purpose-built facility late 2025. Preference will be given to candidates engaged pre-relocation.

• Doctor schedule consists of a mix of days, swings, weekends, overnights and holidays. Arrangement of shifts prioritizes great work/life balance.

• While the local team is open to discussing schedules that are a departure from their typical rotation, they prioritize a fair rotation. This allows us to provide consistent schedules to our doctors and support staff. We believe retention of great team members is the key to our success. Consistent, fair schedules help immensely with support staff and doctor retention.

• New graduate? Our "Support From the Start" program provides tailored mentorship for new graduate veterinarians and complements Dr. Addison’s local mentorship. View the details here.

• Not a new graduate but new to emergency medicine? Dr. Addison loves to mentor GP veterinarians as they transition to an exciting Emergency career!

What we offer:

• Comprehensive Benefits (401k with generous employer contributions paid vacation/sick time, health, dental, vision, liability, 401K, life & supplemental insurance, license and professional dues coverage)
• Continuing education allowance and full week of paid time off for continuing education
• Additional internal continuing education (including wellness focused) opportunities
• MentorVet in addition to on-site mentorship for new and recent graduates, or experienced general practice veterinarians
• Relocation bonus

Why VetEvolve:

• Everything we do is about people, which is why our efforts focus on providing opportunity, stability, and development for our team members.
• Hear why our Veterinarians are "Happy Here" on our videos page
• We never lose sight of why our job is important — it empowers you and the team to deliver consistently high-quality care for pets and their owners.
• From ‘Lose the Stress’ weekly yoga to our partnerships with Not One More Vet and Headspace, we invest in our team members’ professional growth and mental wellbeing. Our CEO, Chief People Officer and several additional team members hold Compassion Fatigue Professional certifications.
• We live by our core values: Serve, Evolve, Trust
• “They allow me the freedom to practice as I see fit…We can make almost all of our main decisions ourselves, at the clinic level. Their up front focus on honesty and improving over time keeps surprising me each time they demonstrate it. Veterinary medicine is not always the prettiest, easiest, happiest, or most satisfying line of work as we all know, but I can't imagine doing it for any other group. VetEvolve has been able to retain a small feel over time, as it grows, which is huge for me.” - VetEvolve network DVM. Reach out to us to hear more from our veterinarians about how we strive to provide team members environments where they feel “Happy Here.”
• Industry leading veterinarian and support staff retention rates

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Veterinary degree, or equivalent, from an AVMA accredited university upon hire
• Current DEA License or obtained upon hire
• Active Veterinary State License upon hire

More Opportunities Await! Ask about opportunities at VETSS in nearby Charlottesville. VETSS team is proud to announce a late 2025 name change reflective of their passion for their local community - Hollymead Veterinary Hospital.

Apply via our website or contact mostriansky@vetevolve.com for more information.