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. Our high staff retention rates and addition of new veterinarians has allowed VES to expand our hours to 24/7/365.

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 in late 2025. This new facility’s layout prioritizes smooth workflows and will have everything an experienced or developing emergency veterinarian could want!

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

Highlights:

• Collaborate with a five-doctor team + additional consistent relief doctors. No solo shifts for new or developing veterinarians.
• Member of a strong network with over 90% veterinary retention rate
• 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. Dr. Addison is incredibly passionate about serving her community and fellow veterinary team members. 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 24/7/365. We are seeking additional team members as we grow into our new facility.
• 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 12 hr shifts/month
• Part time option potentially available – contact us to learn more
• 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.

Who we are seeking

• 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.
• 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!

About VetEvolve

• Veterinary Emergency Services is part of the VetEvolve hospital network. VetEvolve’s goal is simple - to provide every team member with the resources they need to be “Happy Here.” Happy Here means something different to each individual and will evolve as you progress through your career and/or experience significant life changes. We look forward to learning more about your goals and how we can best support you.
• Strong, people-focused culture centered around our core values - Serve, Evolve, Trust. We use these values to guide our actions and the way we support each other every day.
• “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 Veterinarian
• Learn more about why our veterinarians and support teams are Happy Here via our blog and video pages

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time, experienced veterinarian: $125-160k. Commensurate with skillset, experience, schedule and your preferred pace.
• Additional opportunities to earn: Highly competitive monthly, no negative accrual bonus plan. Earning potential 250k+. Bonus plan is not mandatory (for candidates preferring straight salary). Equity opportunity available starting early 2025.
• Relocation stipend
• Bonus in exchange for multi-year commitment negotiable; commensurate with length of commitment, skillset and schedule commitment
• Basic benefits information: Paid vacation & sick leave; health, dental, vision insurance with generous employer contribution; several additional supplemental insurance options; 100% coverage of liability, license defense, professional dues and licensing fees, 401k with generous employer contribution, 100% coverage of short term disability insurance premiums.
• Wellness, Mentorship and Professional Development
  • Customizable continuing education package tailored to your goals and passions & full week of paid time off for continuing education each year.
  • Support From the Start wet lab-focused mentorship program for new graduates. Continues through your first year of employment.
  • Additional internal continuing education opportunities including but not limited to webinars, annual veterinarian retreats, local didactic and hands-on CE
  • MentorVet, Vet Specialists On Demand, AbleTo coaching & counseling and several additional mental health and professional development tools.

Ready to Learn More?

We look forward to learning about your unique priorities and goals and working together with our local hospital teams to support you.

Contact Vicki Fong at fong@vetevolve.com for more information and a confidential, exploratory conversation.