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Associate Veterinarian- Woodlake Animal Hospital

We are an AAHA accredited and small corporately partnered small animal hospital located in Midlothian, VA which is located 25 minutes from downtown Richmond. We are searching for an additional qualified associate veterinarian to add to our our team. We have been open for 13 years and pride ourselves in offering friendly service and building relationships where we truly get to know our clients and their pets. We also support the community by performing community service to help our community and volunteering our time with one of the local shelters. We encourage you to explore our website and get to know us: Woodlakeanimalhospital.net

We are experiencing client and hospital growth because of our reputation and are searching for a candidate that is experienced and able to help us continue growing by practicing excellent quality medicine and utilizing great communication with clients and our staff. Candidates with specialization interests, especially exotics, rehabilitation, surgery or internal medicine are encouraged to apply.  

We have completed an expansion to our hospital which includes 7 exam rooms, a staff break-room with kitchenette, dental suite and surgical preparation area. 

We have available:

• Acupuncture and holistic medicine
• Laser therapy
• Idexx in-house laboratory equipment (Procyte, Catalyst, Sedivue)
• Digital radiology (DR)
• Tonometry
• Surgery suite
• Surgical preparation and dental suite
• Dental equipment
• Digital dental xray
• Ultrasound
• Patient warming including bair hugger and hot dog
• Parks doppler, Lifewindow one surgical monitoring including etCO2
• Digital record keeping via Idexx Cornerstone
• 5 FT LVTs on staff and actively recruiting

4 day workweek 

No after-hours or emergency calls

30 minute appointments per patient

Qualifications and Skills

• A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from an accredited university.
• Veterinarian License in good standing to practice in Virginia

Job Type: Part-Time to Full-time

Full Time Salary range: $90,000.00 to $120,000- Open to discussing Pro-Salary compensation structure

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop a rapport with clients and determine their needs and wishes; perform physical examinations and diagnostic/medical/surgical/dental procedures in a way that will deliver the highest quality care while minimizing patient stress and discomfort.
• Explain physical examination findings and communicate to the client a diagnosis of the pet’s problems; generate and present a treatment plan for the pet to the client; educate clients on preventative health care, including vaccines, dental cleaning, and appropriate nutritional products.
• Maintain client/patient medical/surgical records and make certain all necessary logs are kept up-to-date through established protocols
• Stay up-to-date with new medical information and changes in veterinary medicine, attend Continuing Education meetings.
• Assist in the development of the paraprofessional team to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care and exceptional client service.
• Positively represent the hospital in the professional community and to the general public.
• Other duties as assigned.

Equal Employment Opportunity It is the policy of the company to afford equal opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability or status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran.

About Woodlake Animal Hospital

Our mission has been to assemble a veterinary health care team committed to providing exceptional client service and veterinary health care. Our commitment is to always provide our clients and patients a world class service experience at our state of the art veterinary facility. We are an AAHA-accredited hospital and enhancing our practice of fear free visits. We also are a gold certified feline friendly practice.

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