Responsibilities
- Perform physical examinations and treat patients, employing fear free tactics and provide a low
stress experience for every patient.
- Educate on the importance of preventive care through use of annual wellness lab assessments,
core and lifestyle-specific vaccinations and year-round parasite prevention.
- Perform surgery and anesthesia.
- Practice evidence-based medicine.
- Communication and documentation. You’ll perform client communication/lab callbacks/progress
reports.
- Engender customer loyalty and provide excellent service to pet owners by explaining procedures
and medications, celebrating good news and supporting them in times of stress and loss.
- Collaboration. You'll work closely with the medical director to create uniform and evidence-based
protocols for consistent and sensible patient care. Your input matters and we want you to
communicate and contribute to medical and customer service protocols.
- Mentor our amazing, dedicated, and motivated support team.

Required Experience
- Must have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and be licensed to practice in Illinois.
- Surgical experience. You have experience performing dentistry (including ability to interpret
intraoral radiographs and perform extractions) and basic soft tissue procedures (spay, neuter,
mass removals, cystotomy).
- Anesthesia experience. You have experience in creating and performing anesthetic protocols
including locoregional anesthesia to provide safe outcomes and adequate pain management and
comfort for all patients.
- Solid computer skills. We use cloud-based practice management software.
Required Skills/Traits
- Organization. You can calmly prioritize and resolve time-sensitive issues.
- Empathy and Compassion. You take the feelings and needs of others into account, display
patience even when others around you may be stressed, upset. This includes pets, owners, and
colleagues.
- Resilience. You can stay the course, support co-workers, pets and pet owners in the face of
pressure or hardship.
- Excellent communication, oral and written. You are a good listener and able to distill critical
patient information into your treatment plan. You can thoroughly yet succinctly explain wellness,
follow-up care and treatment options to pet owners.
- You are a good writer, clear and succinct with the utmost attention to detail when writing medical
records.
- You are able to meet the physical demands of the role, including lifting and standing for extended
periods of time.

Bonus points for
- Fear Free certified or Low Stress Handling technique trained.
- Interest in community events and public education. We work with local groups and businesses to
provide education and information to the public on topics including preventive care, medicine,
behavioral health and One Health.