Small Animal Emergency Clinic hiring Associate Veterinarian in Houston, Texas, United States | LinkedIn (2024)

Job Description

• Clinic is open nights, weekends, and holidays
• Emergency and urgent care only: no routine procedures and very little long-term follow-up / maintenance of cases
• Only emergency clinic in the northern Texas Panhandle; receive referrals from ~ 150-mile radius in all directions and serve a wide range of races, cultures, and socioeconomic levels
• Shifts are either 12 or 13 hours
• full-time is 3 shifts per week, average of 12 shifts per month
• shifts are typically grouped together so that every week, employees have four days off in a row (but this is flexible)
• Compensation and benefits
• ProSal
• Guaranteed base salary of $750 for a 12-hour shift or $812.50 for a 13-hour shift ($62.50/hr)
• 25% production past base times four
• No negative accrual
• Full-time vets earn between $140k and $200k per year, depending upon production
• Benefits
• $10,000 signing bonus per year, up to 3 years
• Health insurance
• Aflac supplementary plans + telemedicine
• 401(k) with matching up to 4%
• Life insurance plans available
• $1,500 per year towards CE
• Employee discount
• Cost + 10% for medications and supplies
• 20% off laboratory, radiology, etc. equipment use
• Up to $600 employee pet allowance per year
• Three weeks (9 shifts) PTO per year
• Paid VIN membership
• Mentorship available
• No non-compete clause; simultaneous employment at other clinics allowed
• Amarillo as a city / community
• Population ~ 250,000
• Relaxed, slower pace of life than large cities
• Low cost of living
• Excellent school districts
• Two major hospitals
• Two veterinary school programs
• TVMDL, which provides quick turn-around on advanced diagnostics in pathology, virology, and bacteriology
• Large employers, including Bell Helicopter, Pantex, and Amazon
• Entertainment options include live music, Lone Star Ballet, Amarillo Opera, Amarillo Symphony, Amarillo Little Theater, and traveling performances (theater, music, comedy)
• Minor League Baseball and NAHL hockey teams with dozens of home games each year
• 15 miles from 4-year university, West Texas A&M University
• Excellent hiking and mountain bike trails available at Palo Duro Canyon
• Snow skiing available a few hours away in New Mexico
• Large cities within easy driving distance: 4 hours to Albuquerque and OKC, 6 hours to DFW and Denver
  

Company DescriptionClinic culture

• Diverse staff; welcoming to all ages, races, colors, cultures, religions, political affiliations, sexual orientations, gender identities
• Supportive, positive, and educational environment with zero-tolerance policy towards bullying
• Full-time technician training coordinator
• Practice manager with management and training background in several fields
• Practice co-owners from boomer and Xennial generations, providing multifarious mentoring and practice philosophies

Clinic amenities / features

• Technician-driven clinic:

 Skilled technicians responsible for drawing blood, placing IVCs, taking radiographs, performing ultrasound, monitoring anesthesia, administering medications, caring for hospitalized patients, performing most diagnostic tests, and discussing finances with owners

• Services and equipment utilized:

 Digital radiography

 Abdominal and cardiac ultrasound using Samsung machines

 Abaxxis CBC and Chemistry analyzers

 Heska EPOC machine for venous blood gases

 Heska Element Coag+ machine for PT/aPTT

 Vcheck machine for quantitative ProBNP, cPL/fPL, D-dimer, and progesterone tests

 Anesthesia monitoring equipment (with capnograph, ECG, temperature, SPO2)

 Heska IV pumps

 Syringe pumps

 O2 kennels

 Incubator

Clinic culture o Diverse staff; welcoming to all ages, races, colors, cultures, religions, political affiliations, sexual orientations, gender identities o Supportive, positive, and educational environment with zero-tolerance policy towards bullying o Full-time technician training coordinator o Practice manager with management and training background in several fields o Practice co-owners from boomer and Xennial generations, providing multifarious mentoring and practice philosophies Clinic amenities / features o Technician-driven clinic:  Skilled technicians responsible for drawing blood, placing IVCs, taking radiographs, performing ultrasound, monitoring anesthesia, administering medications, caring for hospitalized patients, performing most diagnostic tests, and discussing finances with owners o Services and equipment utilized:  Digital radiography  Abdominal and cardiac ultrasound using Samsung machines  Abaxxis CBC and Chemistry analyzers  Heska EPOC machine for venous blood gases  Heska Element Coag+ machine for PT/aPTT  Vcheck machine for quantitative ProBNP, cPL/fPL, D-dimer, and progesterone tests  Anesthesia monitoring equipment (with capnograph, ECG, temperature, SPO2)  Heska IV pumps  Syringe pumps  O2 kennels  Incubator