The Job Opportunity:
A well-established full-service veterinary hospital is seeking a Hybrid GP/UC/ER Associate Veterinarian to join its compassionate, collaborative, and supportive team. This opportunity is ideal for a veterinarian who values personalized medicine, strong client relationships, and the freedom to exercise sound clinical judgment while working alongside an experienced support team.
The successful candidate will manage a diverse caseload of approximately 15–20 appointments per day, including wellness, surgery, dentistry, urgent care, and occasional exotic and livestock cases. The role offers meaningful clinical autonomy, strong technical support, flexible scheduling, and opportunities to develop individual areas of interest through mentorship, continuing education, and hands-on experience.
Practice Information:
This established full-service veterinary hospital serves a close-knit community and has built its reputation around compassionate medicine, personalized care, and lasting relationships with clients and their pets. The practice provides approximately 15–20 appointments per day and maintains an approximate 2:1 support staff-to-doctor ratio, allowing veterinarians to focus on medicine while receiving strong assistance from the veterinary team.
The caseload includes preventive and wellness care, diagnostics, surgery, dentistry, urgent care, boarding, and occasional exotic or livestock cases. This variety provides veterinarians with opportunities to practice broad-spectrum general medicine while expanding their skills in areas of particular clinical interest.
The hospital is equipped with digital radiography, ultrasound, in-house laboratory capabilities, and a dedicated dental suite. The team culture is collaborative, supportive, teaching-focused, and high-touch, with experienced technicians, client service professionals, and engaged leadership working together to provide excellent patient care and a positive client experience.
Role Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive wellness, preventive, medical, dental, surgical, and urgent care for veterinary patients
- Manage a diverse general practice caseload of approximately 15–20 appointments per day
- Provide care for companion animals and occasional exotic or livestock patients according to training and experience
- Develop individualized diagnostic and treatment plans utilizing evidence-based medicine
- Perform routine soft-tissue surgical procedures appropriate to experience
- Provide dental procedures and comprehensive oral health care
- Evaluate and manage urgent-care presentations
- Utilize digital radiography, ultrasound, in-house laboratory diagnostics, and dental equipment to support patient care
- Participate in boarding-related medical oversight and patient care as appropriate
- Educate clients regarding diagnoses, treatment options, preventive healthcare, nutrition, and long-term wellness
- Build strong, lasting relationships with clients through compassionate communication and individualized education
- Maintain accurate and thorough medical records
- Collaborate closely with veterinarians, technicians, client service representatives, and hospital leadership
- Share knowledge and participate in collaborative case discussions and mentorship
- Participate in continuing education and ongoing professional development
- Pursue areas of clinical interest through additional training, mentorship, and hands-on experience
- Contribute to a supportive hospital culture centered on teamwork, medical excellence, and exceptional patient care
- Support continuous improvement in clinical quality, patient outcomes, client experience, and hospital workflows
Job Applicant Requirements:
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD) or equivalent degree from an accredited veterinary university
- Active veterinary license or eligibility for licensure in the practicing state
- Strong clinical judgment and medical decision-making abilities
- Compassionate, patient-centered approach to veterinary medicine
- Strong verbal, written, and client-education skills
- Ability to manage a varied general practice and urgent-care caseload
- Collaborative and team-oriented mindset
- Interest or experience in surgery, dentistry, urgent care, exotic medicine, or livestock medicine welcomed
- New graduates are welcome to explore the opportunity
- Experienced veterinarians are also encouraged to apply
- Ability to build meaningful long-term relationships with clients and their pets
- Commitment to evidence-based medicine, professionalism, and continuous improvement
- Strong interest in continued clinical and professional development
Compensation & Benefits May Include:
- Competitive base compensation with production-based earning opportunities
- DVM long-term incentive compensation program with annual production-based bonus opportunities
- No-negative-accrual compensation model
- Transparent production metrics and operational support
- Sign-on bonus opportunities available for qualified candidates
- Relocation assistance available where applicable
- Employee referral incentive opportunities
- Retirement savings plan with employer matching
- Generous continuing education allowance
- Paid professional licensing fees and professional dues
- Flexible scheduling designed to support a strong work-life balance
- Mentorship and individualized professional development programs
- Tailored career development and career pathing opportunities
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible full-time employees
- Life insurance and mental health resources
- Paid time off and holidays for eligible full-time employees
- Student loan assistance opportunities
- Strong technician and client service support with an approximate 2:1 support ratio
- Medical autonomy supported by experienced leadership and established medical systems
- Access to digital radiography, ultrasound, in-house laboratory diagnostics, and dedicated dental equipment
- Diverse caseload spanning wellness, general medicine, surgery, dentistry, urgent care, and occasional exotic or livestock medicine
- Opportunities to expand surgical, dental, diagnostic, and emergency skills
- Mentorship and teaching-focused environment for new and experienced veterinarians
- Flexible scheduling designed to support long-term professional and personal well-being
- Collaborative workplace culture built around trust, communication, teaching, and teamwork
- Opportunities to pursue individual clinical interests and shape a personalized career path
- Small-town Georgia setting with access to nearby larger communities, local events, outdoor recreation, and a more relaxed pace of life
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