Associate Veterinarian

We are offering a lucrative signing bonus for the right candidate.

About our Hospital: It is a fullservice small animal hospital offering the best in medical surgical and emergency care. Our team clients and patients are our highest priority! We believe that individualized care and personal attention are essential for quality veterinary care.We emphasizes wellness and preventative medicine with large case volumes in internal medicine dentistry and surgery. We mainly treat dogs and cats but one of our associates also treats exotics and avian patients. However seeing exotics is not a requirement for any interested candidates. Our hospital is wellestablished in the community and has been serving Cook County for over 40 years. Our medical director Dr. Todd Landoch started working at Our hospital as an assistant graduated through various positions and returned as a veterinarian after receiving his DVM from Michigan State. Many of our doctors and support staff have been here for 10 years creating a supportive collaborative culture.

We moved into our new spacious modern facility in 2016 which is fully equipped with a comprehensive inhouse IDEXX lab (CBC chemistry urinalysis SNAP tests blood gas) and IDEXX digital cytology which has an incredibly quick turnaround time and can be utilized 24/7. Our imaging equipment includes digital radiography digital dental radiography and brandnew ultrasound. Our associate Dr. Hayden Kaderly is proficient in echocardiograms and sends the scans out for review. Every exam room has a computer and video monitor and our largest two exam rooms have lift tables. We are fully paperless using Cornerstone for our electronic medical records. Dr. Christy McCratic also offers acupuncture and chiropractic services. Furthermore some of our other highly utilized equipment includes our companion laser and oxygen cages which can provide oxygen support for multiple patients at a time.

It has two surgery suites and a dentistry suite. Most of our doctors are comfortable with routine and advanced soft tissue surgeries and Dr. Mark Muskal performs our orthopedic surgeries or they are referred out as needed. We perform routine surgeries Monday through Friday and emergency surgeries seven days per week. Preop lab work IV catheters and pain management are required for every patient and they are closely monitored by our amazing support staff. We have a portable CO2 laser that is used in our surgery and dental suites.

Most importantly we have an amazing support staff and we utilize them to the fullest! Each doctor has a dedicated technician during the day or night shift and we have floating technicians and assistants to offer additional support where needed. Some of our technicians have been here for over 20 years helping you be incredibly efficient!

Hours of Operation: Our normal hospital hours are 8 am to 7 pm on weekdays and 8 am to 3 pm on Saturdays where our doctors see appointments and perform routine surgeries as well as see walkin emergencies. Our overnight veterinarians see emergencies from 7 pm to 7 am on weekdays and allday Sundays. We are looking for a fulltime veterinarian to join our team and work from 1 pm to 10 pm seeing appointments or walkin emergencies from 1 4 pm and emergencies from 5 10 pm.

Requirements

• Experience required
  
• Emergency experience preferable
  
• Availability to work swing shifts (1 pm to 10 pm)
  
• Illinois Veterinary License active and in good standing
  
• Teamoriented mentality
  

Benefits

• Competitive annual base salary
  
• Signing bonus
  
• Monthly production bonus with NO negative accrual
  
• Medical dental and vision insurance
  
• Relocation assistance available
  
• Signing bonus available
  
• Mental health resources
  
• Paid time off
  
• 401k with employer match
  
• Wellness programs
  
• Strong work/life balance
  
• Paid CE with dedicated paid training time off
  
• Optional leadership program
  
• Mentorship program
  
• Paid membership dues and license fees