Emergency Veterinarian

We are a new, rapidly growing, locally owned, ECC hospital in North Seattle and we are looking to add additional emergency veterinarians to our team of emergency and critical care specialists and experienced emergency veterinarians. We have an amazing staff of experienced technicians, assistants, and client care representatives to support you in providing exceptional care.

Our Mission makes our hospital unique:

Leading through exceptional veterinary care

and sustainable employee ownership

Our Peak Principles:

Our PEAK principles guide us in how we individually and collectively make decisions, respond to challenges, and choose directions of growth for our hospital.

Patient Care -

Patient care is our guiding principle. We believe that patient care is most successful when it is performed with an evidence based, empathetic and compassionate team-based approach. We believe the best care for pets involves a partnership between pet owners, their primary care veterinarians, and our team.

Engagement -

Engagement is a heightened connection that drives us to contribute to hospital success, support our team, and serve our community. Everyone should be challenged, heard, appreciated, and an integral part of our mission.

Accountability -

We maintain high standards for individual and team performance. We hold each other accountable to our mission statement and PEAK principles. We are responsible for honest and ethical conduct and are willing to be judged on our performance.

Knowledge Growth -

Exceptional medicine is a moving target. We are committed to continuous learning, questioning, and improving the quality of the care we provide.

Job Description:

TVES Emergency Veterinarians lead the ER team in providing exceptional patient care for dogs, cats and small exotic pets, and contribute to our culture of employee engagement and ownership. Exceptional patient care involves partnership and communication with clients and primary care veterinarians as well as providing evidence based, cost effective, compassionate, and timely care.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provide, direct, and oversee patient medical care. This includes:
  • Working with staff to triage incoming primary and referral cases
  • Determining client concerns and obtaining complete medical histories
  • Receiving and assessing patients and performing complete physical examinations
  • Developing a problem list, differential diagnostic list, diagnostic and treatment plan
  • Performing common emergency surgeries when indicated including laceration repairs, enucleations, gastrotomies, enterotomies, resection and anastomosis, gastropexies, and splenectomies

• Communicate accurately and clearly with clients about diagnostics, treatments and costs associated with patient care
• Complete accurate medical records in SOAP format with treatment plans on all animals seen before leaving at the end of the shift

• Communicate at least once per shift with clients who have animals in the hospital - this includes updating financial estimates and deposits DAILY

• Answer questions about cases and case transfers promptly from primary care veterinarians

• Update the incoming veterinarian in a clear and accurate manner about cases and their status

• Follow medical codes of ethics, rules of the employee handbook, and laws related to veterinary medical care
• Report safety concerns, adverse events, and unanticipated patient outcomes to TVES owners and clients promptly and accurately

• Collaborate with other veterinarians in the practice to provide seamless care and an atmosphere of continuous learning

• Participate in mandatory doctor and all staff meetings

• Participate when requested in the review process for other doctors and staff

• Participate in visits to primary care veterinarians to build community and awareness of our service

• • Participate in ongoing continuing education

• Support the TVES PEAK Principles

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Cooperative work style

• Growth mindset

• Documented stress tolerance and attention to detail

• DVM or VMD degree from accredited veterinary college

• Internship or 2 years of experience in emergency and critical care medicine

• • Comfort with common emergency surgeries including laceration repair, gastrotomies, enterotomies, splenectomies, and gastropexies or eagerness to learn and perform these procedures

• Valid Washington state veterinary license

Schedule, Compensation, and Benefits

• Full time is 11 - 12 hour shifts per 4 week block. We provide a shift base and pay production quarterly.
• We also provide competitive benefits, including health insurance, PTO, paid CE time, paid memberships including VIN, 401K with match, participation in our stock appreciation rights plan (for full time employees), and participation in our future ESOP.

To apply, please include a cover letter and resume.