Associate Veterinarian

Veterinarian owned, well-respected small animal practice since 2003, located in a beautiful two-story light-filled space, five-minute walk to the beach, nestled in the Tahoe National Forest with hiking trails outside the front door. Associate buy-in or buy-out available; we want to stay non-corporate!

Our veterinary team is dedicated to practicing great medicine, and finding balance where we care for our patients, while also supporting each other.
About you:
We're looking for a team member who loves veterinary medicine.
If you're a newer grad, we'll get you into the VVI- and we'll make sure that you have a mentor that will provide you with confidential support, along with boots-on-the-ground support and mentoring.

If you're an experienced veterinarian- we'll be sure that you get the support (and equipment!) to continue to build out your stimulating and rewarding career.

Practice:
What started as a small cabin in Kings Beach has grown into a beautiful sunlight filled space in Tahoe Vista with all of the equipment one would hope to find in a full service hospital:
• Digital radiology
• Digital dental radiology
• Full diagnostic lab
• Diagnostic ultrasound with live assistance
• Orthopedics, including TTA equipment
• Cryotherapy
• Class IV laser
• TENS
• Assisi loop therapy (in addition to other medical modalities)

Treatment Room:
• Oversized treatment room with a wall of windows looking out onto the acre of fenced play space (every day is "bring your dogs to work" day, for us!).
• Dedicated surgical suite with all the good monitoring and peri-anesthetic toys;
o Fluid pumps (micro dose ketamine cri's, mlk cri's for painful procedures)
o Capnography (including an Emma for the little guys)
o Doppler bp
o Oscillometric bp
o Pulse ox
o ECG
o Vetbedjet warmers.

Dental Suite:
We have a special interest in dentistry, and we've created a dental suite in a quiet area of treatment with windows adding natural sunlight to brighten our procedures. Following this years' Dental Forum, we have upgraded all of our dental equipment, to go along with our LEDs and loups. One of our RVTs shares a special interest in dentistry, which allows us to constantly improve our dental game.

Compensation:
• Base pay is between $120k and $200k with a 22% production bonus (and the base pay will reset annually, upwards, to the equivalent of 95% of the previous years' base bonus).
• 4 day work week
• 3 weeks PTO plus additional unpaid time off on an agreed upon basis
• 1 week wellness time off
• VIN membership
• CVMA membership
• DEA license
• Newer grads: 1 hour of pd VVI study time/ day year one
• Experienced veterinarians: $1,500 stipend for CE and PTO needed to participate in same
Benefits:
• Unlimited monthly gym membership located a mile from the hospital
• 401K with company match
• Healthcare reimbursement