Career Center

South Metro Animal Emergency Care (SMAEC) is looking to welcome a Full-Time Emergency Veterinarian to our team and rapidly growing hospital!

• New Graduates and 2023 Graduates Welcome to apply!!
• Welcoming Students wanting to extern!
• Summer Job Opportunities!

Our Culture:

At South Metro Animal Emergency Care, we believe the best way to provide compassionate, quality care to pets is by putting relationships—with our clients, patients, Team Members, and community—at the heart of everything we do.

• We are dedicated to treating your family friend as if it were our own
• Our team atmosphere is collaborative, upbeat, and optimistic
• We love to learn + think OUTSIDE THE BOX
• We will provide mentorship opportunities!

We’re a close-knit group of experienced veterinary professionals that pride ourselves on our ability to offer mentorship, support, and a collaborative workplace. In addition to taking care of pets, we also take care of each other. We create an environment where personal health and well-being is important and every individual matters.

Our Values:

The way we approach our work matters. Our core values—do the right thing, fun, wow service, respect, and learning—guide everything we do at South Metro Animal Emergency Care.

Community Impact:

Our commitment to pets extends beyond our hospital walls.

Our Team Members also have the opportunity to give back to communities around the globe through our partnership with World Vets. Each year, we send a group of doctors and support staff abroad to help pets in need and support programs that nurture healthy relationships between people and animals.

Our Hospital:

• We have been treating sick + injured pets in our community for over 30 years
• We are AAHA accredited
• Our hospital is well-equipped: we have Snyder oxygen units, complete surgical + orthopedic suites, digital radiography, an ultrasound, endoscope, intensive care + isolation wards, a full in-house laboratory, and well stocked pharmacy
• We provide after-hours hospitalization, observation, and emergency services
• Our facility is feline conscious friendly – we believe in stress free handling + care
• We have a rockstar team that will work hand in paw with your regular veterinarian!

To find out more about our hospital, please visit https://smaec.com/

When you join our team, you’ll receive:

• Highly Competitive base salary of up to $150k!
• Monthly Production Bonus Potential 20-25%– NO NEGATIVE ACCRUAL!!
• Sign-On Bonus!!
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance—with company contribution HSA account
• License reimbursement!
• Continuing Education allowance—$2,500 for FT DVMs
• 401k with company match
• Generous paid time off for work/life balance – up to 5 Weeks of PTO!
• Flexible scheduling 
• Practice freedom and focus on practicing high-quality medicine!
• AVMA PLIT Professional Liability Insurance
• Relocation Assistance!
• National Parks and Recreation Pass!
• Pet Discounts!
• And MORE!!

Life near the Twin Cities, Minnesota:

Apple Valley, MN is one of the top suburbs in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Our area truly has EVERYTHING – diverse restaurants, unbeatable shopping, great health care, and loads of entertainment options. If you’ve always wanted to unleash your inner adventurer, you can do that here too with both summer and winter outdoor activities.  Come meet us and find your True North!

Join the Lakefield Family!

South Metro Animal Emergency Care is part of the Lakefield Veterinary Group—a family-owned company that offers support and resources to hospital teams while empowering them to make decisions about how they practice medicine and show up for their communities. Find out more at careers.lakefieldvet.com.

Please contact Jareema Donaldson at Jareema.donald@lakefieldvet.com with any questions or to submit your resume.

About South Metro Animal Emergency Care

Our partnership with Lakefield Veterinary Group is a long-term relationship dedicated to compassionate veterinary care. We are building communities of talented and like-minded veterinarians that will embody our core values of Respect, Wow Service, Learning, Fun, and will always Do the Right Thing. There is no greater reward than strengthening the human/pet bond. It is our responsibility to go beyond the borders of our local legacy and provide expert level veterinary medicine to pets all over the world during our annual trip with World Vets. We invite you to come experience the Lakefield family.

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