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EMERGENCY VETERINARIAN - Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital Woburn, Massachusetts

We are looking for experienced ER veterinarians to join our growing team!  Mass Vet is an elite tertiary facility in the Boston area practicing exceptional medicine.  Our hospital is rooted in training, teaching, and collaboration.  You will have ample opportunity to grow your knowledge base and skills by working cohesively with many specialty departments.  We believe in work-life balance, taking care of each other, and helping everyone succeed.  We have several types of positions available to suit your interests and would also welcome a discussion regarding part-time or hybrid positions.

All positions offer the following:

• Very generous salary with voluntary picked up shifts paid as a bonus + hourly
• Sign-on and relocation bonuses available
• 3 weeks PTO to start for new employees with carryover allowed
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance with no waiting period, Continuing Education allowance, professional dues, personal pet care discounts, uniform allowance, and 401K with employer match

Receiving Doctor:

• Average 3 receiving shifts per week (12 per 4-week schedule)
• 8 hour scheduled shifts: Receive cases for 7 hours
• Primary responsibilities include stabilization and workup of patients presenting to the ER. Once a patient is rounded over at the end of the shift, there is no management of hospitalized patients.

Overnight Doctor:

• 12 overnight shifts per 4-week schedule
• 2 overnight doctors scheduled every night (along with swing receiving doctors)
• Primary responsibilities include management of hospitalized patients and receiving new cases after swing shifts end

Urgent Care Doctor:

• Flexible schedule options available
• Provide outpatient care to animals with conditions that are not critical or life threatening in collaboration with our emergency and specialty team where needed.
• This type of position would welcome the opportunity for general practice clinicians to provide urgent care on an out-patient basis with emergency cases continuing to be seen by our emergency team.

Receiving doctor with interest in pursuing specialty career:

• 10 ER receiving shifts (as described above) and 6 shifts shadowing in your chosen specialty of interest (per 4-week schedule)

About Us:

• We are a 36,000 sq ft, premier VECCS Level 1 certified emergency and specialty hospital located 11 miles north of Boston
• Excellent technician staffing with highly skilled nursing staff
• Average ER doctor tenure of 5+ years
• ER department comprised of 27 ER clinicians, Urgent care doctors, and Criticalists – and always growing!
• Comprehensive specialty services including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Radiology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Oncology, Pathology, Anesthesiology and Critical Care. Many services are available 7 days a week
• Full-time onsite Social worker available for clients and staff
• Access to cutting edge diagnostics and treatments including digital cytology, therapeutic plasma exchange, dialysis, high flow oxygen, ventilation, SUB placement, interventional radiology and more
• Robust House Officer Program includes Radiology interns and residents, Neurology interns, and Surgery residents
• E-VET program – new training program designed to provide training and mentorship for veterinarians looking to excel in the field of emergency medicine in lieu of an internship or residency
• Frequent in-house RACE approved CE opportunities
• Ethos Compounding Pharmacy located within MVRH

Your Impact:

We are looking for a talented, energetic, personable individual with strong communication, interpersonal skills, and emotional competencies to be a contributing member of our growing veterinary team.  It is our belief that if we take care of each other first, we will provide outstanding, empathetic service to our clients, referring veterinarians, and the community. Our continued growth and success in providing a remarkable work environment, resides in the people we hire.  Mass Vet has a culture that strives for excellence and is optimistic, collaborative, and supportive. 

Our Network:

Mass Vet is part of the Ethos Veterinary Health network of hospitals, providing our clinicians the opportunity to be part of a larger network of hospitals, but still maintain our distinctive identity. The focus of Ethos is on advancing veterinary medicine, along with providing high quality, compassionate care, which improves the lives of patients and their human companions. Our advancements center around three main areas: Transformative Science, Knowledge, and Collaboration.

Please send your letter of interest and CV to Bradford Hancock at bhancock@ethosvet.com

“Ethos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ethos does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, merit, and business need.”