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Do you want time to disconnect? Do you want to truly walk away, turn off your phone and not have to manage clients when you are not working? Hoof and Horn Veterinary Services has the position for you. Hoof and Horn Veterinary and Acupuncture Services (H&HVS) is starting an Emergency Veterinarian Position. We have the support of 4 local ambulatory practices to ensure you have the support, caseload and truly get to drop off the truck and transfer your cases Monday Morning. 

Our Emergency Cooperative has been working together for 5 years. We have the structure and clientele to support this position. The participating practitioners have 5-15 years of experience and are committed to providing high quality medicine in a rural setting.  The participating practices are approximately 50% equine, 30% small ruminant, 10% Bovine and 10% camelid and swine.  We have been listed as a need area and bovine and caprine cases are always an underserved population in the area.  Love surgery? We will support you with the staff and equipment needed to grow this aspect of our emergency care.  You will be working out of a 2500 Silverado with custom Bay horse type box.  We have digital radiography, Ultrasonography and all the other toys.  We want you to be rested and passionate while providing emergency services so that we can do the work of maintaining client relationships.

This would be a part-time position with 3 weekends on and 1 weekend off. No weeknight call would be expected. Holidays will be split with you and the 4 participating veterinarians.  Two additional weekends off a year outside of this schedule are also allotted.  Since this is a new position the schedule and structure are negotiable.  There will be a base salary BUT percentage compensation of 27% will be provided if that base is exceeded.

Please consider joining our team.  Our goal is to create a model for practice that will retain professionals in large animal setting.  Together let’s show the world Rural Ambulatory practice is sustainable.

Internship OR two years of clinical experience in Large Animal Ambulatory Setting

About Hoof & Horn Veterinary and Acupuncture Services

Hoof & Horn Veterinary and Acupuncture Services was started by Veterinarian Jill Barabas in 2016. Our mission includes improving animal health and welfare by increasing access to veterinary care and educating individuals about the importance of preventative medicine. We promise to treat owners and animals with respect, honesty and compassion. Dr. Barabas been a participating member of the Emergency cooperative in North Central Florida since her graduation from UFCVM in 2010. Our practice believes collaboration with our colleges is imperative to quality care and the future of the Large Animal Profession. Our patients are performance, pet and production animals including horses, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. We greatly enjoy the variety that mobile veterinary practice in North Central Florida provides. We serve Gilchrist, Alachua, Colombia, Marion, Levy, Union, Bradford, Putnum and Dixie county. Together we can keep you and your animals happy and healthy.

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