Experienced Full-Time Associate Wanted for Exclusive Avian and Exotic Practice
Are you looking for an easy going, lifestyle practice working with exotic animals? We’re a busy, exclusive avian and exotic animal practice with the best of both worlds: security of a well-established, 36-year track record of consistent 5-star ratings, with exciting changes and upgrades coming with new ownership.
We offer a choice of 5 eight-hour days or 4 ten-hour days with no on-call emergency, no production quotas or pressure, and no weekends unless you want them. Practice excellent veterinary medicine with the pet’s and owner’s best interests in mind. You can have the choice of operating our out-patient-only clinic full-time or, if you have an interest in surgery, dividing your time between the out-patient clinic and our main clinic, which is a full service clinic.
Our caseload consists of approximately 35% pet birds, 35% backyard poultry, 10% reptiles, 10% rabbits and pocket pets, and 5% other exotic sanctuary mammals, amphibians, and fish, and 5% wildlife.
We have a knowledgeable, experienced staff that operates as a team and has a “can do” attitude, often going beyond the call of duty to best serve the clients, their pets, and the practice.
Our main, full-service clinic is in the Sierra Nevada foothills, about 45 minutes from downtown Sacramento. Our outpatient clinic is in Carmichael, one of the suburbs of Sacramento. The area offers the usual entertainments of a large city: theater, concerts, multicultural dining, and also the more outdoorsy activities of hiking, fishing, boating, skiing. Both locations are about 2 hrs from either San Francisco or Lake Tahoe. The school districts in Sacramento are rated at 3.76 out of 5, and 4 out of 5 in El Dorado County.
Starting salary depends on your choice of hours worked and experience, but approximately $120,000 to 135,000/year. Benefits include health insurance, 401k or CalSavers retirement fund, CE time, and at-cost care for your own pets. Oh, and the freedom to practice veterinary medicine without feeling like a salesman.