Full-Time Associate Veterinarian - Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital (Richmond SPCA)
About The Position
The Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital is seeking an Associate Veterinarian to provide wellness, sick, and urgent care within a unique access-to-care model. This role offers a radical alternative to corporate veterinary medicine, focusing on impact rather than production. The hospital's mission is to keep pets healthy and in their homes, serving economically-disadvantaged pet guardians with quality, accessible veterinary medicine. Success is measured by the lives impacted, not sales targets or production quotas. The hospital practices medicine aligned with a no-kill philosophy, ensuring economic hardship does not prevent lifesaving care. The role emphasizes clear boundaries, allowing for a healthy work-life balance with no weekends, nights, or on-call hours.
Requirements
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree from an AVMA-accredited college.
- Valid Virginia Veterinary License and DEA license in good standing (or ability to obtain).
- Deep commitment to the no-kill philosophy, shelter diversion, and serving vulnerable populations with dignity and empathy.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, multi-task with a positive "can-do" outlook, and communicate compassionately with both a diverse public clientele and internal shelter teams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a shelter, spay/neuter clinic, or public veterinary hospital is a major plus.
Responsibilities
- Provide physical exams, develop treatment plans for illness, and perform sterilizations and other routine surgeries, dentals, and soft tissue procedures.
- Apply critical thinking to practice access-to-care medicine, offering pragmatic, compassionate treatment plans tailored to the realities of economically-disadvantaged pet guardians.
- Interpret routine diagnostics (including radiography) and maintain thorough, accurate medical records.
- Act as a flexible and collaborative resource across the veterinary services ecosystem, providing backup and operational support as needed to the HQHVSN clinic or shelter medicine team as dynamic organizational needs arise.
Benefits
- Full reimbursement for Virginia Veterinary license renewal, DEA license, AVMA membership, and professional liability insurance.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability.
- Paid wellness leave.
- Access to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Generous paid personal leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan with an employer contribution (once eligible) of no less than 3%.
- Access to employee discounts at the Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
