Explore the beautiful countryside of Northwestern CT while practicing in a family friendly work environment!
Since opening our doors in 1979, Candlewood Animal Hospital has been dedicated to helping pets and their owners stay healthy and live long lives. We strive to work with pet owners to raise their four-legged family members in a safe, fun-filled, enriched environment. Helping our clients and patients in any way we can is our primary goal. We work with many animal welfare organizations to find appropriate homes for unwanted pets. Your pet’s well-being is our only concern.
Job Description
We’re looking to add a full-time veterinarian who is a compassionate, team player and strong communicator. We could support an experienced associate veterinarian or provide fantastic mentorship to a new or recent graduate!
We offer our Veterinarians:
- Custom candidate offers, competitive compensation, relocation assistance, and student loan assistance.
- Work-life balance with flexible scheduling.
- Comprehensive Benefits (Employer paid medical premiums, liability coverage, paid licensing/fees/dues including DEA, CE allowance, employee assistance program & VIN membership. Optional enrollment in Dental, Vision, Life, PTO, 401K w/ company match, pet care discounts, and more!)
- Extremely generous signing bonuses.
- Paid parental leave.
- Our private practice model allows you an opportunity to practice with true medical autonomy.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Veterinary degree, or equivalent, from an accredited university.
- Current DEA License or obtained upon hire.
- Active Veterinary State License.
- USDA Accreditation or obtained upon hire.
Additional Information
WE ARE A DRUG-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Company Policy & Federal & State Laws Forbid Discrimination Because of Age, Color, Race, Religion, Sex, Disability, Sexual Orientation or National Origin.
The anticipated starting base salary range for individuals expressing interest in this position is $100,000 to $170,000 per year, plus production.
Special Working Conditions
- Ability to sit or stand and work at a computer for long periods of time.
- Ability to be confident around animals (i.e., dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, etc.).
- Client needs and work volume may occasionally require more than 40 hours per week.
- Must have mental capacity and processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics, and language ability.
- The noise level in the work environment is moderately high.
- Job requires sufficient ambulatory skills in order to perform required duties.
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Hospital teammates are routinely exposed to a variety of animals.
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