Pennsauken, United States | Posted on 03/08/2024
Pennsauken Animal Hospital is currently seeking motivated and forward-thinking, full-time General Practice veterinarians to join our empowered, dedicated, diverse team!
Join in providing exceptional veterinary care at our privately owned general veterinary practice located in Pennsauken, NJ. Our services include wellness, urgent care, sick visits, dentistry, and surgery. We offer digital radiographs, digital dental radiographs, an in-house laboratory, and a fully stocked pharmacy. We work hard to maintain relationships with existing clients as well as focusing on community outreach and reaching new clients. We pride ourselves on client education and our staff ensures that we answer any questions that clients may have during, and after, their visits with us. Additionally, we are in the process of undergoing a major expansion adding additional exam rooms, a dedicated office/meeting room space, and advanced surgical capabilities.
Pennsauken Animal Hospital offers veterinary professionals the opportunity to pursue their dreams and turn their passion for learning into a steppingstone for a successful career! We take the health and well-being of our employees seriously, offering flexible working conditions and encouraging a well-rounded work/life balance. Our employees’ quality of life outside of the practice is something we strongly value and support. These values allow us to BE EPIC - Believe in...Empowerment, Empathy, Professional, Integrity, and Collaboration.We are also conveniently located mins from Philadelphia and are about an hour away from New Jersey shore towns!
Responsibility: The Associate Veterinarian delivers medical, surgical and inpatient care to patients. The Associate Veterinarian plays a key role in building and maintaining client relationships as well as staff relationships. May assist in supervising staff members in daily medical duties when a supervisor is not available.
Performance Expectations:
- Provides compassionate care to patients.
- Plans and carries out a significant program of personal medical continuing education.
- Motivates staff, builds and maintains morale; maintains core values and standards.
- Sets an example for the staff in dealing with clients; promotes the concept of the client-centered environment.
- Works toward and attains practice productivity standards.
- Promotes cooperative working environment among staff members; understands the value of teamwork.
- Shows enthusiasm and willingness to perform as necessary to help the practice function as a unit.
- Maintains positive, cooperative relationships with other employees.
- Performs physical examinations using preliminary data provided by the veterinary technicians; diagnoses physical condition and presents diagnostic and treatment alternatives to the client being sensitive to the clients emotional and financial needs.
- Performs medical, surgical and inpatient procedures; provides emergency services in accordance with hospital standards of care.
- Interprets the results of laboratory procedures and determines the appropriate protocol based on the results; reads radiographs and interprets EKGs and EEGs.
- Prescribes medications in accordance with manufacturers label instructions and uses. Understands common side-effects and common drug interactions with other medications.
- Promptly, accurately, and legibly updates client records in support of the SOAP reporting method.
- Understands and carries out treatment orders from other veterinarians; makes necessary changes in treatment plan when diagnostic results support the decision to do so.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Compensation: Compensation is based on experience and skill level.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Experience as a D.V.M. in a practice is desirable, but not required.
- D.V.M. licensed in NJ.
- D.E.A licensed in NJ.
- Continuing education achievements, beyond licensing requirements.
- Able to recognize that teamwork is essential for a quality practice.
- Ability to work as a team member as well as a doctor.
- Professional and personable demeanor and able to use tact and diplomacy with staff members and clients.
- Perform data entry of medical records and utilize practice software.
Essential Functions:
- Must be able to ambulate/move 90% of time.
- Must be able to move supplies and patients up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to use Fear-Free techniques to restrain patients.
- Must have the ability to work in a hospital setting, which includes:
- Exposure to potential caustic agents, medical grade radiation, and cleaning products.
- Exposure to zoonotic diseases and wounds potentially inflicted by patients.
- Exposure to moderate to loud noises (such as barking).
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