Associate Veterinarian

Scout; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking veterinary practice that redefines urgent care for pets. As an urgent care doctor, you will manage a diverse caseload, providing essential care to pets in need. With a focus on collaboration and excellence, you will work in a supportive environment equipped with modern tools for diagnostics and treatment. This role offers a fulfilling career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of pets and their owners. Embrace the opportunity to grow professionally while enjoying a healthy work-life balance in a vibrant city like Chicago.

Benefits

401(k) plan with employer match

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Generous CE allowance

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Life insurance

Parental leave

Health savings account

Qualifications

• Licensed DVM with 2+ years in small animal practice or emergency medicine.
• Excellent communicator with a positive, can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Deliver superior medicine and excellent customer experience.
• Oversee patient triage and provide diagnostic recommendations.

Skills

Veterinary Medicine

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Detail Oriented

Education

Licensed DVM in Illinois

1 year rotating small animal internship

Tools

Digital Radiography

IDEXX In-House Lab

Job description

Scout Veterinary Care is changing the way pets receive care and empowering the teams that provide it.

We've reimagined Urgent Care for modern cat and dog parents. We offer same-day and next-day urgent care appointments to truly fill the gap between routine primary care and the ER. We see a wide variety of urgent appointments while being extremely clear about what we don’t do; this positions Scout to help more sick and injured pets each day while providing a fulfilling, sustainable career for professionals and being an excellent partner in our community. Our modern practices and thoughtful processes are designed to make life easier for our teams and navigating veterinary care easier for the city’s ever-growing pet population.

About the role

At Scout, it is important that each clinic provides excellent care, sustains a healthy culture and is supported to deliver the Scout experience. As an urgent care doctor at Scout, you will be a key part of our team.

Scout doctors manage an average of 14-18 patients daily, with the excitement varying based on case volume. Your expertise will be put to the test, handling cases that span from routine last-minute care to more intricate cases that require in-house diagnostics, treatments, and nursing care. The heartbeat of our caseload lies in true urgent care cases and stable emergencies.

Scout equips our teams with all the tools to thoroughly assess and stabilize any patient that comes through our doors. While overnight hospitalization and major surgeries are not in our playbook, minor procedures are common; bringing challenge, variety, and excitement to each day.

Recognizing that urgent care is often just the initial chapter in a pet's medical narrative, Scout takes pride in empowering our doctors to explore the comprehensive answers our patients and clients both need and deserve. We actively foster robust relationships with referral partners to ensure our doctors have a wealth of resources at their fingertips when pets and clients require assistance beyond the bounds of Scout's doors.

About you

• Licensed DVM in Illinois with 2+ years of experience in small animal general practice or emergency medicine (completion of 1 year rotating small animal internship desired)
• Detail oriented, well-organized and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Professional who is an excellent verbal and written communicator
• Positive, can-do attitude. You run toward new opportunities and believe your abilities can be improved through effort, learning and persistence.
• Willing to engage in judgement free dialog to foster a culture of psychological safety
• Takes medical excellence very seriously AND knows there is more to life

Responsibilities

• Deliver superior medicine and an excellent customer experience
• Oversee patient triage and evaluation
• Provide examination, diagnostic recommendations and treatment to scheduled and walk-in appointments
• Provide clear, transparent and prompt communication with clients and referral partners regarding patient status, diagnostic and treatment plans, estimates and follow-up care
• Stabilize patients for transfer to a local emergency/specialty hospital, as needed
• Develop follow-up plans with patient’s primary care veterinarian as needed
• Maintenance of referral relationships via communication with care partners

Commitments

• 40 hours a week average clinical duty
• Attendance at monthly staff meetings

Compensation

• Competitive base plus production with no negative accrual

How we support you

• Quarterly check-ins with opportunity to provide mutual feedback
• Providing coaching and structured onboarding
• Allowing the flexibility to make the best clinical decisions for your patients and team.
• Providing support staff in numbers and capability to make it easier to see patients and do an excellent job
• Providing comprehensive in-house diagnostics.
• Digital Radiography
• Full IDEXX In-House Lab
• Providing training and CE opportunities and generous CE allowance
• Uniform, dues, and license allowance
• Benefits including 401(k) plan with employer match, health, vision, and dental
• PTO, sick leave, bereavement and parental leave
• Opportunity for equity ownership and upward mobility
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Clinic hours 10am-8pm

Experience:

• 2 years and/or rotating internship (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Chicago, IL: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Salary Range:

$150,000 - $200,000 USD

We believe in 'better'; We can have better work-life harmony, better opportunities, better systems, better culture. 'Better' makes it easier for veterinarians to thrive in our amazing profession. Come join a better way at Scout.

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