City: Woburn
State: Massachusetts
Hospital Name: Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital
Job Type: Veterinarian - Emergency
Employment Type: Permanent
Description & Requirements
Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital is looking for experienced ER veterinarians to join our growing team! Mass Vet is an elite tertiary facility in the Boston area practicing exceptional medicine. Our hospital is rooted in training, teaching, and collaboration. You will have ample opportunity to grow your knowledge base and skills by working cohesively with many specialty departments. We believe in work-life balance, taking care of each other, and helping everyone succeed.
We offer the following:
- Very generous salary with voluntary picked up shifts paid as a bonus + hourly
- 3 weeks PTO to start for new employees with carryover allowed
- Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, Continuing Education allowance and time, professional dues, personal pet care discounts, uniform allowance, and 401K with employer match
Receiving Doctor Schedule and Responsibilities:
- Average 3 shifts per week (12 per 4-week schedule) with a mixture of day or swing receiving shifts. Some overnight shifts (2 per 4-week schedule) may be required.
- 8 hour scheduled shifts: Receive cases for 7 hours
- Primary responsibilities include stabilization and workup of patients presenting to the ER. Once a patient is rounded over at the end of the shift, there is no management of hospitalized patients.
About Us:
Our Hospital
- We are a 48,000 sq ft, premier VECCS Level 1 certified emergency and specialty hospital located 11 miles north of Boston
- Recent hospitalization expansion including a new specialty lobby, 8 new operating rooms, a new endoscopy suite, expanded clinical areas, and a brand new ICU and isolation!
- We’ve also added a new cardiology-focused fluoroscopy unit and new MRI. Coming soon is our brand-new CT with 3d imaging capabilities!
- Our new seltzer machine has been a huge hit with the team, expanding our spacious break room that includes a multitude of beverage and food items and comfortable seating.
- Access to cutting edge diagnostics and treatments including digital cytology, therapeutic plasma exchange, dialysis, high flow oxygen, ventilation, SUB placement, interventional radiology and more
- Ethos Compounding Pharmacy located within MVRH
Our Team
- Excellent technician staffing with highly skilled nursing staff
- Average ER doctor tenure of 5+ years
- ER department comprised of 35 ER clinicians and Criticalists – and always growing!
- Comprehensive specialty services including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Radiology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Oncology, Anesthesiology and Critical Care. Many services are available 7 days a week
- Part-time onsite Social worker available for clients and staff
Our Focus on Teaching
- Robust House Officer Program includes Radiology residents, Neurology resident and interns, and Surgery residents
- ER Immerse program – structured training program designed to provide training and mentorship for veterinarians looking to excel in the field of emergency medicine in lieu of an internship or residency
- Frequent in-house RACE approved CE opportunities
- Large, dedicated teaching space/ conference room for lectures, CE events, and meetings
Your Impact:
We are looking for a talented, energetic, personable individual with strong communication, interpersonal skills, and emotional competencies to be a contributing member of our growing veterinary team. It is our belief that if we take care of each other first, we will provide outstanding, empathetic service to our clients, referring veterinarians, and the community. Our continued growth and success in providing a remarkable work environment, resides in the people we hire. Mass Vet has a culture that strives for excellence and is optimistic, collaborative, and supportive.
The ideal candidate for this role will have internship training and 1+ year of ER experience in a specialty hospital setting.
Our Network:
Mass Vet is part of the Ethos Veterinary Health network of hospitals, providing our clinicians the opportunity to be part of a larger network of hospitals, but still maintain our distinctive identity. The focus of Ethos is on advancing veterinary medicine, along with providing high quality, compassionate care, which improves the lives of patients and their human companions. Our advancements center around three main areas: Transformative Science, Knowledge, and Collaboration.