Looking for a full-time veterinarian role where you can practise with autonomy, feel genuinely supported, and enjoy life outside of work?
Global Veterinary Careers is supporting a welcoming, independent, full-service small animal hospital that is looking to add an Associate Veterinarian to its team. This is a great opportunity to join a well-established hospital with a loyal client base, strong technical support, and the flexibility to shape your clinical focus around what you enjoy most.
Whether you prefer surgery, medicine, dentistry, wellness, or a varied GP caseload, this hospital offers the autonomy and support to help you thrive.
Why This Role Stands Out
This is not a high-pressure corporate setting. You will be joining a friendly, multi-vet environment where collaboration, clinical freedom, and quality patient care come first.
You will benefit from:
- Multi-vet hospital environment
- Strong Licensed Veterinary Technician support
- Full medical autonomy
- Flexible scheduling with no overnights and no on-call
- Opportunity to focus more on surgery or medicine depending on your preference
- Development opportunities across leadership, medicine, dentistry, and surgery
- Loyal client base built over 10+ years in the local community
The Hospital
The hospital is well equipped for high-quality general practice medicine and provides a broad range of services to a loyal small animal client base.
Facilities and equipment include:
- Spacious examination and consultation rooms
- Dentistry equipment
- Surgical instruments
- Digital radiology
- X-ray
- Diagnostic capability
- Supportive clinical and paraprofessional team
The Caseload
You will see a varied small animal GP caseload, including:
- Routine consultations
- Wellness and preventative care
- Internal medicine
- Diagnostics
- Dentistry
- Surgery, including spays and neuters
- General medical cases
If you have a surgery or medicine bias, the team can accommodate this within your schedule.
The Schedule
- Full-time position
- 4-day working week
- Attractive weekend rotation
- No overnights
- No on-call
Compensation and Benefits
The package includes:
- Up to $200,000 base salary + production with no negative accrual
- Higher compensation may be negotiable for experienced veterinarians
- Sign-on bonus
- 401(k) with company match
- Relocation support
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Paid sick days
- Full liability insurance
- Industry-leading CE allowance
- Uniform allowance
- Wellness and mentorship programs
- Development opportunities in leadership, medicine, dentistry, and surgery
- Additional benefits available
About Philadelphia
Philadelphia offers the perfect mix of history, culture, community, and convenience. Known as the City of Brotherly Love, it is home to iconic landmarks, diverse neighborhoods, excellent restaurants, parks, museums, and a thriving healthcare and education scene.
From cobblestone streets and historic sites to food markets, green spaces, and vibrant local communities, Philadelphia is a fantastic place to build both your career and lifestyle.
Requirements
To be considered for this position, you must have:
- DVM or VMD degree, or equivalent, from an AVMA-accredited university
- NAVLE
- ECFVG or PAVE certification if you attended a non-AVMA accredited university
- Ability to obtain state veterinary license
- DEA and USDA accreditation, or ability to obtain once hired
- Proficient general medicine, dental, and surgical experience
Next Steps
Apply today to learn more about this Associate Veterinarian opportunity in Philadelphia.
About Global Veterinary Careers
This role is advertised by Global Veterinary Careers, who operate as an employment business and employment agency. We support veterinarians across general practice, emergency, specialty, and leadership roles throughout the USA, working with both independent and corporate hospitals.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
License/Certification:
- NAVLE (Required)
- Veterinary Medicine Degree (Required)
Work Location: In person
