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Veterinary Position Available in trendy, waterfront community of Ballard. Seattle WA. FT/PT/Flex. 4 day week. New or Experienced. Phenomenal Location. 

WHO WE ARE

The Family Pet Veterinary Hospital has been the Vet Hospital of Choice for three generations of the Ballard community. We are a privately owned, high quality, high touch, small animal practice. We have 3-4 collaborative vets working together each day, rotating between procedures and outpatient care. We love new grads! 

CULTURE

Easy going, fun practice with low stress, team environment and supportive management.  Comfortable, 4 day work week, 30 minute appointments, Learning and Mentorship are prioritized. No Weekends. No on-call or ER. We are invested in your success and support a sustainable, long term, work-life balance for you.

LOCATION

Mountains and sea surround us in Ballard.  It is the perfect place for outdoor enthusiasts, athletes and adventurers.  Cultural treasures are at our door step with Ballard Avenue’s culinary delights, boutiques and night life. The Brewery district is short walk away. Ballard Locks with it's English Gardens, Fish Ladder and Salmon Bay Marina are close by to our south.  A plethora of dog-friendly, parks with stunning waterfront views of majestic mountains line our western and northern edges.  The neighborhood is one the of the best in Seattle and has the top schools.  Downtown Seattle with its museums, Pike’s Place Market and Pioneer Square is less than 10 minutes away and the University of Washington campus adds further intellectual, cultural and sports opportunities for you.  Seattle is a stellar location for outdoor athletes and adventurers. We have world class hiking, snow skiing, rock climbing and both ocean and lake boating and water sports all within a short drive. Your quality of life will be awesome here. 

SCHEDULE

Schedule is 4X9 with 8 hrs scheduled patient care and 1 hour office time.

We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. No weekends.

Veterinarians generally work 3 days of outpatient care and 1 day in surgery.

Appointments are half hour.

We leave on time every day.

We accept part-time and flex schedules. 

COMPENSATION

$120,000 base plus commission

$10,000 Signing Bonus and $3000 Relocation Bonus if more than 50 miles

Paid Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance.

SIMPLE IRA with 3% company match

4 weeks of Paid Time Off

$1000 CE allowance plus VIN membership

Dues and License paid

Scrubs and Coats provided

Generous Pet Discount.

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US

We have supportive management. My office manager and I work very hard to ensure the needs of the team as well as the practice are being met. We are quick to eliminate toxic staff and clients. This may be a new trend in veterinary medicine but I have been practicing this since the beginning of my career because I believe in it.  We all want a pleasant, peaceful, professional work environment and are willing to work for it. We encourage and support leadership development of all staff. There is opportunity for you to learn and implement your own leadership and management skills here.

We have great clients. They have the education and resources to make good choices about their pet’s care.  This, along with our well-equipped facility, and trained staff, allow us to fully work up and treat cases. As a result, the cases are more interesting (not euthanized or referred out), we experience the rewards of helping owners and pets and we are not pressured into cutting corners.

We have great doctors. Our vets come from a variety of veterinary schools and experiences. We work collaboratively and get help from each other reading radiographs or advising on cases. You should never feel alone, confused about a case or lost in surgery when you are working with us. We will mentor you for as long as you need and teach you surgical and dental skills you do not have. Here you have the opportunity to improve your knowledge, skills and confidence.

We have great staff. We have an energetic, enthusiastic team of veterinary assistants that are skilled at tech tasks and eager to learn more. We currently do not have any LVTs but we have experienced veterinary assistants that carry out diagnostic tests, imaging, and treatments. Several have worked in states that do not require techs to be licensed and therefore have excellent skills sets. Others are studying to become LVT’s.

We have a great facility and Equipment. Our 4,800 sq ft of space has been recently renovated to improve efficiency and aesthetics. During this renovation, we added and replaced equipment. As a result, all of our equipment is new. We have a medical technician come out once a month to ensure all of our machines are calibrated and functional.  Our new surgery suite has a heated, electric height adjustment table, new anesthesia machine and state of the art patient monitors.  Our dental suite has new Midmark equipment, high speed dental drill and top of the line Schick digital dental X-ray.  All dental patients receive full mouth dental X-rays or Dental CT scan. 

Equipment we have includes:
Idexx in-house diagnostic blood and urine machines
Whole body digital X-ray
NewTom Computed Tomography machine
GE Ultrasound
Tonopen
Ellman Radiosurgical unit

K Laser 
Digital dental X-ray

Fluid pumps 

Midmark, Mindray and Cardell patient monitors

We have great veterinary software - Ezyvet. Paperless, user friendly and time saving. It is cloud based so you can access patient files or your schedule from anywhere. We have computers in all the exam rooms and every other room of the hospital. My favourite feature of this software is the ability to use templates so that you do not have to retype charts, surgery notes, client emails and go-home instructions about the same conditions or procedures. 

Talk to us! This may be the position you are looking for!

JOB REQUIREMENTS

DVM degree from Accredited school or equivalent

Washington State Veterinary License in good standing

Federal Accreditation with in 60 days of hire

About The Family Pet Veterinary Hospital

The Family Pet is a full service Veterinary Hospital located in the trendy, waterfront Ballard Neighborhood of Seattle for over 75 years. We provide high quality, compassionate care with an emphasis on treating each patient as an individual, like we would our own pet. We have reformatted our team and work load to embrace work-life-balance and low stress. After a remodel and purchase of all new equipment last year, we fully kitted out. We have digital DR whole body x-ray, NewTom Computed Tomography, GE Ultrasound, Midmark / Schick Digital dental radiography, High speed dental unit, Elleman radio-surgical unit, cold laser therapy, latest in-house Idexx lab equipment and fully integrated electronic medical records using Ezyvet and Smartflow. Our software systems have many time saving features like text messaging and templates for everything. We have 4 collaborative veterinarians and a dozen assistants providing care 4 days a week (closed weekends) The practice has been owned by Dr Carrie Schneider for 16 years. Dr Schneider, Christa Dumas, Practice Manager and the team at The Family Pet believe all employees deserve a healthy workplace environment, good quality of life, excellent... renumeration and benefits, respect, automomy, job security, and the ability to do interesting and meaningful work. Everyone is Welcome! www.TheFamilyPet.org (206) 784-3810

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