Description
New Associate Doctor Position
NEW OPENING FOR EXPANDING HOSPITAL: VETERINARIAN
You have a lot of choices these days and trying to find the right fit is difficult. I remember that well. There was a lot of advice and suggestions as I started out. I had many questions and concerns. Some are the same as they were then but there are issues you must navigate through today we didn’t have when I graduated.
Question like is there quality mentorship? Do they really practice best medicine and surgery? Will I truly grow professionally? Is there value added in production based income? Is there options to obtain ownership on day 1? Time off? Weekends? Emergencies? What about my personal time? Is there a plan to help pay down student loans? As I listen to veterinarians and even those soon to graduate, these are most of their concerns. I’m certain you can add to the list.
So who are we? Why consider us?
First we are busy, 80% small animal / medicine & surgery practice. 20% large animal ( and growing ). We practice by best medicine standards. We teach in depth diagnostic protocols, some of the best client care skills, and basic to advanced surgery, ultrasound, advanced dentals etc. If someone is inclined toward surgery they will be instructed on orthopedics, ie. TTA, CBLO, Bone Plating.
Financial Package is a sum of generous Pro/Sal arrangement, signing bonus or moving stipend, 401K, Medical, CE unlimited, production bonus on top of ProSal. The full package will vary on each person but will be 125K plus.
We are in a growing rural area just east of Dallas. It is a complete myth you can’t make as much in rural practice as you can in an urban one. We found the opposite in fact. Traffic issues, congestion? None. Long drive times to work? None. We are 50 min. from downtown Dallas and much closer to all a city offers. Cost of living will impact your ability to make financial headway. My cost of living is 35% less than my peers in town. Consider it a 35% increase in your earnings. I don’t want you to just survive. I want you to thrive and have the best of the best this profession brings. One program we are initiating is to help you pay off your student loans. We will look at your situation and match a plan that’s best for you.
We pay 100% for CE. There’s no dollar amount given as a stipen. We are intentional in your professional and personal development. You will have mentorship on every area of veterinary practice including business and money management. I never received any training and had to learn the “hard way”. I want to give you head start.
Our policy of recruitment is one of attraction rather than promotion. We have a lot to be attracted to. I raised my children in a rural community and found it farther reaching to their overall success than anything we experienced in a large urban city. They had land to run on and things to engage their minds we couldn’t duplicate in town. You’ll be minutes from a multitude of outdoor activities from fishing ( Lake Fork is #1 big bass lake in America) , state parks, and much more.
It’s my opinion that most practices hiring have the practice’s best interest in mind. But I want this decision to include what’s in your best interest as well. I have no problem being honest by telling someone this is not a good fit.
I truly want to help the next veterinarian to have as fine and as profitable a career as I have had. How do you gain any equity as you work? You can’t get that in large multi doctor / corporate practices if ever and not until years later if at all. I know. I started and worked in 3 well known groups over my 41 years. Your financial success is not part of their plan. I sat in those board rooms and know first-hand corporate success was all that mattered.
Please call me directly on my cell phone for any questions you may have. I look forward to meeting you. Please send a resume to Bryan Emerson at vzaccmanager@yahoo.com as well.
Dr. Buck A. VanTrease
512-470-4701
Requirements
Licensed Texas Veterinarian
