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Veterinarian | A Pet's Place Animal Hospital
Overview
As a veterinarian at Heartland Veterinary Partners, you will provide quality care to patients and empathetic service to clients. You will partner with other veterinarians, technicians, and client service representatives to operate as an efficient and productive team.
Success in this role takes a collaborative mindset while operating as an independent branch of Heartland. This is an opportunity to expand your skillset while using your excellent communication and interpersonal skills and passion for patient care to build a productive and rewarding career.
When you join us, you will make a real difference in the lives of our patients and clients. You will also become a valued member of our team and contribute to the success of our practice.
Job Details
Practice:
A Pet’s Place Animal Hospital offers a full range of veterinary services in Longmont, Colorado. Dr. Joan Primeau, Dr. Jenelle Vail, and Dr. Paxton Russell are passionate about caring for your four-legged friends.
We look forward to developing a long-term relationship with our clients and their pets.
We strive to provide excellent veterinary care promoting a healthy lifestyle for all stages of a pet’s life.
We aim to educate owners so that they may make informed decisions regarding the well-being of their pets.
Position Purpose:
A Pet's Place Animal Hospital in beautiful Longmont, Colorado is growing, and we’re excited to add a veterinarian to our collaborative and compassionate team!
At A Pet's Place, we pride ourselves on providing high-quality medicine in a welcoming, relationship-centered environment. Our hospital is well-established in the community and known for delivering attentive, personalized care to our loyal client base. We focus on comprehensive small animal medicine, combining preventative care, dentistry, surgery, and diagnostics with a strong emphasis on client education and communication.
You’ll be joining a supportive team that values collaboration, open dialogue, and continuous growth. We believe great medicine happens when doctors are empowered to practice thoughtfully, ask questions, share ideas, and work together. Whether you enjoy internal medicine cases, surgery, dentistry, or building long-term client relationships, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your role in a way that aligns with your strengths and interests.
Why Longmont?
Nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Longmont offers the perfect blend of outdoor adventure and vibrant community living. With stunning mountain views, miles of hiking and biking trails, nearby skiing, and easy access to Boulder and Denver, it’s an outdoor enthusiast’s dream. Longmont also boasts a charming downtown area, local breweries, art galleries, farmers markets, and a strong sense of community — making it an exceptional place to live and work.
If you’re looking to practice quality medicine with a supportive team in one of Colorado’s most desirable areas, we’d love to connect with you.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Examine and treat companion animals to detect and determine the nature of disease or injuries.
- Operate diagnostic equipment and collect diagnostic samples as well as interpret results.
- Advise pet owners on preventative care and treatment options.
- Perform surgery and prescribe medication as needed.
- Provide counsel around pet end of life care.
- Maintain patients’ medical records.
- Ensures compliance with veterinary ethics and relevant statues, policies, and procedures.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- DVM/VMD degree from an accredited AVMA institution.
- Appropriate state licensure.
- Eligibility to obtain DEA/BNDD.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrates professional and courteous presentation consistently with staff and clients.
- Ability to lift patients and carry equipment up to 25 pounds; ability to lift patients or carry equipment over 25 pounds with assistance.
Benefits Offered:
- Unlimited personal time
- Bonus incentives
- Health insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance
- Retirement benefits (401(k), Roth(k) with match)
- CE and licensure reimbursement
- Flexible work schedules
- Managing career path development
- Employee Assistance Program
- DVM Referral Program
- Mental Health Resources
- Relocation assistance available
Pay Range:
USD $110,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr.Success Profile
We’re looking for passionate vets with the following traits:
- Adaptable
- Compassionate
- Communicator
- Critical Thinker
- Collaborative
- Empathetic
Culture
At Heartland Veterinary Partners, we believe that prioritizing care for veterinarians enables them to prioritize care for their patients. We offer several benefits and support programs to help veterinarians succeed, including:
Mentorship
We provide access to experienced mentors who can help our partners hone their craft and develop their skills, regardless of where they are in their career journey.
Choose Your Setting
We have practices in many states across the country with diverse settings and focuses, so our veterinarians can choose the environment that is best for them.
Work-Life Balance
We understand that our veterinarians have lives outside of the practice, and we are committed to helping them achieve balance.
Authentic Autonomy
Each practice is led locally, and we empower our teams to make all the clinical and inventory decisions to best meet the needs of the community they serve.
Support When it Matters Most
We support our veterinarians at every stage of their careers, from new graduates to experienced practitioners.
Career Path
New Graduate
This is your first veterinary role after school. You’re getting your feet wet and putting that education to work gaining the experience you need to become the vet you know you can be.
Clinically Confident
You’ve been here a while and have your feet under you. You still have plenty of learning and growing to do, but you’re well on your way.
Learning to Lead
Thanks to your experience and dedication, you’ve earned the trust and respect of your community and established yourself as an example for other vets to follow.
“I love working at a Heartland-owned practice. They let us be ourselves with the support of a corporation. My relationship with our regional director is genuine and supportive. It’s obvious anytime company leadership addresses the practices that they genuinely care about our wellbeing and make decisions with our best interests in mind. We are extremely lucky to work for a company this down to earth.”
- Dr. Alexandra Carter, Managing DVM
Rewards
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Generous Vacation Time
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Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits
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Flexible Scheduling
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401(k) and Roth(k) with match
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Continuing Education and Training Opportunities
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Relocation Assistance
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