Veterinarian
Description
Veterinarian at Oswego Animal Hospital - Oswego, Illinois
GP | $120,000 - $160,000 base + production | no negative accrual | deep community roots through shelter medicine and urgent care | busy + advanced dentistry and surgery caseload
Caseload:
- Daily scheduled appointments plus drop off and urgent care appointments with rotating coverage
- Urgent care with daily triages and stabilizations, wound and laceration care, obstructions
- Strong shelter medicine partnership with local organizations
- Busy dentistry caseload - including level 1, 2, and 3 extractions
- Wide range of surgeries - basic and advanced soft tissue surgeries, GDVs, TPLOs, and more
- Average of 16 room appointments and 7 sick or urgent care appointments per day
Team:
- 8 DVMs on team, including the founder of the practice
- 3 LVTs, 21 nurses and assistants, 14 client service representatives
- We rarely have an opening! One of our DVMs is relocating out of the area
Resources:
- 1:1 tech to DVM ratio for rooms and dentals, 10 exam rooms, 2 dental suites and dental x-rays
- 1.5:1 tech to DVM ratio for urgent care
- 1:2 tech to DVM ratio for surgeries, 2 surgery suites
- Full on-site pharmacy, IDEXX lab, digital x-rays, therapy laser, and ultrasound
- Isolation ward and full monitoring capabilities
Schedule:
- 1 dentistry day per week
- 1 surgery day per week
- 4 days a week - 40 scheduled hours, 36 clinical hours
- No call or overnights
- Rotating Saturdays
- Every Sunday off
- Rotating off-site shelter medicine once a month
Compensation:
- Starting salary of $120,000 - $160,000
- Production bonuses paid quarterly with no negative accrual
- Final compensation commensurate with experience, skills, schedule, and scope of services provided
Benefits through NVA:
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off for vacation, sick time, CE allotted annually
- 401(k) with company match
- Annual CE funds, plus access to CE courses at NVA’s nearby PetOne Training Center in Chicago
- Free AVMA and VIN memberships, Illinois licensing, DEA, and liability coverage
- Career flexibility through NVA's 1,000+ animal hospitals across the US
National Veterinary Associates (NVA) is a leading North American pet health care company with nearly 1,300 locations spanning general practice veterinary hospitals, Ethos emergency and specialty hospitals, and pet resorts and equine veterinary care. With approximately 40,000 team members, we care for pets and support pet families in communities across the United States and Canada. Our purpose is to give pets and the people who love them more quality years together, and our mission is to make care more personal, easy and accessible while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life. Across NVA, we support our teams with the resources, expertise and opportunities they need to deliver exceptional care and help shape the future of veterinary and pet care.
Purpose: Give pets and the people who love them more quality years together
Mission: Transform the pet family experience to be personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life.
Values: Care Deeply, Do What’s Right, One Team, Own It, Shape What’s Next
One NVA: Bringing General Practice & Ethos Together
NVA is built to make care personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine across every stage of a pet’s life.
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