Veterinarian

Employment Type: Full-Time

Required Education: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD)

Required Licenses: State Veterinary Board

Summary of Job Purpose and Function: To provide the highest quality veterinary care and treatment to animals, therefore not only enhancing the life of the pet, but the owners’ lives as well.

Ultimate Goals of a Veterinarian:         

• Healthy animals
• A happy client who is better educated on how to care for his pet
• A client who maintains treatment for his pet at our practice, and actively refers others into our care.

Performance Metrics:            

• Dollar Value of Veterinary Services Delivered
• Number of Office Visits
• New Patients
• New Clients

Job Duties of a Veterinarian

• Performs the duties usually expected of a veterinarian in an ethical and consistently professional  manner, and in accordance with state law.
• Dr. is friendly and courteous to the clients, always demonstrating a sincere bedside manner.
• Manages patient care in such a manner as to provide quality service to each individual patient with due consideration for other patients needing to be seen, thereby maintaining a smooth patient flow.
• Inspires trust in the client that the best recommendations are being made for their pet.
• Effectively manages every animal’s medical needs, always demonstrating concern, compassion, and gentleness toward the animal.
• Calms the pet (and the client) by talking and playing with the pet.
• Fully educates the client, articulating diagnosis, what needs to be done, likely outcomes, and available alternatives.
• Answers all of the clients’ questions.
• Does not diagnose the pocketbook of the client, but concentrates on what is best for the pet, thereby effectively persuading the client to accept the treatment plan.
• Ensures that the client follows through on the treatment plan for their animal.
• Develops long-term relationships with the clients.
• Encourages clients to refer others into the practice.
• Consistently complies with all record protocols; records are legible, and returned on a timely basis.
• Maintains and improves professional competence by participating in continuing education programs, reviewing current literature, and involvement in professional organizations.
• Adheres to all established policies of the practice.
• Relays problems, concerns and noteworthy positive occurrences to appropriate personnel.
• Strives for harmonious inter-relationships with all staff.
• Helps to effectively solve operational problems and communicates with appropriate personnel in a positive manner.
• Responsible for supervision of clinical staff.
• Encourages conservative use of materials by technical staff.
• Encourages proper maintenance of equipment and facilities.
• Identifies training needs of technical staff and offers to conduct training sessions.
• Adheres to policies on occupational safety.
• Adheres to work schedules and is always on time.

Capabilities

• Ability to Multi-task: Manages multiple tasks at one time, quickly and accurately shifts attention among multiple tasks under distracting conditions without loss of accuracy or appearance of frustration.
• Organizational Ability: Demonstrates a systemic approach in carrying out assignments. Is very orderly and excels at cutting through confusion and turning chaos into order.
• Intellectual Ability: Accurately and consistently follows instructions delivered in an oral, written or diagram format. Provide directions. Commitment to continual learning.
• Mathematical Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and to compute rate, ratio and percent; ability to convert units of measurement.
• Computer Skills: Comfortably and confidently uses a computer and specialized software.
• Sales and Marketing Skills: Educates clients on preventive care, pet health needs and hospital services.

Attitudes

• Initiative: Shows willingness and aptitude to use own discretion in taking appropriate steps in finding solutions to problems; presents options and ideas to enhance current processes or procedures. Takes on additional responsibility when big and small tasks need to be done; seeks out the most valuable work to do during times when the hospital faces low client demand.
• Integrity: Firmly adheres to the values and ethics of Bear Valley Veterinary Care Center. Exhibits honesty, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Cooperativeness: Willing to work with others, collaborating and compromising where necessary; promptly shares relevant information with others.
• Flexibility: Is open to changing situations and opportunities and is willing to perform all tasks assigned.
• Independence: Able and willing to perform tasks without supervision.
• Tolerance for Stress/ Resiliency: Maintains a positive “can do” outlook, rebounds quickly from frustrations and unpleasantness, and maintains composure and friendly demeanor while dealing with stressful situations.

Special Working Conditions

• Employee should expect to spend nearly all of their workdays standing, sitting and typing at a computer.
• They should have a physical strength and the ability to safely lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance.
• Able to assist in lifting patients weighing more than 50 pounds. 
• Must possess sufficient strength and assertiveness to effectively restrain patients and ensure the safety of clients and personnel.
• Ability to be confident around pets.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderately high.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
• Requires ambulatory skills sufficient to perform duties while at hospital.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to reach and grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read information.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Staff is routinely exposed to pets that may bite or scratch, and on occasion, exposed to anesthesia, radiation, biological hazards and medication/ controlled substances.

A professional resume is a must—please submit yours and a completed application on the main Employment Opportunities page. We ask that you Google our location before applying. We are interested in a variety of skill levels ranging from fresh graduates to experienced veterans.