Associate Veterinarian- Full time or Part Time

Are you an A-player veterinarian looking for a clinic that will appreciate your high standards of care?

Are you looking to practice beyond the basics and utilize your medical, surgical, and communication skills within a collaborative, team centered environment?

Did you ‘cut your teeth’ as a vet at a large practice and now want to refine your skills in a smaller, relationship centered practice?

If so, then read on, we may have just the role for you.

About Four Paws Veterinary Clinic

Four Paws is an independent, locally owned small animal practice in Missoula, MT and has been under the ownership of Dr. Prince and Dr. Maguire since 2016.  Over the last 8 years, the clinic has grown from a 1.5 to a 3 FTE DVM practice. Our mission is ‘To be the premier independent general practice in the Missoula area with exceptional preventative medical care, specialty services, and a rewarding work environment’.

At Four Paws, our patients are our focus and we believe this is key to our success. The purpose of Four Paws is ‘To honor your pet’s unconditional joy and love by advocating for their every need’. This purpose is our north star and informs all diagnostic, treatment, and business decisions we make. As described by our former associate, Dr. Nic Bauer, “Four Paws provides gold standard care at a price that is affordable for clients”.

At our clinic we have all the equipment you need to provide great care including in house labs, dental x-ray, and an ultrasound. Dr. Prince completed the 70-hour WAVE abdominal ultrasound certification coarse so we are able to provide diagnostic ultrasounds in house for our patients. We have skilled support staff to allow you to focus on diagnosing disease and communicating with clients while they care for the patients. We believe that the most qualified support staff should do the most skilled jobs rather than the everyone does everything approach. We believe that preventative care is key to long term health. We have a robust bi-annual senior exam program and a growing dental focus. For anesthetic procedures, safety and pain management are paramount- IV catheters, IV fluids, a dedicated anesthesia technician, and pain medications are required. 

Our culture is maintained by honoring and upholding our values. Our values of Growth, Comprehensive Care, Honesty, Effective Communication, and Teamwork are essential to the function of our practice. We ask each other questions daily and do feedback regularly. We value a team effort with respect to patient care and client service. We are confident yet able to admit mistakes and expect open, honest communication. We are comfortable sharing when we are having a tough day, we laugh and have fun at an appropriate volume, and we know how to get stuff done when the situation calls for it. Maintaining a thriving culture takes work and we expect everyone to contribute to our culture in a positive way.

About You

If you’ve gotten this far, you must be an amazing human and likely an excellent veterinarian. So, what do we expect from you?

You will need at least 2 years of experience working in a small animal clinic. You will be confident in dentistry, basic soft tissue surgery, and medical work ups.

You are the type of vet who has high standards and is ok working within our practice’s standards of care to maintain consistency with staff and clients.

We need someone who works well with others and enjoys collaboration. We need someone who can clearly advocate for our patients and form relationships with our clients. We need someone who is believes in our values and can lead our support staff when needed. 

You are the type of person who can manage time, priorities, and gets the job done so every patient can receive the care that they need.

The Role

We need either a full-time or part-time veterinarian to work 2-4 shifts each week (7:30 am-5:30 pm). There is no on-call or weekend work.

A typical week at our hospital includes wellness appointments, medical appointments, diagnostic work ups, medical procedures, dentistry, and surgery.

Advanced surgery or dentistry skills are welcomed. 

The Package

We are a small practice but believe in compensating our employees fairly.  We pay a daily rate which equates to a salary of $120,000-140,000 (based on experience, 4 days per week).

Full time benefits include:

• 16 days PTO plus up to 5 paid holidays per year
• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance,
• Pet discounts
• Liability insurance, AVMA dues, MVMA dues, MT licensing fees
• CE allowance
• After one year- Safe-Harbor 401K, 4% match and profit-sharing program

What’s The Next Step?

If after reading all of this you might be interested, then please e-mail a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. 

Thanks for reading. We look forward to showing you what we have to offer.