Veterinarian Locum

Veterinarian Locum –
Banfield Pet Hospital

Pay: $150 - $170/hour.

The primary purpose and function of the Locum Veterinarian is to provide preventative care, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of pets.

• Ensure the safety of pets, clients and associates by utilizing safe restraining techniques, following standard protocols and maintaining clean, sterile and organized treatment areas, exam rooms and labs.
• Obtain relevant information and history from clients, and maintain proper and complete medical records.
• Educate clients about preventative care, pet health needs, any diagnosis or treatment, hospital services and other related information.
• Provide professional, efficient and exceptional service including prescribing and administering preventative care for the wellness needs of pets and diagnosing and treating diseases and injuries of pets.
• Effectively communicate diagnosis and treatment plan to the veterinary medical team and client.
• Ensure local, state and federal laws are followed, including proper maintenance of the controlled substance inventory log.
• Understand and follow state guidelines regarding duties of veterinary assistants and licensed veterinary technicians.
• Other job duties as assigned.

• 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.
• Communication skills – reads, writes and speaks fluent English, using appropriate grammar, style and vocabulary; corrects spelling and demonstrates exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Organizational ability – demonstrates a systematic approach in carrying out assignments; is very orderly and excels at turning chaos into order.
• Surgical skills – proven ability to perform all basic surgeries, including use of all standard medical instruments and equipment.
• Problem‑solving skills – demonstrates a strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems; decisively handles difficult problems, translating problems into practical solutions.
• Client service skills – consistently ensures the team provides clients with attentive, courteous, informative service; gains satisfaction from delivering great service.
• Intellectual ability – accurately and consistently follows instructions delivered in an oral, written or diagram format; can provide directions.
• Compassionate commitment to pet care – ensures hospital teams confidently present pet treatment recommendations and associated fees as an advocate for the pet, gaining client agreement to proceed with the most appropriate treatment.
• Mathematical ability – ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and to compute rate, ratio and percent; ability to convert units of measurement.
• Computer skills – comfortable and confident uses a computer and specialized software (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, etc.).
• Management ability – effectively enforces policies, achieves high productive output while maintaining high morale, encourages efforts toward common goals, and utilizes a coaching/counseling philosophy for performance management.

• Initiative – shows willingness and aptitude to use own discretion to find solutions, presents options and ideas to enhance current processes, takes on additional responsibility when needed.
• Integrity – firmly adheres to the values and ethics of Banfield, Pet Hospital; exhibits honesty, discretion and sound judgment.
• Cooperativeness – willing to work with others, collaborating and compromising; promptly shares relevant information with others.
• Flexibility – open to changing situations and opportunities, willing to perform all assigned tasks.
• Independence – able and willing to perform tasks and duties without supervision.
• Tolerance for stress/resiliency – maintains a positive “can do” outlook, rebounds quickly, stays composed and friendly when dealing with stressful situations.

• Ability to be confident around pets.
• Client needs and work volume may often…