Associate veterinarian, mixed practice

Country Companions Veterinary Services is a progressive, privately owned mixed animal practice with a focus on providing high quality care and education to our patients from small animal to farm animal. We see all types of farm animals aside from equine and have built a practice and a committed clientele base that prioritizes a high standard of care for our patients regardless of species.

Within the farm animal side of our practice, most of our patients are small ruminants and pigs living on small hobby farms as pets. The remainder is mostly comprised of small bovine herds, camelids, poultry, and the occasional breeder/production farm. Within the small animal side, we primarily care for dogs and cats. While we are a general practice our case load ranges from routine wellness to urgent sick appointments, based on your confidence level and capabilities.

We are looking for a fun, collaborative associate veterinarian to join our current team of 3 full-time doctors. We offer support for anyone looking to expand their scope of practice and experience, including new graduates or someone seeking to change their direction in veterinary medicine. As a privately owned small practice, we work closely together to make advancements in practice protocols, update equipment, and educate one another to ensure we are maintaining as high a standard of care as possible.

You may be asking yourself – what does working as an associate at CCVS look like?
To be mindful of work life balance, each associate consistently gets one weekday off. Once a month, that weekday is a Friday, to give a 3-day weekend. On call through evenings and weekends is rotated and distributed evenly, and the making of the on-call schedule is a collaborative effort. A technician is on call with associates on the weekends. Surgery/Dentals, farm calls, and small animal appointments are evenly distributed, based on interest and need.

Full-time benefits include the following:

• Starting salary is $85,000 a year, dependent on experience.
• Health insurance
• Matching IRA
• Veterinary Employee Allowance (money towards your own pet care)
• Paid time off
• EAP services
• CE budget
• Licensing fees paid.

• A valid CT veterinary license
• A valid driver’s license
• The ability to physically handle demands of mixed practice