Livewell Urgent Care Veterinarian - Livewell Animal Urgent Care of Colorado Springs

Urgent Care Veterinarian - Build Your Own Schedule!

Livewell Animal Urgent Care of Colorado Springs is a brand-new Urgent Care hospital focused on the highest quality medicine and best-of-class customer experience. The Founding DVM, Dr. Cathryn Doyle, is highly engaged in the hospital's success and is dedicated to fostering an amazing, people-first, highly collaborative team culture. The new hospital is scheduled to open in December 2024, and Dr. Doyle is excited to meet her first associate as they prepare for the hospital opening!

Our hospital, filled with natural light and a soothing color scheme, has a state-of-the-art surgery suite with two surgical tables for multiple emergency surgeries, an on-site pharmacy, an in-house laboratory, and diagnostic capabilities, with oxygen hook-ups for managing respiratory cases.

Our Urgent Care facility features modern, open spaces with bright elements to support a comforting environment for our furry friends. Our location in southern Colorado Springs provides an excellent quality of life outside the hospital, with world-class outdoor activities a mere 15 minutes away and a growing community of local craft beer and breweries, music venues, and social events for all!

The ideal urgent care candidate would have experience in emergency or urgent care, a passion for compassionate and empathic patient care, and be comfortable working alone as the hospital ramps up.  Basic surgical skills are a must!

Full, part-time, and PRN positions are available. Full-time Veterinarians work a standard 30 scheduled clinical hours in approximately three 10-hour shifts. Hours of operation are 12 pm - 10 pm. You can build your own schedule. Just let us know what days you would like to work. Join the team and be a part of the growing field of veterinary urgent care medicine. 

Regardless of your preference, you will have no non-compete clauses and no negative accrual – just a straightforward opportunity to balance professional dedication with personal well-being.

Opportunity Highlights

• As the first associate to join the team, you will be integral to the hospital’s legacy.
• Spend your day in a beautiful new building designed by experienced doctors with the latest technical advances available to veterinarians today.
• Be a part of a team culture where your feedback and suggestions are vital to the hospital's success.
• Work with an expert team specialized in emergency triage and urgent care medicine. 
• Help set the pace, model medical excellence, and uphold the hospital culture

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Responsibilities / Qualifications:

Requirements:

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from an accredited university
• Licensure in good standing to practice in the state in which the applicant is applying
• 4+ years of experience as a veterinarian required
• Leadership/management experience is a plus
• Have the ability to lead the team through a variety of cases
• Respect for and willingness to work with clients and their pets
• Compassionate team player who can uphold a great reputation with clients
• Comfortable providing (and teaching associate veterinarians) general surgery and dentistry procedures

Responsibilities

• Build a strong client-first and collaborative practice culture
• Hire hospital staff to include; hospital manager, veterinary technician, and other hospital support staff in partnership with SVP talent acquisition and operational support teams
• Deliver excellent patient care and ongoing evaluation and management of clinical practices
• Ensure doctors effectively communicate physical examination findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan, and educate clients on preventative care
• Maintain client/patient medical/surgical records and keep necessary logs up-to-date
• Monitor associate doctor performance and stay up-to-date with changes in veterinary medicine through continuing education
• Assist in developing the paraprofessional team to deliver quality care and exceptional client service
• Ensure all staff treat clients and patients with care and respect.
• Partner with the Hospital Manager in managing hospital financial performance
• Positively represent the hospital in the professional and local community

Your Benefits

• Veterinarians always earn their base salary and never owe any money at the end of the year.
• Relocation Assistance for Eligible Candidates
• Paid Time Off (You are not required to make up production while on PTO.)
• Maternity Leave
• 401k (You receive a 100% match on the first 3% you put in, plus a 50% match on the next 2%.)
• High Producer Bonus
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity, Life, and Accident Insurance
• Long & Short-term Disability Insurance
• Professional Liability Coverage
• TeleDoc - Free Access 24/7
• Access to Free In-House Continued Education (CE)
• Growth tracks for leadership development
• Mentorship and coaching for new graduates and experienced Veterinarians

Additionally, we invest in your well-being and growth through a variety of programs.

Your True PTO vs No Negative Accrual: A Game-Changer for DVMs

Taking time off shouldn't come with a side of anxiety. That's where our True PTO makes all the difference. Forget about the old stress of negative accrual and having to catch up. With True PTO, your base pay is protected - no ifs, ands, or buts. The true benefit? Our veterinarians consistently pocket more cash than they typically would have if they did not have negative accrual. It's not just about avoiding financial penalties for taking a break; it's about genuinely benefiting from it.

High Producers Bonus
Eligible DVMs will earn a bonus payout of up to 10% additional production in the month after contract renewal. The bonus rate will be determined by their contracted production rate and the amount of excess production. Here, you can earn a greater share of the success you help create. And the sky is the limit!

Lead DVM Foundations
In your career, you learn how to practice great veterinary medicine. But, you don't always get opportunities to formally learn different aspects of leadership. SVP's Lead Doctor Foundations program is designed to fill this gap by investing in the growth of current and emerging leaders.

Doctor Mentorship Program
Not 1, not 3, but 12 months of mentorship for first year doctors! To help transition from school to clinic life, both a coach and mentor help new doctors develop their clinical and non-clinical soft skills. Build skills. Build confidence. Build relationships.

Clinical Tracks Program

Committed to helping teammates grow, we proudly offer over fifty hours of in-depth, RACE-approved CE credit facilitated by veterinary specialists to grow teammate clinical skills and enhance the care of our patients. Courses offered: Dentistry, Oncology, Internal Medicine, Dermatology, and Cardiology.

About Southern Veterinary Partners

Southern Veterinary Partners is a veterinarian-owned and managed network of animal hospitals with the common mission of providing best-in-class veterinary care with exceptional client experiences. We’re based in Birmingham, AL, but the heartbeat of our organization lives within the dedicated teams in our 400+ local animal hospitals across 26 states. We were proudly certified in 2024 as a Most Loved Workplace® in ten categories: LGBTQ+, Diversity, Women, CEO, Career Advancement, Veterans, Volunteering, Parents & Caregivers, Wellness, & Young Professionals.

At SVP, our WAG values—Work Together, Amaze, and Grow—drive our culture of meaningful partnerships. Collaboration and respect are the foundation of our success, enabling us to uncover solutions and opportunities that elevate the team and ensure everyone has the support they need to excel and have fun. Our mission is to amaze clients with exceptional veterinary care and personalized experiences while inspiring teammates to go the extra mile, always finding ways to say “yes” and treating others as we would like to be treated. We constantly seek to improve, proactively pursuing knowledge, new client engagement methods, and leadership development, making it more than just a job, but a career.

Our team’s continuous dedication has rewarded us with remarkable growth, and Southern Veterinary Partners now employs more than 10,000 teammates nationwide. The organization’s success has not gone unnoticed, landing us recognition as #11 on Newsweek’s “Most Loved Workplaces” list in 2024 and 2024-2025 U.S. News "Best Companies to Work For Awards."

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