Description
We are looking for a second small animal surgeon to join our team!
Residents encouraged to apply!
** No on-call hours are required for this position **
About Us:
The Veterinary Medical Center at LWR is a privately owned hospital in Lakewood Ranch, FL. We are located about 1 hour south of Tampa and very close to the cities of Sarasota and Bradenton, FL. Our hospital contains a busy General Practice as well as a 24/7 Emergency and Specialty service. As a privately owned practice, your input is important to us, and we can add new equipment and make changes quickly when they are needed. The surgery service will support our emergency department as well as patients referred from our General Practice and our local veterinarians. Our General Practice consists of 9 full-time doctors, and our Emergency and Critical Care service consists of 14 full-time doctors, including two Criticalists. Our ER is very well staffed with no lapses in coverage to care for your patients after hours.
Our Emergency & Specialty Center includes 13 exam rooms, 2 lobby's/waiting areas, 3 surgery suites, CT, hyperbaric, high flow, fluoroscopy, endoscopy, mechanical ventilation (run by our Crit Care service) and more. In late 2021, we opened the VMC Animal Blood bank which is a fully functioning in-house blood bank run by our Critical Care team.
Schedule:
* A part-time or full-time schedule is available ranging from 3 to 5 days per week.
Compensation:
* We are offering a base salary + production. We anticipate the need for surgical services at our facility will grow very quickly.
Benefits:
* 100% health, dental and vision insurance coverage.
* Paid vacation/CE/sick days.
* Continuing education allowance.
* DEA license, and dues paid.
* Retirement plan with 3% matching.
* Moving allowance, if needed.
* Sign on bonus.
* Working with a great group of forward thinking people!
We understand scheduling and salary are an important part of accepting a position and are happy to discuss this information in advance of a formal interview.
After hours: Our emergency doctors have experience in performing all the standard ER surgeries (enterotomy, RNA, GDV, c-section, pyometras, splenectomy, etc.). Our ER doctors currently have a surgery rotation for these more basic surgeries. If desired by our surgeon, our ER doctors can continue this rotation to eliminate the after-hours calls to our surgeon.
Residents are encouraged to apply and work directly with our experienced boarded surgeon.
We sincerely care about our doctors and staff. You will have the support staff you need to navigate your cases and practice high quality medicine. We are known for our approach to customer/patient care and have been a part of the Bradenton/Sarasota community for 20 years. Our hospital is owned by a veterinarian that has practiced emergency medicine for 18 years. If you have any questions at all about this position, please feel free to call/text Dr. Wendy Ellis at 941-266-0335 (cell) or email at ellis.vmc@gmail.com.
Requirements
DACVS
