About this role

We are a full-service mixed-animal hospital providing routine medical, surgical, and dental care, as well as support for emergency cases. Our clinic is designed to feel calm, welcoming, and accessible for pets and their families, with a strong focus on preventive care, client education, and trusted long-term relationships. Your work will span wellness consultations, diagnostic workups, medical management, soft tissue surgery (options for orthopedic), dentistry, and client education. You will be encouraged to build strong relationships with clients and patients over time, follow and contribute to protocols, while developing your own clinical expertise within a well-equipped and well-supported practice.

Our large animal care provides the same calm and welcoming feel in an atmosphere that has nourished respect for our doctors both on the farm and at our Treatment Center. We are the only clinic in Northeastern Michigan that provides a haul-in facility for horses and small ruminants. If you enjoy large animals, you will provide a mixture of preventative, regenerative, minor surgery, reproductive, dentistry, and client education services. Our equine patients range from pasture friends, trail riding enthusiasts, and barrel racing competitors.

Key skills:

• time management
• self- motivation
• self- confidence
• experience in sterilization surgery
• Proficient in taking a history, physical exams, and diagnostic recommendations

About you

You will thrive with us if you:

• Bring genuine care and patience to your work with clients, patients, and colleagues
• Enjoy learning, asking good questions, and engaging fully with your cases
• Approachable, positive, and emotionally intelligent
• Team-minded, self-motivated, and collaborative
• Comfortable valuing input from technicians
• Able to except and share ideas and experiences with the team
• Comfortable working in a practice that is growing and evolving
• Interested in contributing to a supportive workplace culture
• Eager to transition into the practice with a mentor for several months
• A DVM or equivalent, licensed or eligible for licensure in Michigan

Our location

Alpena is a welcoming place to find your footing and practice quality medicine with trusted people around you. Our town is a place where history and heritage collide with relaxed outdoor adventure.

The scenery is beautiful! Alpena is on the sunrise side with no skyscrapers to block your view. You are never more than 5 miles from a body of water. Our waters are a delight to cool off in the summer but also offer year-round fishing and sporting. If you prefer to stay dry a state park could provide the peaceful camping and walking you desire. Our parks are also playgrounds for horseback riders, bikers, and runners. This might sound crowded, but you can spend hours on a trail without seeing another person.

Alpena also has a vibrant down town atmosphere with microbreweries and local quaint shops. The people love to see new members to our town and spread the hometown feeling. The town also hosts several festivals and concerts year round.

Our offer

• Experienced veterinarians have a salary of $140,000 with profit sharing
• We are offering novice veterinarians a starting salary of $100,000 with profit sharing as you grow

Plus:

• 401 K with a 4% match
• no less than 60% of medical and vision insurance paid with a HSA
• Tuition repayment support
• 401K with a 4% match and a Financial Advisor
• 4-5 Day work week option
• Memberships
• Liability Insurance
• Career growth
• Options to grow into ownership
• Paid sick and vacation time