Veterinarian

Mount Laurel Animal Hospital offers General Practice, Emergency, ICU and specialty services to our South Jersey community. We are conveniently located 1 hour from New York City and New Jersey short towns. Join our EPIC team to pursue your dreams and turn your passion for learning into a stepping stone for a successful career!

We offer flexible working conditions to encourage a well-rounded work/life balance. Access to onsite training and opportunities to train and mentor team members. Benefits include: Health benefits, 401K, scrub allowance, CE allowance, paid time off and discounted veterinary care.

All departments work alongside one another within our primary care, emergency and specialty hospital. Our doctors are afforded the luxury of on site race approved CE opportunities, in-house specialist case consults as well as referrals. Our expansive practice serves as a teaching hospital and one-on-one mentorship is available for new graduates interested in this position.

Responsibility: The Associate Veterinarian works with the practice owner to define and implement practice medical policies and procedures that ensure quality patient care. They deliver medical, surgical and dental care to patients. The Associate Veterinarian plays a key role in building and maintaining client relationships as well as staff relationships. May assist in supervising staff members in daily medical duties when a Supervisor is not available. This is a leadership position with the important responsibility of ensuring a positive work environment in which the practice can achieve its goals.

Performance Expectations: ● Provides compassionate care to patients. ● Works with the owners to set practice medical policies and procedures ● Plans and carries out a significant program of personal medical continuing education. ● Collaborates with the owners on plans for developing and growing the business. ● Is active in professional organizations and community activities. ● Communicates objectives, motivates staff, builds and maintains morale; maintains core values and standards. ● Helps to develop new programs and processes that meet clients' changing needs. ● Sets an example for the staff in dealing with clients; promotes the concept of the client-centered environment. ● Delivers in-house medical training to the support staff when asked to do so. ● Works toward and attains practice productivity standards. ● Promotes cooperative working environment among staff members; understands the value of teamwork; shows enthusiasm and willingness to perform as necessary to help the practice function as a unit. ● Maintains positive, cooperative relationships with other employees. ● Performs physical examinations using preliminary data provided by the veterinary technicians; diagnoses physical condition and presents diagnostic and treatment alternatives to the client being sensitive to the client’s emotional and financial needs. ● Performs medical, surgical, and dental procedures; provides emergency services in accordance with hospital standards of care. ● Interprets the results of laboratory procedures and determines the appropriate protocol based on the results; reads radiographs and interprets EKGs and EEGs. ● Prescribes medications in accordance with manufacturers label instructions and uses. ● Understands common side-effects and common drug interactions with other medications. ● Promptly, accurately and legibly updates client records in support of the SOAP reporting method. ● Understands and carries out treatment orders from other veterinarians; makes necessary changes in treatment plan when diagnostic results support the decision to do so. ● Performs other duties as assigned.