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Caring Pathways
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Associate Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian

VeterinarianIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Seeking Veterinarians: Drive Our Expansion & Rediscover the Heart of Veterinary Medicine

Do you long for a deeper, more meaningful connection with the clients you serve? Are you feeling burnt out by the relentless hustle, packed schedules, and production-line feel of traditional clinical practice?

Caring Pathways is growing, and we are looking for a true go-getter to help lead the way. Building on our strong, established practice across the Denver Metro Area, backed by extensive local support, we are actively expanding into the Monument and Colorado Springs market to help even more families throughout Colorado.

As a veterinarian on our team, you will play a pivotal role in bringing compassionate, gentle end-of-life care directly into families' homes providing pets with peace and dignity in their most familiar surroundings.

Because all our doctors are 100% mobile, you get out into the community where you can make a real impact every single day.

At Caring Pathways, we believe that the final chapter of a pet’s life deserves the highest level of dignity, and that the veterinarians who provide this care deserve a supportive, nurturing, and empowering environment. We give our doctors the time, autonomy, and resources to deliver excellent end-of-life medical care while building authentic connections with families, all while helping us expand our reach to serve even more pets in need.

Why Choose Caring Pathways?

Be a Catalyst for Growth: This isn't just another clinical opening, it's an opportunity to help expand our footprint. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, a strong drive to succeed, and a passion for elevated care, you’ll thrive here as we open new doors and serve new communities.

A True Family Culture: Unlike large, corporate-owned providers where you can easily become just a number on a spreadsheet, Caring Pathways is proudly privately owned. We maintain a genuine "family feel," where your voice is heard, your well-being matters, and your ambition is actively supported by leadership.

Unmatched Support & Mentoring: Our industry-leading training and dedicated mentoring processes ensure you succeed from day one, even if you have limited prior experience in veterinary hospice, palliative care, or in-home euthanasia.

Autonomy as a Mobile Doctor: All of our veterinarians are fully mobile, offering an incredible degree of independence and flexibility. You won't be doing it alone, you are backed by a highly trained client care team, veterinary technician support, and a collaborative network of peer doctors.

Boundless Opportunities to Advance: We love self-starters. Beyond clinical practice, we offer pathways to grow into business management, team training, clinical research, community outreach, and expansion leadership.

Always On for Our Clients: We are a 365-day-a-year service, ensuring families have support when they need it most. To maintain balance and fairness for everyone, all team members share weekend and holiday duties on an equitable rotation.

Compensation & Benefits

We believe in rewarding your dedication and drive. Compensation is tailored to your chosen schedule and workload, featuring a competitive base salary plus a performance/production bonus structure designed to reward high achievers, alongside a comprehensive benefits package.

Our Requirements Are Simple

  • Compassion First: Serve pet families with the highest levels of authenticity, empathy, and integrity.
  • Clinical Excellence: Treat pets with exceptional, dignified end-of-life medical care.
  • Team Mindset: Embrace a collaborative culture centered on mutual respect and family values.
  • Love for the Road: Enjoy the freedom of a mobile lifestyle, bringing comfort directly to pets and families in the peace of their own homes.
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 3% company matching
  • Continuing Education (CE) opportunities
  • 100% covered state and DEA licensure reimbursement and renewals
  • Company-paid AVMA and IAAHPC team membership
  • Company-sponsored Fear-Free Certification

Key Responsibilities

Provide compassionate, in-home end-of-life and palliative care to pets while building authentic connections with families. Actively contribute to the expansion of the practice into new markets while maintaining high standards of clinical excellence.

Requirements

Must be a licensed veterinarian with a strong commitment to compassionate, dignified end-of-life care. Candidates should possess a collaborative team mindset and the ability to work independently in a mobile, community-based environment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Hospice careCompassionate careClient communicationMobile veterinary practiceTeam collaborationTime management

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 76% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

What does the Veterinary Medicine market look like in Colorado?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedVeterinary Medicine median $120k (middle half $115k–$163k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingColorado index 103.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Veterinary Medicine listings in Colorado64 active3,443 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 76% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 40% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 10% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Veterinary Medicine listings1,282 in the last 30 days483 the 30 days before (+165%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Veterinary Medicine pay trend+1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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<$115k
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1
$200k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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Sign-on bonus
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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.7this job 2.8
Better work-life than 20% of Veterinary Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,392 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About Caring Pathways

Veterinary Services
Centennial, Colorado
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) retirement plan with 3% company matching
Continuing Education (CE) opportunities
100% covered state and DEA licensure reimbursement and renewals
Company-paid AVMA and IAAHPC team membership
Company-sponsored Fear-Free Certification
Performance/production bonus structure

Living in Colorado Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$399k
Typical market rent
$1,717/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.7
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Colorado Springs, CO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.