Emergency Veterinarian
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Job Description
Wake Veterinary Medical Center in Raleigh, North Carolina is seeking an experienced Emergency Veterinarian to join our rapidly growing team of compassionate ER doctors. We are looking for a confident clinician who values teamwork, high standards of care, and sustainable work-life balance. You will be joining a fun, cohesive, and exceptionally skilled 9-doctor ER team that is widely recognized for delivering high-quality medicine while genuinely enjoying working together.
Why Wake Veterinary Medical Center?
Wake Veterinary Medical Center is a 24-hour hospital providing both primary care and emergency services. Our emergency service is fully supported by on-site specialty care, including two criticalists, three surgeons, two internists, and one oncologist.
Advanced imaging capabilities include ultrasound, a 64-slice CT scanner, and fluoroscopy. Imaging services are provided on-site five days a week in partnership with Dragonfly Imaging, and cardiology services are available on-site through our collaboration with CVCA Cardiac Care for Pets.
We have recently doubled our facility space, added dedicated procedure and chemotherapy suites, and significantly expanded our diagnostic and treatment capabilities to better support both our patients and our referring veterinary community.
Our ICU is a particular point of pride, staffed by a stable, highly experienced team of credentialed technicians and assistants who deliver exceptional critical care.
In addition, a dedicated daytime ICU hospitalist supports the management of hospitalized patients seven days a week, ensuring continuity, oversight, and collaborative case management across services.
Our hospital is in Knightdale, North Carolina, approximately 15 minutes east of Raleigh. Raleigh is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States, known for its strong economy, proximity to the Research Triangle, and diverse, welcoming community.
The area offers highly rated schools, family-friendly neighborhoods, outstanding restaurants, extensive greenway trails, and a central location within the state—just two hours from the North Carolina coast and three hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Why Vets Pets?
Vets Pets is a privately owned, North Carolina-based veterinary management group that believes in putting people first. Founded in 2007 with two practices, we’ve grown to over 30 locations by partnering with passionate veterinary professionals and helping them thrive.
Our vision is simple: Support quality care with an employee-centered approach.
What We Offer
- Compensation is a generous base salary with production paid monthly
- Two medical plan options, plus dental & vision coverage
- 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting
- CE stipend and paid CE days
- All licensure, dues, and liability insurance covered
- Life insurance options for you and your dependents
- Generous PTO, holidays, and flexible scheduling
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Short-term disability coverage
Uniform and Shoe Allowance
Come practice high-quality medicine with a team that values your growth and your time. We love what we do, and we think you will too.
Interested? Let’s talk.
Contact Lindsay Carrier at lindsaycarrier@thevetspets.com
Key Responsibilities
The Emergency Veterinarian will provide high-quality medical care to patients in a 24-hour hospital setting. They will collaborate with a team of specialists and technicians to manage emergency cases and ensure continuity of care.
Requirements
The candidate must be an experienced veterinarian capable of working in a fast-paced emergency environment. A commitment to high standards of care and effective teamwork is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Emergency Veterinarian at Wake Veterinary Medical Center a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Emergency Medicine (Veterinary) — ranked against 351 active Emergency Medicine (Veterinary) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Emergency Medicine Career Context
Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is down 6.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No nights
Living in Knightdale
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $318k
- Typical market rent
- $1,690/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 98.2
- State income tax
- Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Raleigh-Cary, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.