Urgent Care Veterinarian - All Pets Animal Hospital

VeterinarianIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$150K - $180K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

All Pets Animal Hospital is seeking a full-time Urgent Care Veterinarian to join our collaborative and compassionate hospital. Days and hours are extremely flexible!

Are you searching for a practice position that will be a fun, positive place to come to work where you can be part of a team committed to offering their best to every pet, client and coworker?

Do you value time off and work life balance?

Do you value continually advancing your skills as a practitioner such learning global fast scan ultrasound, or abdominal ultrasound or echocardiography?

Is mentoring important to you as a new or even experienced veterinarian

Do you want to treat exotics, or learn more and put your knowledge to use

Do you value 24-hour care for your patients, excellent customer service, and being part of a team passionate about working together to provide this level of care

Are Fear Free and Cat Friendly standards important to you

Who we are

Since being established in 1990, Our focus is on challenging and helping our associates to help them become the best veterinarians they can be. New associates will be mentored by our hospital owner, senior veterinarians, hospital administrator, practice manager, zone team leaders, and on-call board certified specialists. We believe it is our responsibility to share our clinical and business experience and guide each new member of our professional staff to help them excel. Whether a doctor is a new graduate or has years of experience, we will tailor our mentoring support program to fit their needs.

We welcome and encourage ideas for improvement from both new and experienced veterinarians because we know our associates have tremendous talent and ideas to offer. We know together everyone accomplishes more.

We offer a supportive, positive work culture where we always try to help each other improve.

We pay for continuing education opportunities for associates in many areas such as exotics, ultrasound, dentistry, emergency and critical care, endoscopy, and advanced surgery, and rehabilitation services. We see dogs, cats, exotics, pet pigs, backyard poultry, pet ruminants, and FFA livestock.

We offer above market compensation with generous base salary plus production commission with a guarantee, we will assist in relocation costs, health/disability/life insurance, 100% reimbursement for DEA, licensing, CE, VIN, malpractice, uniforms, and all other business related expenses.

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  • Our Hospital
  • AAHA Accredited since 1995 with 100% scores in most areas and in excellent range in all areas.
  • Veterinary Critical Care Society Level II Accredited
  • 10 Veterinarians and looking to add 11th to our ER team.
  • Board Certified Specialist Support/Telemedicine – 24 Hours in critical care and exotic practice
  • All digital images reviewed by boarded specialist 24/7.
  • 24 Hour on site Emergency Care
  • 10 exam rooms in a Veterinary Economics award winning facility
  • Additional 10th exam room for isolation with separate entry outside building and separate isolation ward
  • Cat Friendly Gold Accredited Practice and All DVMs and Team Leaders are Fear Free Certified
  • Digital imaging, real time ultrasound, endoscope, carbon dioxide laser surgery unit, full in-house lab
  • Rehabilitation Services – Class IV laser, massage, water treadmill, PRP
  • Located in an comfortable suburb but only 20 minutes from Houston
  • Excellent support staff

Compensation and Benefits

Our compensation package includes starting base salary between $150,000 - $180,000 with 23% monthly no-negative production, along with sign-on bonus available as well. We offer a great benefits package including, but not limited to: health insurance (vision, medical, dental, health savings/flexible spending), life and disability insurance, 401K with company contribution, PTO, generous CE allowance with additional PTO allotted, reimbursement for membership dues and license fees, and more.

Location: We are located in Katy, TX, a gorgeous, award-winning community, which provides numerous activities and opportunities for young professionals and their families, and we are just 20 miles west of Houston which further expands cultural and personal opportunities. Our clinic is very involved in the community and there will be opportunities for new associates to participate many worthwhile activities such as community education, charity, pro-bono, and rescue work.

If interested, and would like to know more, please contact Joe Rusk at joe.rusk@lakefieldvet.com.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide urgent and emergency veterinary care for a wide variety of animals including dogs, cats, exotics, and livestock. Collaborate with a team of veterinarians and specialists to deliver high-quality medical services and customer care.

Requirements

Must be a veterinarian capable of treating a diverse range of species in an urgent care setting. Candidates should value continuing education and be open to mentoring or providing mentorship.

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Exotic Animal MedicineFear Free Certification

Urgent Care Career Context

In Texas, the Veterinarian weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$158k (29 salary observations; 272 listings), vs ~$141k nationally (541 salary observations; 3,283 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 45 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 67% have no call, 44% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$165k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $170k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$165k midpoint, that is roughly $7k–$12k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Katy

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Typical market rent
$1,971/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Lakefield Veterinary Group

Veterinary Services
Kent, Washington
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Base salary $150,000 - $180,000
23% monthly no-negative production
Sign-on bonus available
Health insurance (vision, medical, dental)
Health savings/flexible spending
Life and disability insurance
401K with company contribution
PTO