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BluePearl Vet
Rockville, Maryland

Veterinarian Criticalist

VeterinarianIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

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

Job Description

BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital in Rockville, MD is currently seeking a Veterinary Critical Care Specialist to join our team! We are a multispecialty hospital with multiple specialists in each field.

BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital, in Rockville, MD provides 24/7 emergency care and a wide variety of specialty services. Our hospital has boarded specialists in Critical Care, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Oncology, and a growing intern program. We have a great partnership with board certified Neurologists and Cardiologists in the building, which expands the services available to our patients. We hold monthly doctor informal topic rounds and other in-house CE opportunities which helps foster and cultivate our collaborative atmosphere.

Our hospital joined the Rockville community in June of 2014. The hospital is 33,000-square-feet and houses many diagnostic and therapeutic tools, including a mechanical vent, high flow oxygen, lithotripsy laser, MRI, 64 slice CT, ultrasound, minimally invasive scoping equipment, an isolation unit in the ER and an in-house Antech reference laboratory. This location has plenty of free parking and easy access to major commuting routes. Not to mention all the great food in the area!

Come help build the premier facility for advanced veterinary care in the Maryland-Washington D. C. area!

Why BluePearl?

Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.

We encourage you to grow with us. Our technicians are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in his/her career.

In order to transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.

  • We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
  • Annual company store allowance.
  • Flexible work schedules.
  • Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off, parental leave, and floating holiday plans.

A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment.

We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.

BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.

Key Responsibilities

Provide 24/7 emergency and critical care services within a multispecialty veterinary hospital. Collaborate with other boarded specialists to deliver advanced diagnostic and therapeutic treatments to pets.

Requirements

Must be a board-certified Veterinary Critical Care Specialist. Ability to work in a fast-paced emergency environment and utilize advanced medical equipment is required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Critical Care MedicineEmergency Veterinary CareDiagnostic ImagingMechanical VentilationHigh Flow Oxygen TherapyMRI OperationCT ScanningPatient ManagementCollaborative Care

Veterinary Critical Care Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 86% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is down 16.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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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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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score
  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Rockville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$624k
Typical market rent
$2,405/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About BluePearl Vet

Veterinary Services
Tampa, Florida
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
Annual company store allowance
Flexible work schedules
Paid time off, parental leave, and floating holidays
Regional licensed social worker
Trupanion pet insurance and discounts
Annual continuing education allowance
Free continuing education sessions