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Kanawha Valley Veterinary Emergency Hospital
South Charleston, West Virginia

Emergency Veterinarian

VeterinarianFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Posted 59m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Company parties
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discounts
  • Flexible schedule
  • Free food & snacks
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Training & development
  • Vision insurance
  • Wellness resources
  • Benefits/Perks
  • Rotating Schedule
  • Competitive Compensation with PTO, production-based pay, and professional development stipend
  • Paid group health, dental, and vision insurance premiums; paid professional liability insurance
  • Retirement matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • Collaborative and supportive working environment with a dedicated HR department
  • Capable and compassionate support staff with a high staff to doctor ratio

State of the art medical and surgical equipment including ultrasound, vessel sealer, electrocautery, endoscopes, In-house IDEXX vetLab station with chemistry, cbc, coags, blood gas, sedivue, Instinct EMR and ITP, ScribbleVet AI scribe software, and more

Job Summary

KVVEH is seeking a compassionate and experienced Emergency Veterinarian to join our growing companion animal emergency hospital.

Independently and locally owned, our hospital prides itself on providing high level care to address the urgent needs of pets in our community, maintaining excellent relationships with referring veterinarians and our award winning local shelter.

Our caseload primarily consists of canines and felines; however, there is an opportunity for an interested associate to expand our breadth of services to exotics, avian, and/or pocket pets.

Enjoy case autonomy and the opportunity to cut your own surgical cases, while evaluating a wide variety of medical and surgical emergency cases.

Responsibilities

  • Veterinary Emergency Medicine and emergency soft tissue surgery as required by the patients of KVVEH
  • Commitment to excellence in Veterinary Emergency and critical care
  • Commitment to healthy practice culture

Qualifications

Graduate of an AVMA accredited College of Veterinary Medicine or Graduate of a non-accredited college of veterinary medicine with successful completion of the ECFVG program.

Active license or ability to obtain an active license to practice veterinary medicine in the state of West Virginia by the WVBVM

>1 year of experience in emergency practice or >3 years of experience in general practice with emergency case responsibility

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Emergency veterinary medicineElectro-cauteryEndoscopyChemistry analysisCoagulation testingBlood gas analysis

Emergency Medicine Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Veterinarian by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedVeterinarian median $145k (middle half $130k–$163k)498 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingWest Virginia index 89.5US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All veterinarian listings in West Virginia34 active4,500 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 78% no call · 80% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 41% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 11% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Emergency Medicine listings491 in the last 30 days432 the 30 days before (+14%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Veterinarian pay trend (all specialties)+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. West Virginia figures use all veterinarians: too few West Virginia Emergency Medicine postings state pay.

Top Veterinarian Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

10 jobs · 7 employers
4
<$145k
2
$145k-170k
2
$185k
1
$200k
1
$220k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

10 jobs · 7 employers
Sign-on bonus
90%
CME allowance
80%
401k / retirement match
80% this job
Relocation assistance
60%
Loan repayment
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Veterinarian - Medical Director - Relocation Assistance Available

Alliance Animal Health · Rochester, Minnesota, United States

$120k-$220k
#2

Veterinarian - Madera, CA

Vet Cor · Madera, California

$150k-$200k
#3

Veterinarian - Gloversville, NY

$130k-$185k
#4

Medical Director - Bell Ridge Animal Hospital

$170k-$185k
+ 21 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Below most Emergency Medicine (Veterinary) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 296 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Kanawha Valley Veterinary Emergency Hospital

Benefits & Perks

401(k)
401(k) matching
Company parties
Competitive salary
Dental insurance
Employee discounts
Flexible schedule
Free food & snacks

Living in South Charleston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$184k
Typical market rent
$985/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.7
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charleston, WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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