Emergency Veterinarian
Compensation
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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 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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Veterinarian median $145k (middle half $130k–$163k)498 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | West Virginia index 89.5 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All veterinarian listings in West Virginia | 34 active | 4,500 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 78% no call · 80% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US 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 listings | 491 in the last 30 days | 432 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 |
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