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Caring Pathways
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Associate Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian - Overnight

VeterinarianIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Seeking an Overnight Veterinarian that Wants to Rediscover the Heart of Veterinary Medicine

Do you long for a deeper, more meaningful connection with the clients you serve? Are you feeling burnt out by the relentless hustle, packed schedules, and production-line feel of traditional clinical practice?

Our exclusively mobile veterinarians bring compassionate, gentle end-of-life care directly to families' homes, providing pets with peace and dignity in the comfort of their most familiar surroundings.

We are seeking a dedicated overnight veterinarian to join our compassionate team, providing attentive end-of-life care for pets in the Hampton Roads community.

At Caring Pathways, we believe that the final chapter of a pet’s life deserves the highest level of dignity, and that the veterinarians who provide this care deserve a supportive, nurturing environment. We enable our doctors to deliver excellent end-of-life medical care while serving families with authentic compassion. You will have the time and space to focus on the quality of heartfelt connections with families and their beloved pets.

Why Choose Caring Pathways?

A True Family Culture: Unlike large, corporate-owned providers where you can easily become just a number on a spreadsheet, Caring Pathways is proudly privately owned. We maintain a genuine "family feel," where your voice is heard, your well-being matters, and you are backed by a leadership team that puts people before corporate profits.

Unmatched Support & Mentoring: Our industry-leading training and dedicated mentoring processes ensure you succeed and excel from day one, even if you have limited prior experience in veterinary hospice, palliative care, or in-home euthanasia.

Autonomy with a Safety Net: This position is ideal for doctors who thrive on independence and want to design a flexible weekly schedule that truly works for their life. While you will enjoy a mobile work lifestyle, you are never alone; you are fully backed by a highly trained client care and veterinary technician support team, alongside a collaborative network of veterinarian colleagues.

Room to Grow: We want you to thrive long-term. Beyond clinical practice, we provide structured opportunities to grow into additional areas of the business, including management, training, research, community relations, and expansion team leadership.

Always On for Our Clients: We are a 365-day-a-year service, which means our team is always there when needed. To keep things fair and balanced for everyone, all team members share weekend and holiday duties on an equitable rotation.

Compensation & Benefits

We believe in rewarding your dedication. Compensation is tailored to your chosen schedule and workload. Our doctors earn a competitive salary plus production bonus compensation structure, alongside a comprehensive benefits package.

Our Requirements Are Simple

  • Compassion First: Serve pet families with the highest levels of authenticity, empathy, and integrity.
  • Clinical Excellence: Treat pets with exceptional, dignified end-of-life medical care.
  • Team Mindset: Embrace a collaborative culture centered on mutual respect and family values.
  • Love for the Road: Enjoy the freedom of a mobile lifestyle, bringing comfort directly to pets and families in the peace of their own homes.
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 3% company matching
  • Continuing Education (CE) opportunities
  • 100% covered state and DEA licensure reimbursement and renewals
  • Company-paid AVMA and IAAHPC team membership
  • Company-sponsored Fear-Free Certification

Key Responsibilities

Provide compassionate, in-home end-of-life medical care for pets within the Hampton Roads community. Collaborate with a support team to deliver high-quality, dignified hospice and palliative services to families.

Requirements

Must be a dedicated veterinarian with a compassionate mindset and a commitment to clinical excellence. Ability to work independently in a mobile environment and participate in an equitable weekend and holiday rotation is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Hospice careCompassionate careClient communicationMobile veterinary practiceTeam collaboration

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 2.8
Better work-life than 20% of Veterinary Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,022 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Virginia Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$379k
Typical market rent
$2,086/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
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.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
401(k) retirement plan with 3% company matching
Continuing Education (CE) opportunities
100% covered state and DEA licensure reimbursement and renewals
Company-paid AVMA and IAAHPC team membership
Company-sponsored Fear-Free Certification