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Bedford, New York

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Veterinarian Top 25% in Emergency Medicine (Veterinary)Per Diem

Listed compensation

$200 hourly

Listing transparency3 of 6 stated

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center located in Bedford Hills, NY is looking for a Per Diem Emergency Veterinarian to join our comprehensive advanced care veterinary hospital!
We are a large 24 hour emergency veterinary center that serves Westchester County and surrounding areas with easy access to the Hudson Valley and New York City. We provide full-service medical services that include complete wellness, emergency, and general practice services. Our team is second to none, with a support team who is very family-like. Many of our technicians have been with our practice 10+ years.
Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center provides a wide variety of state-of-the-art care that includes services:
emergency and critical care
internal medicine
soft tissue and orthopedic surgery
cardiology
dentistry
oncology
dermatology
behavior
diagnostic imaging.

About the position

Under the guidance of the hospital medical director and practice manager, the Per Diem Emergency Associate Veterinarian will see and treat a variety of emergency cases in addition to providing daytime, swing, or overnight medical oversight to ICU, post-operative and critical care patients. Our highly trained Technical staff provides excellent support for our large and diverse emergency caseload. In this position you'll use your superior medical judgment combined with a high level of empathy, confidence and humility to save pets’ lives.
Candidates must be positive, motivated and possess vision to help develop their department. The hospital team meets frequently and your ideas and suggestions are encouraged to help us continue to grow. Our team takes pride in fostering an atmosphere of mutual respect and recognition while being adaptable, goal driven and engaged. We work hard to protect our culture and assure we hire associates that are going to have the determination to rise above obstacles, wear multiple hats and work as a team.
If you’re ready to work hard, see exciting cases and have fun, we are the hospital for you!
Compensation $200 hourly, Overnight $250 hourly.
If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.
Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com

Key Responsibilities

The Per Diem Emergency Associate Veterinarian will see and treat a variety of emergency cases while providing medical oversight to ICU and critical care patients. The role involves using medical judgment and empathy to save pets' lives.

Requirements

Candidates must be positive, motivated, and possess vision to help develop their department. The hospital values teamwork and adaptability, encouraging associates to contribute ideas for growth.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Emergency CareCommunication

Emergency Medicine Career Context

In New York, the Veterinarian weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$135k (60 salary observations; 94 listings), vs ~$110k nationally (566 salary observations; 1,418 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-03-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 100% have no call, 100% require no weekends.

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

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Emergency Medicine (Veterinary)

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About VCA Animal Hospitals

Veterinary Services
Los Angeles, CA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
Paid vacation/sick days
401(k)
Generous employee pet discounts