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Caring Pathways
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Associate Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian

VeterinarianFull-Time

Listed compensation

$140K+

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Seeking Veterinarians: 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 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.

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 nursing 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.

Compensation & Benefits

We believe in rewarding your dedication. Compensation is tailored to your chosen schedule and workload. Our full-time doctors can earn $140,000 or more annually through 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.
  • Overnight shifts are also available.
  • 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 to ensure their comfort and dignity. Collaborate with a support team and fellow veterinarians to deliver high-quality hospice and palliative services.

Requirements

Candidates must be licensed veterinarians with a strong commitment to compassionate, empathetic, and dignified end-of-life care. A collaborative mindset and the ability to work in a mobile, home-visit environment are essential.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Hospice careCompassionate careClient communicationMobile veterinary practiceTeam collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Associate Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian at Caring Pathways a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Veterinary — ranked against 4,505 active Veterinary listings on WeekdayDoc.

Palliative Care Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

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

Veterinarian by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · above average in veterinaryranked against 4,505 Veterinary listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedVeterinarian median $140k (middle half $100k–$200k)21 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All veterinarian listings in Pennsylvania190 active4,484 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 80% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 43% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 11% offer loan repayment190 active listings, Nov 2026
New Palliative Care listings130 in the last 30 days83 the 30 days before (+57%)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 (4,505 Veterinary listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Pennsylvania figures use all veterinarians: too few Pennsylvania Palliative Care postings state pay.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.6
Better work-life than 70% of Veterinary listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,505 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Caring Pathways

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

Living in Pittsburgh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$229k≈ 1.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,569/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.