Associate Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian
Listed compensation
$140K+
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
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
Key Skills
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.6 / 10 · above average in veterinary | ranked against 4,505 Veterinary listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Veterinarian median $140k (middle half $100k–$200k)21 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Pennsylvania index 97.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All veterinarian listings in Pennsylvania | 190 active | 4,484 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 80% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Pennsylvania healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 43% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 11% offer loan repayment190 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Palliative Care listings | 130 in the last 30 days | 83 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 |
Top Veterinarian Jobs
15 matches · ranked by paySalary Distribution
15 jobs · 5 employersAnnual compensation range
Benefits & Perks
15 jobs · 5 employersShare of similar jobs offering each benefit
Associate Veterinarian
PETCO Animal Supplies Stores · New York, New York
Associate Veterinarian
PETCO Animal Supplies Stores · Cerritos, California
Veterinarian - Madera, CA
$150k-$200kAssociate Veterinarian
$88k-$186k