Veterinarian - Neurologist
Listed compensation
$220k-$240k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
BluePearl Pet Hospital in Lafayette, CO is seeking a full time boarded, or residency trained Neurologist to join our state of the art emergency and specialty hospital. This is an already established service and the BluePearl Lafayette 11,000 square feet hospital is located about one mile west of highway 287, just ten minutes from Boulder, CO. This newly renovated hospital is very easy and convenient to get to and was built to enable state of the art medicine and surgery.
BluePearl Lafayette fosters a collaborative and supportive culture where interdisciplinary teams work together with mutual respect and a shared commitment to patient-centered care.
Available schedules: Monday through Thursday or Tuesday through Friday.
About BluePearl Lafayette
- Fully equipped triage
- ICU
- Digital radiography (including second party radiologist interpretation)
- Comprehensive in-house laboratory diagnostics
- Ultrasound
- The OR and imaging suites
- 64 slice CT and MRI
- C-ARM
Perks to Living in the Colorado Area
For sports fanatics, you will have plenty of Colorado teams to root for including the Denver Nuggets, Broncos, Colorado Avalanche, and the Colorado Rockies.
Beautiful areas and scenic views are all nearby for energetic hiking enthusiasts.
Family fun options. Enjoy the outdoors, scenic drives through the mountains and skiing.
We are not too far away from Denver (30 minutes).
Why BluePearl?
Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
We encourage you to grow with us. Our technicians are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in his/her career.
In order to transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals.
- We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following:
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
- Annual company store allowance.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans.
Health and well-being resources to assist with stress management, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, burnout, communication, and conflict management skills.
We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.
BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.
The annual salary range for this position is $220,000 to $240,000.00
Additionally, you may be eligible to earn certain production as determined in accordance with company policy.
Key Responsibilities
Provide specialized neurological care and surgery within a state-of-the-art emergency and specialty hospital. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, patient-centered medical services.
Requirements
Must be a boarded or residency-trained neurologist. Candidates should possess the clinical expertise to manage complex neurological cases in a fast-paced hospital environment.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Veterinarian - Neurologist at BluePearl Vet a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Veterinary — ranked against 4,475 active Veterinary listings on WeekdayDoc.
Neurology Career Context
Of the 40 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 73% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$230k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $223k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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