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Associate Veterinarian - Arrow Animal Hospital

VeterinarianNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Associate Veterinarian

  • Lovet Pet Health Care is looking for new and experienced doctors to join our growing team!
  • Benefits of being part of the Lovet Pet Health Care team:
  • Sign-on, production and annual performance-based bonuses available.
  • 4-day full time work week – No Sundays
  • Monthly student loan stipend
  • Licensure and membership reimbursement
  • Tailored training programs
  • Paid sick and vacation time.
  • Health, Dental, Vision, and HSA
  • Paid paternity leave.

How You’ll Make a Difference

Practice high quality medicine with up-to-date equipment including diagnostic equipment including digital radiographs, dental radiographs, ultrasound, surgical laser, therapeutic laser, and in house labs.

Collaborate with our clients to determine the best course of treatment for their furry family members, including using our in-house, interest-free payment plans taking the burden of unexpected medical expenses out of the equation.

Collaborate with our family of hospitals. This may include but is not limited to assisting on a case, learning a new procedure, helping a location’s client out, or getting help from another location on a shift.

How You’ll Succeed

  • Comfortable interacting with furry, fuzzy, feathered, and scaly friends with calm and compassion
  • Have strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
  • Be able to lift at least 40 pounds.
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree
  • Possession of AZ veterinary license and willingness to continually meet licensing requirements.

Since opening our doors in 1984, the Lovet Pet Health Care family has grown to include 22 small animal, general practice hospitals in the Greater Phoenix Metro area.

Bonded by our commitment to provide WOW service to our clients and patients, we are humbled and honored each day to work alongside such a dynamic and diverse team of incredible professionals.

Driven by our core values of collaboration, courage, compassion, and creativity, Lovet Pet Health Care employees embrace the opportunity to make a difference in our local communities.

TAG - The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better healthcare to more people.

The independent health care practices TAG supports, operate more than 1,300 locations in 45 states through its six consumer healthcare brands: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care®, Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM and Lovet Pet Health Care.

Combined, the practices serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com.

TAG-The Aspen Group, its affiliates, related companies and supported clinical practices are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers and welcome everyone to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Key Responsibilities

The Associate Veterinarian will practice high-quality medicine using modern diagnostic and surgical equipment. They will collaborate with clients to determine optimal treatment plans and work alongside a network of hospitals to share expertise and support.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and possess a valid Arizona veterinary license. The role requires strong communication skills, the ability to lift 40 pounds, and a compassionate approach to animal care.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Diagnostic imagingRadiographyIn-house laboratory testingClient communicationTreatment planningCompassionate careInterpersonal skills

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

What does the Veterinary Medicine market look like in Arizona?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedVeterinary Medicine median $140k (middle half $130k–$163k)491 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingArizona index 100.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Veterinary Medicine listings in Arizona62 active3,147 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 80% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS healthcare professional listings: 47% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 10% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Veterinary Medicine listings996 in the last 30 days502 the 30 days before (+98%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Veterinary Medicine pay trend+3.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Veterinarian Jobs

31 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

31 jobs · 10 employers
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Higher = better work-life balance

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Senior Veterinarian

Alliance Animal Health · Rochester, Minnesota

$120k-$220k
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Pure Paws Veterinary Care · New York, New York

$160k-$180k
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Virtual Care Veterinarian (Remote)

$64-$80/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.9
Better work-life than 30% of Veterinary Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,130 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Aspen Dental

Hospitals and Health Care
Chicago, IL
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

4-day full-time work week
No Sundays
Sign-on, production, and annual performance-based bonuses
Monthly student loan stipend
Licensure and membership reimbursement
Tailored training programs
Paid sick and vacation time
Health, Dental, Vision, and HSA

Living in Glendale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$383k
Typical market rent
$1,511/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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