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DVM Focus
Western Virginia, Virginia

Emergency Veterinarian | Western Virginia

VeterinarianFull-Time

Listed compensation

$145k-$200k

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Job Description

Emergency Veterinarian | Western Virginia

For some veterinarians, emergency medicine is exactly where they want to be—the variety, the problem-solving, the teamwork, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference when patients and their families need veterinary care most.

DVM Focus is representing an Emergency Veterinarian opportunity in the broader Western Virginia region for a doctor interested in continuing—or developing—their career in emergency medicine.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity for a veterinarian interested in emergency and urgent veterinary medicine within a collaborative clinical environment.

The right veterinarian will value thoughtful medicine, communication, teamwork, and the ability to adapt as cases and priorities change throughout a shift.

We're intentionally keeping identifying details about the practice confidential at this stage. Our first conversation is about you—your experience, the type of medicine you want to practice, schedule priorities, professional goals, and what would make an opportunity worth exploring.

If there appears to be alignment, DVM Focus can then provide additional information about the opportunity confidentially.

  • What We’re Looking For
  • DVM or equivalent veterinary degree
  • Current veterinary license in Virginia, or eligibility to obtain one
  • Interest in emergency and urgent veterinary medicine
  • Strong clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with clients during challenging situations
  • Collaborative, team-oriented approach to medicine

Commitment to High-quality Patient Care

Veterinarians with emergency experience as well as doctors interested in further developing their emergency medicine careers are encouraged to connect

Why This Opportunity?

An ER job description can tell you there are cases to treat. It can't tell you whether the opportunity fits you.

Schedule, medicine, team dynamics, clinical support, compensation, location, professional development, and long-term goals all matter—and different veterinarians prioritize those things differently.

That's why DVM Focus starts with a conversation rather than asking you to decide whether an opportunity fits based solely on a job posting.

If Western Virginia is within the area you'd consider and emergency medicine is part of your career direction, let's talk about what you're looking for and determine whether this opportunity is worth exploring.

DVM Focus Reference ID: DF-7345

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About DVM Focus

DVM Focus provides confidential, consultative career search and placement support for veterinary professionals. Our services are free to DVM candidates. We work directly with veterinary practices and organizations nationwide to identify opportunities based on your individual priorities, goals, and career direction.

To protect the confidentiality of our client relationships, identifying practice information may be shared with qualified candidates after an initial conversation with DVM Focus.

Your career. Your priorities. Your search.

If this sounds like it could be a fit — or even close to what you’re looking for — connect with DVM Focus. We represent veterinary opportunities nationwide, and your search doesn’t have to be limited to the positions you happen to see posted. Tell us what matters to you, and we’ll help you explore the opportunities that align with it.

Know a colleague who’s looking? Introduce them to DVM Focus. If your referral results in a successful placement, we’ll pay you a referral fee following completion of the applicable placement guarantee period.

Don’t see what you want here? We can search anywhere in the United States — tell us what you’re looking for.

About DVM Focus

DVM Focus provides confidential, consultative career search and placement support for veterinary professionals. Our services are free to DVM candidates. We work directly with veterinary practices and organizations nationwide to identify opportunities based on your individual priorities, goals, and career direction.

To protect the confidentiality of our client relationships, identifying practice information may be shared with qualified candidates after an initial conversation with DVM Focus.

Your career. Your priorities. Your search.

If this sounds like it could be a fit — or even close to what you’re looking for — connect with DVM Focus. We represent veterinary opportunities nationwide, and your search doesn’t have to be limited to the positions you happen to see posted. Tell us what matters to you, and we’ll help you explore the opportunities that align with it.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality emergency and urgent veterinary care in a collaborative clinical environment. Adapt to changing case priorities and communicate effectively with clients during challenging situations.

Requirements

Must hold a DVM or equivalent veterinary degree and possess or be eligible for a Virginia veterinary license. Requires strong clinical reasoning skills and a team-oriented approach to medicine.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Client communicationVeterinary surgeryDiagnostic skills

Emergency Medicine Career Context

Of the 40 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 57% have no call, 57% require no weekends.

Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is down 18.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$173k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $171k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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