Emergency Veterinarian - Animal Emergency Clinic North East
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
- ability insurance, 401K with company contribution, PTO, generous CE allowance with additional PTO allotted, reimbursement for membership dues and license fees, and more. If you are interested in being part of a well-established, inclusive, and family-oriented supportive team, with immense opportunity for professional growth, we are the right fit and would love to speak with you to discuss this fantastic opportunity! To learn more about the hospital and position please contact Joe Rusk at joe.rusk@lakefieldvet.com or apply at careers.lakefieldvet.com. #LI-JR1
Key Responsibilities
Provide compassionate, high-quality emergency medical care to pets while maintaining strong relationships with clients and team members. Collaborate with a skilled support team and boarded radiologists to perform diagnostics and surgical procedures.
Requirements
The candidate must be a qualified veterinarian capable of practicing high-caliber emergency medicine. They should be a collaborative team player who values professional growth and a family-oriented workplace culture.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Veterinary Medicine Career Context
In Texas, the Veterinary Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$166k (18 salary observations; 195 listings), vs ~$140k nationally (412 salary observations; 2,587 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 76% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Veterinary Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 20.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Listing-based score
- Includes call
Living in Humble
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $229k
- Typical market rent
- $1,596/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 33 min
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.