Urgent Care Veterinarian
Listed compensation
$150K - $180K
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
All Pets Animal Hospital is seeking a full-time Urgent Care Veterinarian to join our collaborative and compassionate hospital. Days and hours are extremely flexible!
Are you searching for a practice position that will be a fun, positive place to come to work where you can be part of a team committed to offering their best to every pet, client and coworker?
Do you value time off and work life balance?
Do you value continually advancing your skills as a practitioner such learning global fast scan ultrasound, or abdominal ultrasound or echocardiography?
Is mentoring important to you as a new or even experienced veterinarian
Do you want to treat exotics, or learn more and put your knowledge to use
Do you value 24-hour care for your patients, excellent customer service, and being part of a team passionate about working together to provide this level of care
Are Fear Free and Cat Friendly standards important to you
Who we are
Since being established in 1990, Our focus is on challenging and helping our associates to help them become the best veterinarians they can be. New associates will be mentored by our hospital owner, senior veterinarians, hospital administrator, practice manager, zone team leaders, and on-call board certified specialists. We believe it is our responsibility to share our clinical and business experience and guide each new member of our professional staff to help them excel. Whether a doctor is a new graduate or has years of experience, we will tailor our mentoring support program to fit their needs.
We welcome and encourage ideas for improvement from both new and experienced veterinarians because we know our associates have tremendous talent and ideas to offer. We know together everyone accomplishes more.
We offer a supportive, positive work culture where we always try to help each other improve.
We pay for continuing education opportunities for associates in many areas such as exotics, ultrasound, dentistry, emergency and critical care, endoscopy, and advanced surgery, and rehabilitation services. We see dogs, cats, exotics, pet pigs, backyard poultry, pet ruminants, and FFA livestock.
We offer above market compensation with generous base salary plus production commission with a guarantee, we will assist in relocation costs, health/disability/life insurance, 100% reimbursement for DEA, licensing, CE, VIN, malpractice, uniforms, and all other business related expenses.
- Please check out our website www.apah24.com
- To get an inside look, look at our YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/ihuVfgphXlY
- Our Hospital
- AAHA Accredited since 1995 with 100% scores in most areas and in excellent range in all areas.
- Veterinary Critical Care Society Level II Accredited
- 10 Veterinarians and looking to add 11th to our ER team.
- Board Certified Specialist Support/Telemedicine – 24 Hours in critical care and exotic practice
- All digital images reviewed by boarded specialist 24/7.
- 24 Hour on site Emergency Care
- 10 exam rooms in a Veterinary Economics award winning facility
- Additional 10th exam room for isolation with separate entry outside building and separate isolation ward
- Cat Friendly Gold Accredited Practice and All DVMs and Team Leaders are Fear Free Certified
- Digital imaging, real time ultrasound, endoscope, carbon dioxide laser surgery unit, full in-house lab
- Rehabilitation Services – Class IV laser, massage, water treadmill, PRP
- Located in an comfortable suburb but only 20 minutes from Houston
- Excellent support staff
Compensation and Benefits
Our compensation package includes starting base salary between $150,000 - $180,000 with 23% monthly no-negative production, along with sign-on bonus available as well. We offer a great benefits package including, but not limited to: health insurance (vision, medical, dental, health savings/flexible spending), life and disability insurance, 401K with company contribution, PTO, generous CE allowance with additional PTO allotted, reimbursement for membership dues and license fees, and more.
Location: We are located in Katy, TX, a gorgeous, award-winning community, which provides numerous activities and opportunities for young professionals and their families, and we are just 20 miles west of Houston which further expands cultural and personal opportunities. Our clinic is very involved in the community and there will be opportunities for new associates to participate many worthwhile activities such as community education, charity, pro-bono, and rescue work.
If interested, and would like to know more, please contact Joe Rusk at joe.rusk@lakefieldvet.com.
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Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality urgent and emergency care for dogs, cats, exotics, and livestock in a collaborative hospital setting. Collaborate with a team of veterinarians and specialists to offer comprehensive medical services and maintain AAHA and VCCS standards.
Requirements
Candidates must be a veterinarian (DVM) capable of treating a variety of species including exotics and livestock. The role is open to both new graduates and experienced practitioners who value mentoring and continuous skill advancement.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Urgent Care Career Context
In Texas, the Veterinarian weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$158k (29 salary observations; 272 listings), vs ~$141k nationally (541 salary observations; 3,283 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 45 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 67% have no call, 44% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$165k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $170k in an average-cost state. 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. At the posted ~$165k midpoint, that is roughly $7k–$12k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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