Northwood Animal Hospital/PETS Emergency

We are looking for an energetic veterinarian who strives to practice high quality small animal and exotic animal medicine and surgery at a busy AAHA certified hospital.  Our focus is to provide high quality, compassionate veterinary care for our patients, while providing client education and forming lasting relationships with our clients and their pets.  

Start your veterinary career off in a place that you will feel supported as you learn to be the best vet you can be. We are looking for new graduates with interest in eventually moving into our overnight ER positions.  New graduates would start out during days, helping manage hospitalized patients, seeing appointments, performing routine surgeries, and taking on urgent care/daytime emergencies to ensure they have the experiences and mentoring needed to be comfortable managing cases and performing surgeries independently. We feel it is important to work with a variety of different doctors (we are currently a 6 doctor hospital) to observe how they approach different cases. We have a culture of learning and all our vets strive to master new techniques and embrace cutting edge medicine.Our goal is to grow our new graduates to the point that they are comfortable seeing a variety of species with the full gamut of medical and surgical needs, as would be necessary for an eventual move to emergency medicine.

During the training period, enjoy standard associate level pay with a 35-40 hour work week, but once you are comfortable moving to overnight ER (and we are comfortable that you would be able to handle overnights as the sole veterinarian with experience support staff to assist you), base salary and percentage on Prosal will change to reflect expected salary as an ER vet. 

In business since 1973, Northwood caters to the needs of dogs, cats and various avian and exotic species.  We are a 24 hour emergency hospital in addition to being a traditional small animal clinic, with overnight hours staffed by dedicated emergency technicians and veterinarians.  The hospital has state of the art diagnostics and surgical equipment.  We perform advanced soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries.  We do a lot of advanced dental procedures. We manage serious medical conditions aided by our 24 hour care.

For those that like “toys;” Equipment includes Cornerstone paperless records;  Sedecal x-ray machine (D/R);  Companion Therapy Laser; digital radiography;  ultrasonic dental unit with high speed hand piece;  digital dental x-ray;  Philips ultrasound machine;  PC-Vet Chek ECG; in-house laboratory including Abaxis coag machine; VetScan IStat; Idexx Progesterone testing;  Idexx Procyte Dx and Catalyst;  Sedivue UA machine; Cardell and Vetspecs anesthetic monitoring; IV pumps;  and an Ellman Cautery unit and a Airnetics Oxygen Generator. 

We are a home to CARE (Companion Animal Rescue Endeavor), a 501 © (3) set up to provide medical and surgical care to relinquished, stray or orphaned companion animals that our doctors feel can be rehabilitated and rehomed. This program also allows our veterinarians the opportunity to learn new procedures on animals for experience, then be gratified by finding them a forever home.

We also are a drop-off point and provide emergent care to wild animals for St. Francis Wildlife, a local wildlife rehabilitation group. 

Both CARE and St. Francis involve doctor based medical and surgical services, but individual participation is left optional for each doctor. 

Tallahassee is the capital of Florida and is home to the Florida State Seminoles and FAMU Rattlers.  We are 45 minutes from the Gulf coast with a climate and geographic location ideally suited for a variety of outdoor activities including beach trips, hiking, kayaking, fishing, mountain biking and running. Being a college town, there is an active night life.  The arts and theater scene is great as well.

Salary is commensurate with experience and shifts work, with base salary of $107,000-120,000, depending on number of shifts worked per week.  Salary is on a Prosal basis (no negative accrual) and all our doctors generate more than their base. Benefits include 401K with matching funds, continuing education allowance, liability insurance, vacation time, dental and vision insurance, health insurance with employer contribution, paid cell phone plan, uniform allowance, pet care allowance, and optional gym membership.  

If you are interested in working with a great group of people who are dedicated to veterinary medicine, please get in touch.  For more information, contact Dr. Sondra Brown 850-508-8073 or email DrBrown@NorthwoodAnimalHospital.com.  Check out our website and link to Face book page at www.northwoodanimalhospital.com.

Join a team that enjoys working together with the common goal of providing superior medical and surgical care to the pets entrusted to our care.