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Veterinary Technician

We genuinely value the expertise, knowledge, and experience of our Veterinary Technicians and we are committed to providing an environment where you can actually apply your well-earned skills and abilities. You have a sound understanding of small animal health, supported by excellent communication skills, a robust work ethic, a desire to learn, and a team mentality. Join us and expand your horizons.

Small Animal + Avian-Exotic Veterinarian

We are a practice that stresses quality medical and surgical care for our clients and patients. We have digital plain film and dental radiology, a paperless computer system, an ultrasound machine, a full in-house laboratory, and much more! We have excellent exposure and rapid client growth. You are a team player and have a passion for what we do! Join our warm, welcoming, talented, and highly supportive team.

Veterinary Technician

Our Veterinary Technicians are instrumental in helping us do what we do. Everyone, from doctors to managers — and, of course, our pets — looks to them for competent, thoughtful care. That’s why we commit to giving Veterinary Technicians the best careers and experiences we can inside all of our locations. When you share your training and talents with our community, we have so much to give you in return.

Veterinarian

We are a full-service animal hospital that welcomes both emergency treatment cases as well as pet patients in need of routine medical, surgical, and dental care. Join a team that is not only committed to medical excellence but also makes going to work engaging and fun. With a nurturing yet comprehensive onboarding experience, we give you the foundation for emotional and financial success starting from your first day.

Veterinarian

Our mission is to facilitate a healthy and educational veterinary experience for our clients while promoting animal health and well-being throughout the lifetime of every pet. Join a team that is not only committed to medical excellence but also makes going to work engaging and fun. With a nurturing yet comprehensive onboarding experience, we give you the foundation for emotional and financial success starting from your first day.

Senior Veterinarian

We are looking for a like-minded veterinarian to join our warm, welcoming, talented and highly collaborative team. Experience clinical freedom in a supportive environment with all the resources you need to confidently deliver best-practice veterinary care. Plus enjoy the close relationships we have developed with our highly compliant customers and experience genuine work-life balance in our lively destination.

Emergency Veterinarian

PETS Hospital is a unique opportunity to live in a beautiful area, work with a highly motivated, creative veterinary team, and have endless career and personal growth possibilities. We combine our love for animals, with our commitment to our community and the planet. We pride ourselves in utilizing sustainable products, are fully solar, and keep diversity at the forefront of everything we do.

House Call Veterinarian

If you believe every pet deserves access to a veterinarian, this is your dream practice! Come enjoy the independence of a house call practice with the freedom to serve vulnerable communities. Help us build a veterinary practice designed for a happy vet, equity in pet care, and a healthy community. Set your schedule, choose your clients, and manage your own angel fund to help pet parents pay for services.

Veterinarian

We are looking for an Associate Veterinarian with a genuine passion for veterinary medicine. You enjoy thinking outside of the box and letting your love for pets and best practice veterinary care shine every day. You have excellent clinical and communication skills and the ability to easily connect with and have compassion for clients, pets, and your fellow team members in a fun and positive way.

Veterinarian

Enjoy a great quality of life working with a friendly team and loyal clientele while providing quality care to our local small animal patients. The job may be custom-tailored to your schedule and practice interests, we’re open to ideas. Clear communication and respect for each other and our clients help us maintain the best quality veterinary care we can provide. The perfect opportunity in an ideal lifestyle location.

Veterinarian

Come join our multi-doctor hospital, fully staffed with a team that is highly supportive and fully committed to delivering best-practice veterinary care. You have exceptional organizational, communication, and customer service skills, a flexible and adaptable approach, and a commitment to gold standards of care. Join us in delivering personalized, professional, and dedicated care to our patients and owners.

Veterinarian

Are you an experienced DVM and ready for a change? Would you like to have time built into your schedule so you can enjoy your lunch without working on charts or making phone calls? If you are a caring veterinary doctor who enjoys practicing individualized medicine while collaborating with other great doctors then we may be what you are looking for! Come join us in our brand-new veterinary hospital facility.

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    Registered Veterinary Technician

    VCA At VCA we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and want to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay and do their best work
    El Cajon, CA
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    Emergency Veterinarian

    Colorado Animal Specialty & Emergency We are a progressive, team-oriented practice that values high quality medicine, communication, and compassionate patient care. We have extremely qualified nurses on staff who are committed to excellence
    Boulder, Colorado
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    Veterinary Technician

    Mentor Animal Hospital If you have experience and a passion for Veterinary Medicine, please submit your fabulous resume.
    Mentor, Ohio
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    Associate Veterinarian

    VCA Palo Alt Animal Hospita As a member of the VCA family, eligible full-time employees will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package
    Palo Alto, CA
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    Certified Veterinary Technician

    VCA Southeast Portland Animal Hospital We need Certified Veterinary Technicians to provide excellent patient care with a focus on urgent care and minor emergencies.
    Portland, OR
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    Veterinarian

    Banfield Pet Hospital Partner with clients as an advocate for the pet to plan follow-up visits, provide home-care instructions, and education to ensure the lifelong health of their pets
    Walnut Creek, California
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    Veterinary Technician

    West Hills Animal Hospital We are seeking an experienced Veterinary Technician to join our team. Come work with an amazing group of people that will support you and celebrate your wins
    West Hills, California
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    Veterinary Technician

    Canton Veterinary Hospital Working directly with the Veterinarian, the Veterinary Technician supports medical staff to ensure quality patient care at all times.
    Canton, Massachusetts
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    Emergency Veterinarian

    Fresno Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center We pride ourselves on the ability to provide the highest level of care, communication, and services to our entire community. We are a Level 1 VECCS Certified facility.
    Fresno, California
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    Veterinarian

    Banfield Pet Hospital Whether you are a recent graduate or an experienced veterinarian looking for a change, a new beginning at Banfield means an open door to explore the next best move in your professional veterinary career.
    Austin, Texas
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    Relief Veterinarian

    VCA In this position you'll use your superior medical judgment combined with a high level of empathy, confidence and humility to build a loyal client base and heal pets.
    Tacoma, WA
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    Associate Veterinarian

    VCA In this position you'll use your superior medical judgment combined with a high level of empathy, confidence and humility to build a loyal client base and heal pets.
    Hermosa Beach, CA
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    Veterinary Technician

    Banfield Pet Hospital Our Veterinary Technicians are instrumental in helping us do what we do. Everyone, from doctors to managers — and, of course, our pets — look to them for competent, thoughtful care.
    El Paso, Texas
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    Associate ER Veterinarian

    Blue Ridge Veterinary Associates If you love being around animals and are committed to offering them the best possible healthcare, we want to meet you!
    Purcellville, Virginia
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    Registered Veterinary Technician

    VCA Our team is dedicated and very talented. We care for each other as much as we care for our patients. We have fun doing our jobs because we love what we do.
    Santa Monica, CA
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    Associate Veterinarian

    VCA In this position you’ll use your superior medical judgment combined with a high level of empathy, confidence and humility to build a loyal client base and heal pets.
    Cypress, CA
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    Veterinarian

    Banfield Pet Hospital We believe hiring doctors with diverse perspectives, ideas, and cultures, permits us to deliver to the highest quality of preventive care for each pet and client.
    San Francisco, California
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    Veterinarian

    Banfield Pet Hospital We believe hiring doctors with diverse perspectives, ideas, and cultures, permits us to deliver to the highest quality of preventive care for each pet and client.
    Daly City, California
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    Veterinary Technician

    Banfield Pet Hospital We commit to giving vet techs the best careers and experiences we can inside all of our locations.
    Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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    Veterinarian

    Banfield Pet Hospital Banfield aspires to be a practice where, as a team, we make a positive impact on pet health care in hospitals, communities, and the field of veterinary medicine.
    Corvallis, Oregon

8 Essential Locum Relief Veterinarian Tips…

So, you want a life in which you can pick and choose when and where you work – you want to be a Relief Locum Vet*. You want to spend three months employed by a clinic in London, four weeks exploring your favourite vacation spots in Asia, and a month working part-time in Canada. Or perhaps you just want more control over your schedule so you can spend more time with your kids, conducting research or being entrepreneurial. Or you might just thrive on variety, enjoy meeting fellow industry professionals or want to broaden your experience and expertise.

Whatever the reason, all that is possible if you’re a Relief Locum Veterinary professional.

Most experienced Relief Locum Vets have a good idea of where they want to go, what types of practices they want to experience, and how long they want to enjoy the locum lifestyle. As a newbie, you need to do the same – knowing your Why will help lead to your How, When and Where. Understanding what’s motivating you from leaving the relative security of a full-time position is also important in helping you frame your approach to becoming a Relief Locum Veterinarian.

  • Do you want to augment your income with part-time work in your current city?
  • Are you hoping for long-term locum work to be closer to a relative in need?
  • Are you feeling a tad burned out, and looking to calm things down a bit with slightly simpler responsibilities?
  • Do you want to learn more about working in a mixed-practice environment?
  • Is there a particular expertise or specialisation you’d like to “shadow” with an expert?

When you have a good idea of your goals and timeline, you’ll be able to take the necessary steps to set yourself up for the best outcomes. And write your motivations down somewhere safe, and then revisit them every month or so – it’s easy to get sidetracked.

Check Your Certifications

Don’t even begin to pursue a Locum Vet career until you’ve verified your eligibility in the state or country in which you intend to work. While you may be qualified and certified to work in Tasmania, British Columbia, Wales, or California, you’ll need to meet specific requirements in other jurisdictions. Whilst the Medical standards are mostly equivalent, each country or even State also has similar but different local rules and regulations different to what you have experienced in your home environment that you will need to qualify for, and prove that you have qualified. And the complexity of qualifying varies widely – sometimes a simple provision of certified documents of your qualifications is sufficient, but in most cases there is some form of test, exam or interview (or all of the above) before you can start to practice. In many jurisdictions you might not be able to practice as a Vet without qualifying locally, but your qualifications may allow you to practice as a supervised Vet Nurse.

Get Insurance Cover

You’ll want to be responsible for your own Professional Indemnity Cover to ensure that you’re consistently insured. Firstly because, one clinic’s coverage likely won’t protect you against a claim filed against you six months before you arrived. Second, if you’re working consecutive short-term locum jobs, adding and removing you from each clinic’s cover is a hassle and bound to cause gaps due to paperwork processing and administrative errors. If you are planning to work internationally then you will need to get local advice as to how to get insurance cover, particularly in the USA where litigation is frequent.

Find A Reliable Accountant

Hiring someone to handle your paychecks, taxes, and retirement planning is well worth the money you’ll spend on their services. An accountant can help you decide how to set up your business and spot those deductions you might miss. As a travelling Locum Vet, you’ll be surprised by how many expenses you can claim as tax deductions.

Set Your Own Rates

A Relief Locum Vet with consistent work can make as much as 20-30% more per year than if she were to stay in a permanent position – you need to know how much to charge as a Locum Vet. Rates may vary between 20% and 35% more per hour than full time hourly rates, and most Relief Locum Vets have a fixed “Day Rate” plus an additional hours rate when days go longer than 8 hours – make sure that you bill every billable hour. In most cases, your specialisation and experience won’t be as important as your willingness to perform some of the more mundane tasks, unusual hours and routine duties.

Regional and mixed-practice clinics typically pay more than those in large cities, because they have a more difficult time filling permanent or temporary openings. If you’re being contracted specifically to perform as the Lead Veterinarian or in any management role, you’ll want to request a higher rate again.

Before you set your rates or accept a position with a fixed compensation plan, take a close look at your own expenses and priorities, and chat with your accountant. While you’re likely to make more at a Relief Locum job, it might not be enough if you’re paying rent, accommodation costs or fuel whilst you travel on top of a mortgage, or you’re making higher payments on a vehicle you purchased specifically to live a more nomadic lifestyle.

You’ll also want to factor in the “downtime” in between positions, as well as contingencies. Gigs fall through at short notice, and you likely won’t have sick pay while temporarily employed.

Develop A Boilerplate Contract

As a freelancer, you’re well within your rights to present a contract that protects your interests, rather than concede to signing your temporary employers’. Either way, you’ll want to make clear—in writing—your fees, the dates of your obligation, the scope of your Locum Vet duties and responsibilities, and how (or if) you’ll be compensated for travel and housing. You’ll also want to specify responsibility for liability, as well as setting the frequency and method of payment, typically weekly, and sometimes in advance.

All contracts are subject to customisation. If your employer insists on using theirs, assert your right to make changes.

Stay Organised

One of the benefits of a career as a travelling Relief Locum Vet is learning to live a streamlined, “pick up and go” lifestyle. Whether you’re looking for temporary employment during a sabbatical from your regular position or making a full-time career out of short-term work, organisation is imperative to preserving your sanity and optimising your efficiency.

If you’re supplementing your hours with part-time work at a clinic across town, you’ll still want to have a system to keep everything in order.

Paperwork: Keep ALL  your documents and certifications together in a file box as well as scan them to an online storage location such as Dropbox, and remain disciplined in putting things where they need to be. If you’re on the road, it never hurts to keep scanned copies on a secure cloud server, and in a portable hard drive. If important documents are lost or stolen, it’s more of a hassle to get official copies when you’re moving from place to place.

Build your vet kit: Keep your exam gloves, stethoscope, apparel, and other personal work items separate from the rest of your luggage. If you’re working locally, consider keeping a duplicate kit specifically for your relief work, especially if the clinic has its own dress code.

Minimise your belongings: You might not have as much room to store your stuff as you’d like, and if you’re travelling with the purpose of taking advantage of recreational opportunities, it’s a good idea to take what you need and rent the rest. You never know when a favoured Locum Vet position will pop up across the continent, so you’ll want to be ready to go without calling a moving service or resurrecting Hannibal’s army to carry your kit to your destination.

Put Yourself On The Market

How are you going to find the ideal locum positions? How will clinics find you? If you want to target specific practices, locations, or specialities, you’ll need to be proactive.

  • Build a resume specific to locum work
  • Register with specialty Relief Locum websites and Apps such as VetLocumotion to maintain your schedule and availability as well as source new work
  • Draft cover letters tailored to individual clinics in your target area
  • Register with a recruiting firm catering to veterinary professionals
  • Create an account with a veterinary job search website
  • Join some Social Media groups that network and chat about Relief Locum work
  • Ask colleagues to spread the word when you (or they) are at conferences or workshops
  • Consider collaborating with another Relief Locum vet professional as a “package deal”; some clinics are run by couples that want to get away together, or that may want to send multiple staff to conferences or training programs, so having a double act can be handy
  • Collect references and online endorsements and site link LinkedIn or Facebook at every opportunity

Brand Yourself

Put down those hot glowing irons. We’re not talking about that kind of branding (unless you are Locumming on a cattle ranch). If you’re going to make a go of Relief Veterinary work as the next step in your career, you might want to invest in a marketing campaign that sets you up as an ideal candidate and prompts potential employers to reach out to you. Here are some ideas:

  • Build a website: An online site allows you to link to your information when you e-mail inquiries to prospective clinics. You might have a calendar page that keeps track of your availability, a biography page to help employers better identify with you, and an outline of your experience. Use discretion on the amount of personal information you post online, and consider using a contact form to avoid your e-mail account being clogged with spam. Try Wix or Squarespace.
  • Write about your experiences: Keep a blog or submit essays to vet magazines and websites. You’ll make a name for yourself and upgrade your reputation (in marketing terms, this is called brand authority or industry thought leadership). You’ll obviously want to avoid negative comments about past employers, but when you use creative marketing through editorial channels, you can enhance your resume and your exposure.
  • Social Media: Join a few key Social Media groups that can help your visibility and act as a referral network; be active once a week or so
  • Create a contact list: Personal phone calls or letters are always best, but one way or another, you’ll want to keep your name present in the minds of your target clinics. Send personalised e-mails with attachments, such as your resume in PDF form, and links to your website. Don’t be generic; address your correspondence to the clinic’s decision-makers, and do your homework in advance.

Be Professional

Clinics want to make sure they’re hiring someone who will step in and seamlessly perform their duties. Be professional, concise, and responsive in your communication. Be neat and tidy in your appearance. Prepare to be flexible, and to stretch your skills…and park your ego. Be willing to take on tasks you’d otherwise delegate to more junior team members, and build a reputation as an easy-going but diligent and organised temporary Team Member.

Who knows? With the right approach and these guidelines, you might convince the Vets at your preferred clinics to pack up and go on a world tour, because clearly, you’re the solution to their Relief Locum Vet needs, and you’ve got them covered.

 * Relief Veterinarians in the USA and Canada – Locum Veterinarians in the UK, Australia, NZ and parts of Asia


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