Criticalist

VCA Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center of Kalamazoo is seeking a board certified or residency trained Criticalist to join our comprehensive 24-hour emergency and specialty practice. Our hospital offers extensive emergency services with a boarded certified Surgeon and Criticalist on staff. We are looking to grow our referral services by adding additional specialties. We see a variety of exotic patients, but experience with exotics is not required. Our hospital is equipped with in house laboratory, digital radiography, CT, ultrasound, and oxygen cages. Our support team is comprised of skilled and experienced LVT's and Assistants that can anticipate your needs. Situated halfway between Chicago and Detroit, Kalamazoo is an ideal location full of locally sourced restaurants, breweries, and festivals. You can ride your bike from downtown Kalamazoo to Lake Michigan, along the 35-mile Kal-Haven trail. For your four-legged friends, Kalamazoo offers multiple off-leash parks and pet friendly restaurants. The City also offers an assortment of cultural attractions that you might only expect to find in larger metropolitan areas including music, visual art, dance, and theatre. Kalamazoo offers outstanding educational scholarships for all children attending public school in the community. The Kalamazoo Promise https://www.kalamazoopromise.com provides free or highly subsidized tuition to many Michigan colleges and universities. As a member of the VCA family, your love for medicine and compassion for pets and people is matched with a commitment to your professional growth. Eligible full-time employees will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including: Health & Wellness An innovative, new department focused on associate health and wellbeing, with programs such as company sponsored Headspace app subscriptions, Vault financial wellness tools, and access to additional mental health resources. 401k retirement savings plan, with matching contributions of 25% of the first 4% of your eligible compensation Health, dental, vision insurance with HSA/FSA, infertility benefits Paid parental, vacation and sick leave Flexible scheduling for work/life balance Professional Development Continuing Education Allowance and Paid Continuing Education Days WOOF University, offering abundant CE for Doctors and Staff Opportunities to mentor with one of the largest providers of private practice internships and residencies in the U.S. Opportunities to participate in a robust clinical studies program Additional Benefits Up to 100% Pet Care Discount for your own pets 100% paid professional liability coverage 100% paid life insurance 100% paid short-term disability insurance Access to a network of 6,000 doctors, including more than 600 specialists For more information about this position, please contact Kristen Hreczan, Specialty Talent Acquisition Partner at kristen.hreczan@vca.com or 704-351-0221. If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Career worklet on the landing page or search for Find Jobs. Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more! The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development). We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com. A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is committed to taking care of the future of veterinary medicine. We are a family of hometown animal hospitals determined to positively impact pets, people and our communities. From primary care to emergency, urgent and specialty care, VCA delivers world-class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year. We invest in cutting-edge tools, training and technology that enable Associates across our national network of hospitals to lead the industry today and into tomorrow. Among our talented 35,000 Associates are nearly 7,000 veterinarians – including 500 who are board-certified specialists – nearly 4,000 credentialed technicians and over 10,000 veterinary assistants – all dedicated to giving pets the very best in medical care. The future of veterinary medicine is in our hands. Join us.