Associate Veterinarian (DVM) Chicago Lakeview/West Wrigleyville Neighborhood
Duke Animal Hospital
Application
Details
Posted: 23-Jun-22
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Full Time
Required Education: DVM or equivalent
Salary: Straight Salary or Salary with
Occupation:
Veterinarian
Species:
Canine
Feline
Exotic/Avian
Amphibian/Reptile
Salary Details:
New graduates are put on straight salary for the first year then given the option of going on production based pay.
Duke Animal Hospital is a privately owned animal hospital located in the Lakeview/Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago. We have over 16,000 patients in our active care. We have 6 full-time veterinarians and a large support staff. We are looking to add more full-time and/or part-time associates because we have a very busy and always growing hospital. New graduates welcome. Our clients are dedicated to their pets and motivated to seek high quality care. We treat primarily dogs and cats and we also treat exotic pets (birds, small mammals, reptiles, ferrets, rabbits, rodents, some amphibians). Experience in exotic animal medicine is not required as we provide close one-on-one mentorship in all areas including exotic pet medicine.
Our hours are Monday through Saturday 7 am to 7 pm. We close all major holidays and the eve of most holidays. We work in two teams that rotate three 12 hour shifts per week (week one work schedule is Monday, Friday, Saturday; week 2 work schedule is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). This schedule leaves staff with Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday off on week one and Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday off on week two. This schedule provides excellent work/life balance for everyone. In terms of medical support, we have the “best of both worlds” because there are two 24-hour critical care centers in close proximity. We can keep and treat our own emergency and surgical cases but we also have the option of referring cases as needed and have great specialty support.
We offer wellness care, illness care and emergency services. We routinely performing surgeries such as spay, neuter, mass removal, laparotomy, splenectomy, enucleation, cystotomy, etc. We have a ForceTriad surgical unit with the Ligasure sealing/dividing instruments as well as a smoke evacuator and hand-controlled blended Ligasure electrocautery. We have an advanced dental suite with two tables, two VetPro 1000 hand piece units and Progeny digital dental radiography. We take full mouth radiographs and perform advanced dental procedures including creating gingival flaps, alveolar bone removal, root sectioning, alveoloplasty and gingival releasing for closure. We have a Class IV Companion laser unit which we use for arthritis, wound management, and other conditions. We have an ultrasound unit with real time Oncura sonographer support. This is a great learning environment for ultrasound. We generally do two or three ultrasounds a week, often more. We also have the ability to do GlobalFast ultrasounds and sonographer guided echocardiograms.
We have a very strong support staff with 2 technicians and an assistant assigned to every veterinarian per shift. Our techs are very experienced and we are continually providing training to raise the experience level of all of the staff. We have a formalized written mentorship program to make sure each new associate receives close one-on-one mentorship and support.
Our benefits include excellent salary and signing bonus, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO medical insurance, vision and dental insurance, 401K with matching program, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, PAID maternity/paternity leave, generous PTO plan, CE allowance, and a great work environment. We are very family friendly! If you are looking for employment where you can see a great mix of cases with strong mentorship, please contact Dr. Duke at dukeanimalhospital@yahoo.com or call/text at 773-627-4200.
Check out our website at http://www.dukeanimalhospital.com, our Facebook and Instagram pages, and Yelp/Google to see photos, videos, client reviews and more information about our hospital.
About Duke Animal Hospital
We opened on the north side of Chicago in April 2012. We have been very successful and are now a 6 doctor practice open 6 days a week. We have an excellent staff of receptionists, technicians, assistants and hospital attendants. We are fortunate to have an affluent client base who are very dedicated to their pets as family members. Our services include comprehensive wellness, diagnosis and treatment of sick or injured pets, and surgical and dental procedures. We provide onsite ultrasound and echocardiography and see emergency cases as they arise during our hours of operation. We use a paperless, cloud based practice management software and are equipped with in house laboratory equipment, digital radiography, color flow doppler Oncura ultrasound with sonographer remote support, a surgical suite including ForceTriad Ligasure instrumentation, and dental suite including Progeny digital dental radiograph and a Vetpro 1000 high speed dental unit.
We will work with and mentor new graduates and are also looking for experienced DVMs.
We opened our small animal and exotic animal hospital on the north side of Chicago in April 2011. We have been very successful and are now a 6 doctor practice open 6 days a week. We have an excellent staff of receptionists, technicians, assistants and hospital attendants. We are fortunate to have an affluent client base who are very dedicated to their pets as family members. Our services include comprehensive wellness, diagnosis and treatment of sick or injured pets, and surgical and dental procedures. We provide onsite ultrasound and echocardiography and see emergency cases as they arise during our hours of operation. We use a paperless, cloud based practice management software and are equipped with in house laboratory equipment, digital radiography, color flow doppler Oncura ultrasound with sonographer remote support, a surgical suite, and dental suite including Progeny digital dental radiograph and a Vetpro 1000 high speed dental unit.
