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The last of the holiday tinsel is gone, the 2026 planner is on the wall, and your first coffee of the day is still hot. Now is the perfect moment for this week’s Veterinary News, Snip-Pets, and Jobs. And as always...please take care of yourself; you deserve it, and if you can, someone else too 🤗

📰 Story Of The Week

🔭 Beyond the Clinic: 5 Veterinary Startup Career Options

You're succeeding in your career. You know how to handle pressure, make hard calls, and deliver outcomes that matter. But you have an inkling that there's more to be experienced beyond the consult room. Explore these five cutting-edge startup segments where your clinical expertise is exactly what's needed...

🩺 Job Of The Week

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Kittery🔹ME🔹USA

  • Join our warm, welcoming team and live where coastal Maine meets vibrant culture

  • Bring your surgical interest and passion for the best small animal medicine

  • Help us to place pets into perfect homes through our shelter adoption program.

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🩺 USA + Canada Featured Jobs

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Nashville🔹TN🔹USA

  • Enjoy providing best-practice veterinary care, balancing medicine with mission

  • Join our high-functioning, supportive team who genuinely have each other’s backs

  • Live and work in one of the most welcoming, energetic cities in the US

Managing Veterinarian

  • Edinboro🔹PA🔹USA

  • Let your passion for pets and best practice veterinary care shine every day

  • Contribute to team success, practice growth and community engagement

  • Great team dynamic with leadership closely attuned to work-life balance

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Granbury🔹TX🔹USA

  • Thrive and succeed in a team committed to quality veterinary care

  • Earn a six-figure salary with production bonuses – without burnout

  • Enjoy the prospect of genuine work-life balance in an ideal lifestyle location

Equine Veterinarian

  • Concord🔹MA🔹USA

  • Engaged clients who value your expertise & see you as part of their team

  • True teamwork with regular rounds, constant communication, genuine collaboration

  • Sustainable practice with work-life balance that's actually real, not just talk

📰 More Stories…

⚠️ Seeing Warning Signs? 6 Tactics Thriving Practices Are Implementing Now

You know there are headwinds out there. Some practices are struggling to maintain the status quo, while others are quietly pulling ahead. That success is not about luck; it's about a mindset and a specific set of tactics. Discover six proven strategies that thriving practice leaders are using right now to secure their future and drive real, sustainable growth...

⚡ Your Day Doesn't Start When You Walk in the Door Today

If your shifts feel like you've been hit by a truck before lunch, resilience isn't the problem. The real issue is how you prepare before you walk through the door. Veterinary professionals are lke athletes, and athletes warm up. Discover the physical and emotional preparation that transforms your shift...

🧠 The Bravest Thing You'll Do This Year as a Veterinary Professional

You could blame yourself for every case you miss or every patient you couldn't save. But that guilt isn't a personal failing; it's a sign you care deeply. Self-compassion isn't selfish; it's the foundation that sustains your ability to care for others. Learn why turning kindness inward strengthens your work and life...

Veterinarian

  • Whangarei🔹Northland🔹New Zealand

  • Committed to best practice veterinary medicine with compassion

  • Join our warm, welcoming, talented and highly supportive team

  • Striving for clinical excellence in a fun and collaborative environment

Associate Veterinarian

  • Perth🔹WA🔹Australia

  • Are focussed on delivering an exceedingly high level of patient care?

  • Grow your veterinary career with collaboration, education and mentoring

  • Enjoy the prospect of genuine work-life balance in an ideal lifestyle location

Veterinarian

  • Robina🔹QLD🔹Australia

  • Join a supportive, family-like team that prioritizes your mental well-being

  • Enhance your clinical skills using state-of-the-art diagnostic technologies

  • Experience a vibrant lifestyle in a clinic minutes from Gold Coast beaches

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Gladstone🔹QLD🔹Australia

  • Let your passion for pets and best practice veterinary care shine every day

  • A growth-focused environment where your development is our priority

  • An ideal career opportunity offering genuine work-life balance

Snip-Pets Worth Your Time...

📋 Colorado's new Veterinary Professional Associate role launches January 2026, creating mid-level provider positions requiring master's degrees.

🆘 CVMA launched a 24/7 cyberbullying hotline that offers free crisis-management consultations to members facing online harassment.

🎨 Low-cost practice improvements like framed photos, chalkboard art, soundproofing, and warmer lighting boost client comfort and morale.

🤖 UC Davis adopts scribe AI software that automatically generates SOAP notes during appointments, reducing administrative burden.

📈 Bond Vet reports 40% same-store visit growth despite industry decline, demonstrating veterinarian-led practices outperform the market.

💉 Human anti-vaccine sentiment transfers to pet care decisions, with vaccine-skeptical owners citing standardized schedules and reactions.

🐱 California's AB 867, which bans cat declawing, began on 1 January 2026, except when medically necessary, protecting feline welfare and health.

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🩺 UK + Europe + Global Featured Jobs

Veterinary Surgeon

  • Greater London🔹England🔹UK

  • Deliver exceptional care in a community clinic with specialist support available

  • Join a close-knit, sociable team in a well-equipped, RCVS accredited practice

  • Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with a 3-4 day week and no OOH requirements

Senior Veterinary Surgeon

  • Reading🔹England🔹UK

  • Drive clinical excellence and mentor future vets in a supportive host practice

  • Enjoy a refurbished clinic with high-end ultrasound, endoscopy, and no OOH work

  • Join a wellbeing-focused team with regular social events and a 40-hour work week

Lead Veterinary Surgeon

  • Greater London🔹England🔹UK

  • Your leadership, clinical expertise, and vision can truly make an impact

  • Build strong relationships with a loyal client base

  • Engage, mentor and develop your team in an exceptional lifestyle location

Veterinary Surgeon – Weekend

  • Sutton🔹Surrey🔹UK

  • Exposure to a wide variety of interesting medical and surgical cases

  • A dynamic, fast paced, satisfying and collaborative team environment

  • Great team dynamic with leadership closely attuned to work-life balance

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