⚖️ Regaining Your Balance & Keeping It

October 22, 2025

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It's been a good day - good medicine, good moments, and plenty of good reasons to smile. And now it’s a good time for this week’s Veterinary News, Snip-Pets, and Jobs 🤗

🩺 Job Of The Week

Business Manager - Senior Veterinarian

  • Melbourne🔸VIC🔸Australia

  • Autonomy to run your clinic your way

  • Step into a strong existing foundation

  • Visa sponsorship available for overseas-qualified Vets

📰 Story Of The Week

⚖️ Regaining Your Balance & Keeping It

Balance still tantalisingly out of reach? Genuine balance isn't something you chase. It's a rhythm you create by doing what matters most, at the ideal time, with presence and purpose. See how veterinary professionals just like you are crafting their ideal work-life scenarios. Learn to shape the balance that works for you...


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🩺 USA + Canada Jobs

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Indianapolis🔸IN🔸USA

  • Enjoy a supportive, collaborative team culture that values humor

  • A diverse surgical caseload beyond routine procedures

  • Clear path to Leadership - Medical Director role available to those interested

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

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Flagstaff🔸AZ🔸USA

  • Committed to gold standard medicine

  • Committed to good quality of life for our staff

  • Committed to independent ownership in veterinary medicine

General Practice 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

📰 More Stories…

🧭 Inspirational Leadership: 5 Steps That Will Get You There

Your team’s success reflects your leadership, but leading well takes more than a title and good intentions. And genuine leadership can indeed be learned and enhanced. These five proven steps will show you how to inspire collaboration, reduce turnover, and create a culture where everyone thrives...

💵 Veterinary Pay Trails Inflation As Fewer New Grads Go Full Time

After years of price pressure, average real incomes for veterinarians have slid back to mid-2000s levels, while fewer graduates move straight into full-time roles. Debt loads and starting pay vary widely by field. Use this data to calibrate offers, negotiate benefits beyond base, and chart a path that actually pays...

🛡️ Practicewide Low Stress Handling Tied To Fewer Team Injuries

A new multi-hospital analysis links practice-wide certification in low-stress animal care to a significantly lower rate of patient-inflicted injuries. Safer handling helps you and your team avoid bites and scratches, lowers time off work, and protects careers. Ask about certification status in interviews and advocate for training...

Emergency & Critical Care Veterinarian

  • Mornington🔸VIC🔸Australia

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

  • Striving for clinical excellence in a fun and supportive ECC environment

  • Experience genuine clinical freedom in a highly collaborative specialty team

Veterinary Medical Oncologist

  • Sydney🔸NSW🔸Australia

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

  • Striving for clinical excellence in a fun and supportive environment

  • A role offering a genuine career opportunity plus work-life balance

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

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Flagstaff🔸AZ🔸USA

  • Committed to gold standard medicine

  • Committed to good quality of life for our staff

  • Committed to independent ownership in veterinary medicine

In case you missed these News Snip-Pets…

🤖 AI is already trimming admin and diagnostics times in vet care, shifting teams toward judgment and empathy while raising new questions about data, oversight, and skills.

🐾 Pet insurance is scaling fast, topping $29.8 B by 2030 as owners seek financial protection and employers add coverage to boost retention and well-being.

📊 AVMA’s 2025 Sourcebook updates national pet population data, revealing ownership, spending, and visit trends that guide clinic strategy and client outreach.

🐕‍🦺 Lupa Pets raised $20M to expand its AI-powered clinic OS that replaces multiple tools, saves vets hours each week, and launches a Veterinary AI Lab.

💊 Pet supplements are entering a scale phase as brands add capacity and CDMOs, creating openings for clinics to curate quality and for investors to back growth.

🙂 Client service slips often start before the exam room, from weak first impressions to poor prep, and technicians are pivotal in turning tense visits into trust.

🌿 Having a hobby outside vet work isn’t indulgent; it’s a proven way to boost focus, resilience, and job satisfaction while reducing burnout risk for teams.

🚪 Many pet owners report difficulty accessing veterinary care and some turn to alternatives, signaling a need for better availability, transparency, and triage paths.

🩺 UK + Europe + Global Jobs

Business Manager - Senior Veterinarian

  • Melbourne🔸VIC🔸Australia

  • Autonomy to run your clinic your way

  • Step into a strong existing foundation

  • Visa sponsorship available for overseas-qualified Vets

OOH Veterinary Surgeon

  • Woking🔸England🔸UK

  • Delivering personalised, professional care to our patients and owners

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

  • Grow your veterinary career with collaboration, education and mentoring

Lead Veterinary Surgeon

  • Cheltenham🔸England🔸UK

  • Be challenged, in a good way, in a collaborative and encouraging workplace

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

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