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🩺 These 7 career moments can catch you off guard. Be ready.

April 15, 2026

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🩺 Hey there…

That rabbit this morning sat perfectly still for its health check, the client on the way out actually remembered your name, and Nora the practice cat is blocking the monitor and has absolutely no interest in your opinion about it. Enjoy this week's Veterinary Stories, 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

🩺 These 7 career moments can catch you off guard. Be ready.

Big career moments don't announce themselves. They arrive during an unscheduled team meeting, in an email to your personal account, or in a conversation that starts casually and ends somewhere you didn't expect. How well you respond, internally as well as externally, matters more than you might think. Be ready for these seven moments, and discover how to get ahead of them...

🩺 Job Of The Week

Medical Director - Dental

  • Atlanta 🔹 GA 🔹 USA

  • Lead a thriving dental-only veterinary practice and shape our future growth

  • Clear track to partnership and ownership for a GP with a passion for dentistry

  • Growth-Focused Environment - We invest in our people, technology and facilities

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🩺 USA + Canada Featured Jobs

Veterinarian

  • Longmont 🔹 CO 🔹 USA

  • Do your best clinical work in a team built around genuine professional respect

  • Serve shelter animals and community pets within one cohesive, purpose-led team

  • Monday to Friday only, with Longmont's Rocky Mountain lifestyle at your door

Emergency Veterinarian

  • Santa Monica 🔹 CA 🔹 USA

  • Enjoy a customer-centric ER model that prioritizes people, pets, and providers

  • Thrive in a culture of mentorship with unlimited CE and 24/7 collaborative care

  • Master emergency soft tissue surgery and exotics in an open-concept hospital

Criticalist

  • Los Angeles 🔹 CA 🔹 USA

  • Join a collaborative culture of 50+ doctors dedicated to teaching and mentorship

  • Manage complex, rewarding cases alongside a diverse network of elite specialists

  • Thrive in a top-tier teaching facility steps away from the beach and mountains

Lead Veterinary Assistant - Equine

  • Wellington 🔹 FL 🔹 USA

  • Exposure to top levels of Show Jumping, Dressage, and Eventing

  • Unlimited opportunity for hands on learning

  • Regular Travel including Wellington, FL; Salem, NY; Lexington, KY; Tryon, NC

📰 More Stories…

🏥 Your 7 step social media recruiting guide. You're likely missing at least 3

86% of veterinary professionals now use social media in their job search, and 93% say it is the top way they judge a clinic's culture and values. Social recruiting works, but you need to do it with the same care and consistency you apply to all facets of your practice. Seven steps that work in unison and deliver applicants...

💡 Owning a Practice Is Back. Here's Why Vets Are Making the Leap

For years, the pitch was simple: corporate takes the risk and complexity off your plate. A growing wave of vets are running the numbers, questioning the trade-offs, and discovering that ownership is becoming more attractive. What's driving this shift, and how are practitioners with real student debt making it work? The answers might change how you see your own path...

⚖️ The Body That Shapes Vet Education Is Facing Its Biggest Crisis Yet

The body that accredits every veterinary college in the US and Canada is facing its most serious challenge in decades. An antitrust lawsuit, federal government scrutiny, and new restrictions on how programs can teach have all converged at once. What happens next could change whether new universities enter vet education at all and who controls the educational standards...

Supervisory Veterinarian

  • Canberra 🔹 ACT 🔹 Australia

  • Step into true clinical leadership with autonomy at an ASAV accredited hospital

  • Mentor a collaborative 20-person team and shape the next generation of talent

  • Practice high-quality medicine in a culture built on trust and respect

Small Animal Veterinarian

  • Goulburn 🔹 NSW 🔹 Australia

  • Independently owned clinic with a supportive and close-knit work culture

  • Varied caseload with capacity to further develop areas of interest

  • Well established client relationships and community connections

Veterinary Specialist Radiology

  • Sydney 🔹 NSW 🔹 Australia

  • Multidisciplinary specialist team with a genuine collaborative culture

  • Long-established specialist network with genuine scope to shape imaging services

  • On-site daycare, paid parental leave and relocation support available

Companion Animal Veterinarian

  • Bunbury 🔹 WA 🔹 Australia

  • Thrive in a modern, well-equipped clinic with a close-knit, supportive culture

  • Enjoy a true work-life balance with a four-day work week and zero on-call duties

  • Swap the drizzle for dolphins and 300+ days of annual sunshine in the Southwest

Latest Veterinary Snip-Pets...

🌎 Pet owners near the US-Mexico border are now using concierge shuttle services to access veterinary care at a fraction of domestic prices.

🐈 Feline vet visits grew 2% over three years while dog visits declined 8%, pointing to cats as the profession's most undercaptured growth opportunity.

💸 The average pet owner now spends over $4,272 a year on pet-related expenses, with emergency surgery bills routinely reaching $7,000 or more in 2026.

🤖 A talking robotic guide dog developed at Binghamton University uses AI to describe routes and surroundings to visually impaired users in real time.

💻 AI scribes are saving veterinary doctors up to an hour a day on medical records, freeing capacity for two or more additional patient appointments.

💉 Veterinary teams now have access to scripted, evidence-informed strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy directly in the exam room.

⚠️ When veterinary leaders can't work together, the people who pay the real price are the team members caught between conflicting directions.

🩺 Many veterinarians over-identify with their professional title, and when their role shifts, that attachment can become a real mental health risk.

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🩺 UK + Europe + Global Featured Jobs

Veterinary Surgeon

  • Felling 🔹 England 🔹 UK

  • One of the UK's top five busiest emergency clinics, with a caseload to match

  • ECC certificate support backed by a team that invests in your clinical growth

  • A structured rota with a firm three-night cap, built around your recovery

Veterinary Surgeon - Out of Hours

  • Brighton 🔹 England 🔹 UK

  • Work in a state-of-the-art flagship hospital in vibrant Brighton

  • Part-time weekend focus perfectly suited to your lifestyle

  • Exceptional culture with a priority on wellbeing and development

Veterinary Surgeon

  • Ashton-under-Lyne 🔹 England 🔹 UK

  • RCVS Outstanding-rated culture where genuine team support is the daily standard

  • Eleven vets, certificate holders, and visiting specialists for rich case variety

  • Four-day week, no OOHs or Sundays, with Manchester and the Peak District nearby

Companion Animal Veterinarian

  • Greater Auckland 🔹 Auckland 🔹 New Zealand

  • Supportive, collaborative team culture built on trust and open communication

  • Evidence-based GP medicine supported by an engaged, quality-focused clientele

  • Genuinely flexible scheduling designed around your life, not the other way

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