Come join the PriorityVet Team in Toms River, NJ as a:

True URGENT CARE Veterinarian.

Full or Part-time opportunities available. Full-Time is only 7 shifts every 14 days.

We are NOT your typical Emergency/"Urgent Care" facility with long wait times, big bills, long hours, major surgery and critical cases to manage while seeing patients!

We have simplified the concept, focused the care, reduced the fees and streamlined the process. Our team is dedicated to personal and co-worker wellbeing, excellent client service and top-notch patient care!

Come for the money and flexible schedule. Stay for the "culture of the brand"!

PriorityVet is the only existing STAND-ALONE, TRUE URGENT CARE PRACTICE in the greater NJ region. We diverge from traditional ERs and urgent care "departments" currently available for after-hours care. We are closed for the major holidays and provide no major surgery or overnight care. We have reduced wait times, lower bills and less stress by design.

Our clinicians never have to compete for practice resources, have no hospitalized cases to tend to and provide no routine care, ever. There's no waiting for a free exam room, the x-ray suite, the lab or a phone. No sharing of receptionists, technicians or assistants. No one deciding what cases the clinician is responsible for. Everyone and every resource is dedicated to our urgent care clinicians and care. This allows us to focus on non-critical cases and to be nimble, efficient and economical in our delivery of superior outpatient care in this rapidly growing niche.  

The vast majority of our patients are treated on an outpatient basis with short-term admission for diagnostics and minor anesthetic procedures (lacerations, urethral obstruction, splinting, etc). Critical and major surgical cases are stabilized and referred to a local 24-hour care facility.  The facility is well-equipped with full in-house laboratory, digital radiography, ultrasound, EKG, BP, Tonopen, pulse oximetry, fluid pumps, Isoflurane and cloud-based practice software.

In a bold and unprecedented effort to conserve our valuable resources, focus on returning pets to wellness, and to preserve our precious mental health, we do not offer euthanasia as a stand-alone, on-demand procedure to pet owners calling or arriving seeking same. Only clients presenting for care of an ill, distressed or pet in pain are offered this service.

Our hours of operation are 4PM-11PM daily. We are closed Christmas Eve and Day, New Year's Eve and Day, Thanksgiving, Easter and July 4th.

Where are we located:

• Toms River, NJ, currently

• Soon, to the North and West and throughout New Jersey

What we do:

• Only treat dogs and cats
• Cater to pet owners presenting with cases that are not truly emergent
• Pets are largely treated on an outpatient basis
• Work-ups are always encouraged
• Short-term admissions for diagnostics, stabilization, brief treatment and short anesthetic procedures (minor wounds/abscesses, unblocking)
• Life-saving emergent interventions when necessary
• Estimates are generated and presented by technicians prior to all care
• We refer pets requiring major surgery or continued care to a 24-hour care facility 15-20 minutes away.
• Pets are typically directed back to their family veterinarian for follow-up care
• Follow-up calls are made the next day.

What we don't do:

• We don't schedule appointments
• We don't triage or give medical advice over the phone
• We don't hospitalize overnight
• We don't do major surgery
• We don't do preventative care
• We don't do exotics, wildlife, rescues or strays
• We don't do euthanasia as a stand-alone, on-demand procedure.

How we do it:

• Our hours allow for the recruitment of well-qualified staff (not just those willing to work the overnights and holidays like in typical ER)
• We are fully equipped - electric lift tables, in-house laboratory, digital radiography, Tonopen, ultrasound, EKG-defibrillator, blood pressure, pulse-oximetry and cloud-based practice software.
• We incorporate FearFree techniques into our practice to foster less stressful visits for all involved.
• We electronically forward reports and diagnostics to the rDVM the same day.
• Associates are supported by a minimum of 4 staff members
• Ready access to the owner for case collaboration when needed.

Who are we looking for:

• An optimistic, gregarious, energetic, Associate Veterinarian, Full or Part-Time
• Minimum of 3 years of general practice experience
• Solid General Medicine skills a must
• Emergency experience is not required but aptitude in triage and stabilization of critically ill or traumatized pets is desirable.
• The successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness to foster and promote the values of PriorityVet: Respect • Compassion • Accountability • Professionalism • Fun • Excellence • Teamwork

Full-Time Benefits Package:

• Sign-on Bonus
• Competitive, Customized Compensation Package based on Individual Need
• Health/ Vision / Dental Insurance, Paid Time Off , 401K, Licenses, Memberships and CE available.

How to Apply:

Please submit a letter of intent, CV and 2 professional/1 personal references to the practice owner, Steven Cudia, VMD, Diplomate ABVP (Canine/Feline) via e-mail or call 732-267-5177 for more information. www.priorityvet.com.

Investment Opportunity:

• We are currently developing multiple opportunities in the Greater New Jersey area and welcome individuals interested in practice ownership or investing in our true Urgent Care Model.

3 years clinical experience required

NJ License