Lakewood Animal Hospital is hiring an Associate Veterinarian toprovide comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care to a variety of animal patients, including small animals and exotics!
What to Expect
Salary: $90,000 - $130,000 per year + production bonus
Sign-on & retention bonuses
Location: 1301 Lakewood Dr. Morris, IL 60450
Hours of operation: M-F 8am-5:30pm, Saturday 8am-12pm
As you join our mission to balance what’s right for the pet, what’s right for the client, and what’s right for the staff, expect to be supported in your work and personal life with:
A schedule that respects your time. Our last appointment of the day is at 5:30pm. You won’t be expected to stay late or be on call.
A 2-3:1 staff to doctor ratio. You will have the support—and respect—you need to be excellent for our patients. We’ve got your back. Our staff is tenured and works cohesively with one another.
All the benefits you deserve—health, dental, vision, retirement—plus: Annual CE allowance & dedicated CE days, coverage of dues & license fees, 100% paid short-term disability, and pet discounts.
Generous paid time off.
Partnership opportunities through Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP), where more than 125 vets co-own practices across 138 locations. VPP offers unmatched support in operations, marketing, and finance, allowing you to focus on your passion for veterinary medicine.
A Word From Dr. Michael Miller, DVM & Co-Owner
“My ultimate goal is to uphold Lakewood’s core value of ‘Balanced Integrity’ which we define as balancing what is right for our patients, our pet owners, and our entire veterinary team.”
About Lakewood Animal Hospital
At Lakewood Animal Hospital, we understand how much you love your pets. Our goal is to support that important human-animal bond by helping you keep your pets healthy. Beyond first rate medical care, we strive to make our clinic welcoming, low-stress, family-friendly, and comfortable so that we can be the vet you and your pets enjoy visiting!
We are dedicated to establishing a culture that celebrates all forms of diversity and allows us to be an inclusive service provider in this community.
Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP) is a trusted business partner to veterinarians. We co-own practices in partnership with veterinarians, and work relentlessly to grow and manage each practice, while retaining its unique identity and culture. VPP’s family of practices has enjoyed industry-leading growth and profitability improvements. Our team has deep experience in driving sustained, above-average revenue growth, cultivating exceptional practice staff, and overseeing back-office operations, including marketing, finance, accounting and human resources. Veterinarians partner with us because we enable them to focus on delivering high-quality patient care and foster lasting relationships with pet owners, while remaining owners in the practices they have committed a lifetime to building.