Career Opportunities

🐾 Medical Director – Animal General | Avon, CT

💼 Leadership Role with Clinical Impact | 💰 Sign-On Bonus up to $50K | 🚚 Relocation Stipend Available

Are you an experienced veterinarian ready to lead a dedicated team in a thriving, supportive hospital? Animal General in beautiful Avon, Connecticut, is seeking a Medical Director to guide our team forward—setting clinical standards, mentoring talented staff, and delivering exceptional patient care.

As a full-service small animal hospital, we offer a comprehensive range of services including preventive care, dentistry, internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, and advanced diagnostics. Our loyal clientele, collaborative team, and commitment to high-quality medicine make this a unique and rewarding leadership opportunity.

🌄 Why Avon, CT?

Nestled in the scenic Farmington Valley, Avon blends small-town charm with upscale amenities. Enjoy access to top-rated schools, miles of trails and outdoor recreation, and a vibrant dining and cultural scene in nearby West Hartford. Plus, you're just under two hours from both Boston and NYC, making it a prime location for work-life balance.

What We Offer:

• 💰 Competitive base salary + sign-on bonus up to $50K

• Production Bonuses

• 🚚 Relocation stipend available

• 📅 4-day workweek with minimal weekends and no on-call

• 📚 Generous CE allowance + dedicated CE PTO

• ❤️ Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k), license/membership reimbursements

• 🏥 Opportunity to shape practice culture and lead clinical excellence

If you're ready to take the next step in your veterinary leadership career while practicing top-tier medicine in an incredible location, we want to hear from you.

📩 Apply Today: Contact Brandy Lane at blane@petvetcarecenters.com or apply online at www.petvetcareers.com.

• Determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews, reviewing care plans and records, completing laboratory tests and studies, and diagnostic imaging. 
• Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering medications, drugs, and vaccines, and bandaging and wrapping wounds. 
• Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and restraining patients; aids as directed by the veterinarian. 
• Provide excellent pet care by applying full knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, specialized equipment usage, and specialized drug administration. 
• Obtain and verify medications. 
• Ensure that patients have food and water, clean patients' rooms, cages, and equipment; observe patients for clinical signs of disease. 
• As directed, fill prescriptions and administer medications, including proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs. 
• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing and disinfecting holding and operating areas, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures, and in compliance with applicable legal regulations. 
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients’ conditions, reactions, and changes; update the database in an accurate and timely manner. 
• Communicate with the pet owner about the status of the patient, as directed by the veterinarian. 
• Maintain equipment by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining equipment supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs. 
• Maintain inventory, place orders for needed supplies, verify, and maintain receipts. 
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional journals. 
• Release pets to their owners as directed; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed before their release. 
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions. 
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager or practice. 

• Care and Compassion: Displays a desire to build rapport, provide personal assistance, and emotional support. 
• Team Orientation: Works cooperatively with the team to address tasks and accomplish goals. 
• Dependability: Demonstrates responsibility in completing tasks and accomplishing goals. 
• Initiative: Proactively looks for the opportunity to address and follow through on work activities. 
• Flexibility and Multi-Tasking: Adapts quickly to changing demands and manages multiple priorities effectively. 
• Communication: Uses effective and appropriate methods of interacting with others. 
• Customer Services: Displays a desire to provide outstanding service and exceed customer expectations. 
• Organization and Attention to Detail: Monitors and reviews information thoroughly and maintains an organized system for all documents. 
• Adherence to Rules and Instructions: Consistently follows standard procedures. 

• High school diploma or GED. 
• Two or more years of experience as a Veterinary Technician required.
• Relevant experience in assisting in surgery is a must. 

• Knowledge of the preparation, monitoring, and recovery of pets receiving surgery, as well as basic pet nursing. 
• Ability to demonstrate and follow correct procedures in catheter placement, phlebotomy, emergency medicine, and digital radiology. 
• Understand and limit the potential exposure to bites, scratches, and potential injuries. 
• Able to restrain patients according to standard procedures. 
• Fill prescriptions and monitor sedation procedures as directed by the veterinarian. 
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors. 
• Display confidence and reassurance when dealing with pets experiencing severe stress, illness, or pain. 
• Communicate and approach job duties in a professional and mature manner. 
• Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work some weekends and holidays. 
• This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion. 
• Depending on the functional area of assignment, tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and/or extended periods of time standing and/or walking. 
• May include some climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. 
• Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds). 
• Answer phones and perform other duties as needed by the hospital. 
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Manager or practice.