Shelter Veterinarian

Job Description

Idaho Humane Society | Boise, Idaho | Full time

Salary: $115,000–$130,000 annually, based on experience. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance

available.

Practice varied shelter medicine and surgery alongside experienced colleagues at the Idaho Humane Society. Our open-admission organization provides shelter, medical care, adoption services, and humane law enforcement services for animals in the Boise area. This role offers the opportunity to treat individual patients, improve care for the shelter population, and help animals whose options for veterinary treatment may otherwise be limited.

Since 2017, we have maintained save rates above 90% for both dogs and cats. We are committed to

sustaining high save rates while supporting the health and quality of life of animals in our care and after

adoption. Our veterinarians help make thoughtful treatment and welfare decisions for each patient.

Why join our team?

 Collaborate with multiple veterinarians, share challenging cases, and seek second opinions in a supportive clinical culture.

 Work with shelter and foster animals across a broad medical and surgical caseload, including cases

referred by other shelters and rescues.

 Develop your interests in areas such as soft-tissue surgery, high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter,

dentistry, or other procedures relevant to our patients.

 Help refine protocols using current research, shelter medicine best practices, and consultation with

university shelter medicine colleagues.

 Work four days per week, with no on-call or holiday responsibilities.

What you will do

 Examine shelter and foster animals; diagnose illness and injury; develop, document, and reassess

treatment plans.

 Perform surgery and oversee anesthesia and perioperative care for shelter patients, including spay/neuter and other procedures appropriate to your skills and the patients’ needs.

 Triage and stabilize urgent cases, and coordinate care for hospitalized patients within the shelter’s staffing and overnight-care limitations.

 Partner with the shelter team on infectious-disease prevention, surveillance, and outbreak response,

balancing individual treatment with population health.

 Provide veterinary support for community-cat programs and collaborate with animal control officers on

suspected cruelty or neglect cases.

 Communicate clearly with technicians, foster caregivers, staff, volunteers, and other partners; maintain

complete electronic medical records.

 Occasionally supervise fourth-year veterinary students.

What you bring

 A DVM or equivalent veterinary degree and an Idaho veterinary license, or eligibility to obtain one upon

hire.

 Eligibility for the required Idaho pharmacy and DEA registrations.

 Sound clinical judgment in small-animal medicine, surgery, and anesthesia, with a commitment to

compassionate care for cats, dogs, and other shelter patients.

 Ability to prioritize concurrent cases and work collaboratively with people across shelter, foster, veterinary, and animal control teams.

 Interest in shelter medicine and accessible veterinary care for the Boise community. Experience in high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter, shelter medicine, triage, dentistry, orthopedic or advanced

soft-tissue surgery, or care of less common species is welcome. We encourage candidates with

complementary skills and a strong interest in learning to apply.

Schedule and benefits

This is a salaried, 40-hour-per-week position, typically scheduled 8 a.m.–6 p.m. on four days each week. To

best serve the needs of our community and clients, the shift for this position will include some weekend hours on a rotating schedule. There are no on-call or holiday responsibilities.

Eligible employees receive paid time off, seven paid holidays, plus a floating holiday, and mental health day, retirement benefits with strong matching, base plan health premium with over 95% paid by IHS, dental insurance, vision insurance, supplemental insurance options and Employee Assistance Program (EAP). IHS reimburses professional license fees, provides VIN membership, continuing education funding, and is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. IHS offers employee discounts on veterinary care and retail pet supplies, veterinary care credit, and one free adoption annually.

Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance are available.

About Idaho Humane Society

Incorporated in 1945, the Idaho Humane Society is a community-supported nonprofit that provides open-admission sheltering, veterinary care, adoption services, and humane law enforcement. Our veterinarians work across disciplines to improve outcomes for animals and support the people who care for them.

Working conditions

Work takes place in a veterinary medical center and shelter environment with shared office space. The role

involves standing, bending, handling and lifting animals, and operating surgical and diagnostic equipment. It may involve noise, zoonotic disease, animal waste, chemicals, anesthetic agents, sharp instruments, and

fearful or aggressive animals or people. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified

individuals to perform essential functions.

Reports to: Director of Shelter Medicine | Department: Veterinary Medical Center | Classification: Salaried

Idaho Humane Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This description summarizes the role and does not create an employment contract; employment is at will.