Veterinarian at Burnsville Parkway Animal Hospital

Associate Veterinarian Burnsville Parkway Animal Hospital | Burnsville / Twin Cities, MN

Burnsville Parkway Animal Hospital, P. A., is dedicated to providing outstanding small animal care built on trust and clinical excellence. We are proud to be an AAHA-accredited practice, a distinction that confirms our commitment to the highest standards of veterinary medicine. Our community clearly recognizes this dedication, evidenced by our excellent 4.7-star Google rating. If you are seeking a supportive environment where you can truly do your best work alongside collaborative teammates, this opportunity in Burnsville, MN, is for you.

Joining our hospital means becoming part of a supportive network that invests heavily in your future. We believe that continuous growth is key to clinical success. You will have access to mentorship, internal specialty consultations, and robust educational resources designed to help you succeed in your career goals. As an AAHA-accredited small animal hospital, delivering advanced, evidence-based medical care is our primary focus. We prioritize investing in the necessary tools and technology to support high-quality diagnostics and treatment. While focusing on the primary care needs of our clients, our affiliation with a larger network ensures that our veterinarians have immediate access to specialty consultation services, bringing world-class expertise right to our practice.

Located just south of the Twin Cities, Burnsville, MN, offers an ideal balance of suburban comfort and urban access. This area is known for its beautiful parks, exceptional schools, and vibrant community atmosphere. You will find extensive opportunities for outdoor recreation, from hiking and biking to enjoying Minnesota's famous lakes. Burnsville provides the perfect setting for teammates looking for a friendly, engaging place to live while maintaining quick access to the cultural, culinary, and professional amenities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Our goal is to help you grow into independence with support around you, not throw you into practice and expect you to figure it out alone. Experienced doctors will enjoy the autonomy to practice high-quality medicine while still having a collaborative doctor team and opportunities to continue developing professionally. In addition to generous CE support, you'll have access to our Clinical Tracks Program, offering complimentary RACE-approved CE facilitated by veterinary specialists within our network.

Have a special interest? Let's talk about how we can help make it a larger part of your everyday practice. You'll be joining an established doctor team where collaboration and case discussion are part of practicing good medicine. For a newer veterinarian, that means having other doctors available as you develop your clinical judgment. For an experienced DVM, it means having colleagues to collaborate with while still maintaining your own medical autonomy.

Advanced Medicine + Specialist Collaboration: Burnsville Parkway is equipped to manage the majority of patients' medical and surgical needs directly within the hospital. When a case would benefit from additional expertise, our veterinarians can consult directly with board-certified specialists within our trusted network, providing additional clinical insight while allowing many complex cases to remain supported in-house. This provides a valuable resource for doctors at every career stage, whether you're a newer veterinarian learning how to approach more complicated cases or an experienced clinician who values having specialist expertise readily available.

Surgery & Orthopedics: Doctors interested in surgery will find exposure extending beyond routine procedures. Burnsville Parkway offers routine and advanced surgical care, including orthopedic procedures, dental surgery, and cystotomy, creating opportunities to strengthen procedural skills and learn from a team comfortable managing a broader surgical caseload.

Supportive, Experienced Technical Staff: Work alongside a knowledgeable support team with experience in anesthesia monitoring, dentistry, laboratory diagnostics, patient care, treatments, and client communication. Strong support allows our veterinarians to focus their time where it's most valuable diagnosing, treating, performing procedures, and building relationships with clients.

AAHA-Accredited Standards of Care: As an AAHA-accredited hospital, Burnsville Parkway voluntarily maintains rigorous standards across areas including patient care, anesthesia, surgery, dentistry, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, safety, continuing education, and client service. For a veterinarian early in their career, it's an excellent environment to establish strong clinical habits from the beginning.

Relationship-Focused Medicine: Burnsville Parkway's philosophy centers around treating clients like family and each pet like our own. Preventative care, client education, thoughtful communication, and long-term relationships are an important part of how the team practices medicine.

Patient Mix: Enjoy a well-rounded dog and cat caseload spanning puppy and kitten visits through senior medicine. Cases include preventative care, dentistry, internal medicine, diagnostic workups, behavior, pain management, surgery, orthopedics, chronic disease management, and more complex medical and surgical cases.

If you're a new graduate looking for an established hospital where you can build confidence with experienced doctors and meaningful mentorship around you, we'd love to help you launch your career. And if you're an experienced veterinarian looking for clinical autonomy, a broad medical and surgical caseload, continued professional growth, and a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you as well.

For confidential consideration, please send your resume to: Katie Shaffer View email address on click.appcast.io. All applications and conversations will be handled with the utmost discretion, professionalism, and confidentiality.

Located just south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Burnsville gives you convenient access to the entire Twin Cities metro while offering the everyday ease and space of a suburban community.

The area provides plenty to enjoy outside of work, with parks, trails, lakes, shopping, restaurants, and outdoor recreation close to home while keeping the entertainment, professional sports, arts, music, restaurants, breweries, and cultural attractions of Minneapolis and St. Paul within easy reach.

And if getting outdoors is your thing, Minnesota gives you plenty of opportunities to actually enjoy all four seasons-from hiking, biking, boating, and lake weekends in the warmer months to skiing, skating, and winter activities when the snow arrives.

For a veterinarian beginning a career or looking for a new place to put down roots, Burnsville offers the accessibility of the Twin Cities without requiring you to live in the middle of the city, giving you flexibility to choose the neighborhood, community, and lifestyle that fit you best.

What Your Day-to-Day Looks Like

• Build Lasting Relationships: Connect with clients and their pets, becoming their trusted partner in a pet's lifelong health.
• Practice Your Best Medicine: From diagnosis to treatment, you'll lead patient care with the freedom to uphold the highest standards.
• Educate and Empower: Clearly communicate findings and treatment plans, empowering clients to make informed decisions.
• Collaborate and Grow: Work alongside a supportive paraprofessional team, contributing to a positive hospital culture.

Who We're Looking For

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree.
• A valid state license and in good standing to practice.
• A collaborative spirit and a dedication to practicing the highest standard of medicine.
• Excellent communication skills with a positive, friendly attitude.

Responsibilities and Benefits

How You're Supported

As part of the Mission Pet Health family, you get the autonomy of a local practice backed by the comprehensive benefits and resources of a larger network. The focus is on investing in you, so you can focus on what you love.

Generous Compensation

Competitive base salary and a monthly production bonus with no negative accrual .

Total Wellbeing

Comprehensive coverage including Health, Dental, Vision, and more, plus Maternity Leave and 24/7 TeleDoc access.

Financial Health

Plan for your future with a 401k featuring a generous company match, plus Long & Short-Term Disability insurance for peace of mind.

Commitment to Growth

Receive a yearly CE allowance with dedicated paid days off. Grow with leadership tracks and structured mentorship.

The Power of a Network

Tap into a nationwide community of over 20,000 veterinary professionals for collaboration and to explore your unique interests.

Peace of Mind

Company-paid Professional Liability Coverage, so you can focus on what you do best: practicing great medicine.

About Mission Pet Health

Mission Pet Health was founded by veterinarians on the belief that local practices thrive with clinical autonomy, collaboration, and medical excellence. The organization provides world-class support to its 850+ hospital teams on a hyper-local basis so they can focus on what matters most: the medicine, their patients, and their team culture. Learn more at missionpethealth.com.

Driving the award-winning culture are the WAG values Work Together, Amaze, and Grow