Veterinary Criticalist

Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Specialist

Buzzards Bay & Dennis, Massachusetts. Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists is looking for a board-certified, board-eligible, or residency-trained Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Specialist to join our collaborative emergency and specialty team.

This is an exciting time to join CCVS. We are expanding our hospital, increasing the capacity of our Emergency and Critical Care department, adding advanced imaging including MRI and fluoroscopy, and preparing to launch Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Dentistry. For a criticalist who enjoys complex medicine, teaching, collaboration, and helping shape a growing ECC service, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

What You’ll Do:

Our criticalists provide advanced care for hospitalized, emergent, and critically ill patients while working closely with emergency veterinarians, specialists, interns, residents, and an experienced nursing team.

Responsibilities include:

• ICU and ER management, emergency receiving
• Management of complex and critically ill patients
• Collaboration across specialty services
• Teaching and mentorship of interns, residents, and veterinary nursing staff
• Participation in the continued growth and development of the ECC service

We value criticalists who bring strong clinical judgment, thoughtful communication, a collaborative approach to patient care, and an interest in teaching and team development.

Why CCVS?

CCVS is entering a major phase of growth designed to expand access to advanced emergency and specialty care for Cape Cod, southeastern Massachusetts, and the Islands.

Our expansion, currently on track to open in March 2027, includes:

• Expanded Emergency and Critical Care space and capacity
• MRI
• Fluoroscopy
• Additional clinical and procedural space
• New specialty services in Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Dentistry
• Continued growth across our existing emergency and specialty departments

For our ECC team, this means greater capacity for critically ill patients, broader specialty collaboration, and increased access to advanced diagnostics.

CCVS is home to more than 20 specialists across multiple disciplines, including Surgery, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, Anesthesiology, Exotics, and Diagnostic Imaging. Our criticalists work closely with these services to provide coordinated care for complex patients.

Education is also an important part of our culture. CCVS supports ECC and rotating internships, residency training, structured veterinary technician education, and continuing education programs. Criticalists have the opportunity to participate in rounds, mentorship, case discussion, and the clinical development of the teams around them.

Compensation & Schedule

We offer:

• Base salary of $200,000–$250,000, based on experience and schedule
• Participation in a pooled production bonus designed to support team-based medicine and hospital performance
• The schedule may include day and swing shifts, ICU and ER receiving responsibilities, weekends, holidays, and on-call coverage based on department needs.
• Four-day workweek, including one administrative day
• Relocation assistance when applicable
• Opportunities to work across our Buzzards Bay and Dennis locations
• Experienced emergency, specialty, and veterinary nursing support

Qualifications

Candidates must have:

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree or equivalent
• Completion of an Emergency and Critical Care residency
• Passed NAVLE, and if necessary, PAVES or ECFVG, prior to application
• Board certification or board eligibility through the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) or equivalent
• Massachusetts veterinary licensure, or eligibility to obtain
• DEA registration and Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration, or eligibility to obtain both

Benefits

Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
• Employer-paid short-term disability and life insurance
• Long-term disability and voluntary life insurance options
• 401(k) with company match after six months of employment
• Progyny fertility and family-building support, up to $10,000
• Company-sponsored Employee Assistance Program
• Trupanion pet insurance with company-paid premiums for two team member pets
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Generous continuing education support
• AVMA Professional Liability Insurance Trust coverage
• Reimbursement for Massachusetts veterinary licensure, DEA registration, MVMA dues, AVMA dues, and VIN
• Access to online publishers including Sage, Wiley, and Elsevier
• Uniform allowance
• Team member discounts for veterinary care
• Weekly grocery delivery for team meals and snacks

About Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists

Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists is a growing emergency and specialty referral hospital with locations in Buzzards Bay and Dennis, Massachusetts. As the only emergency and specialty referral hospital serving Cape Cod and the Islands, we provide advanced veterinary care to patients, clients, and referring veterinarians throughout the region.

CCVS is a United Veterinary Care Partner Hospital, giving our team access to additional resources and support while maintaining the culture and medical identity of our hospital.

If you are a criticalist looking for complex casework, a strong specialty team, meaningful teaching opportunities, and the chance to help shape an expanding ECC service, we would welcome the opportunity to speak with you about joining Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists.