Associate DVM for Fear Free Certified Practice

Job Description

Job Description

Love your career again by joining our privately owned, small animal Fear Free Certified Practice!

Do you sometimes find yourself devastated and thinking that you've made a mistake by becoming a DVM? That the joy and satisfaction of dedicating your life to helping and caring for animals has been quashed by your workplace environment, interaction with your patients, and/or clientele?

Toxicity amongst staff and traumatizing interactions with patients and clients can very understandably cause you to question your career choice.

If you chose this profession because you love animals, and have always had the ability to empathize with how they and their caregivers feel , you belong and deserve to be with like minded people!

What Fear Free Actually Is

Many people have the misconception that Fear Free techniques require cooperative care from the patients, and that risk for injury is much higher. This is VERY much not the case!

We do not expect nor require our patients to willingly present themselves for painful or scary stimuli, and the implementation of gentle controlled handling with positive distractions rather than force and restraint results in MUCH safer interactions with your patients (for both the staff and the animal!).

What Fear Free does entail is earning the trust of your patient by:

1) Simply recognizing, acknowledging, and respecting what the patient is communicating with their body language

2) Utilizing a variety of very simple, easy, and small adjustments that make a HUGE difference in their emotional and physical comfort (which equals successful treatment and immense job satisfaction)

3) Weighing wants vs needs, and providing client education as well as the safety and kindness of in-clinic sedation when necessary

What We Offer:

• A warm, supportive, and genuinely caring environment where your compassion and talents are revered.

• An actual work-life balance with no weekends, holidays, or on call.

• Professional satisfaction, growth, and development

• Comprehensive benefits, including:

-401(k) safe harbor match

-Medical, vision, and dental insurance

-Generous PTO

-CE allowance and licensure costs covered

-Employee discount

• Negotiable salary (in consonance with experience and historical production records). Starting at $120k.

• Freedom from traditional and traumatizing services including:

  -Rough/heavy physical restraint of the patients, and negative reinforcement techniques

  -Declawing

  -Ear Cropping

  -Dewclaw removal (unless medically warranted)

  -Tail Docking

• Access to and implementation of multimodal analgesia

• Practice-wide high quality medicine protocols

• Clients that actually want, seek out, and are immensely thankful for your care

Our Facility:

• Full GP Services: high quality vaccines & pharmacy, comprehensive in-house IDEXX laboratory (4dx & proBNP snaps with readers, Procyte Dx CBC, Catalyst One Chemistry, Sedivue Dx U/A, InVue Dx Cytology/Blood Morphology), digital radiography with radiologist review, comprehensive vitals/surgical monitors, brand new high and low speed dental unit with digital dental radiography, and survey ultrasound.

• Surgical suite, dental suite, and euthanasia suite separate from appointments

• Soothing and calming setting, surroundings, and environment

• Longer appointment times and lunch break

• Friendly and hilarious support staff

Our Area

Not from/familiar with Akron & surrounding cities?

From the beautiful outdoors to the fun and excitement of the big city, our area is actually quite the hidden gem!

• For the outdoorsy - We have truly breathtaking nature and landscapes along with a vast array of parks that make for outstanding hiking, camping, and all kinds of outdoor activities. 

• Love Music? - Blossom Music Center is our unique pavilion style outdoor concert venue that regularly features big name bands/artists

• Social Butterfly? - Cleveland's big city life and all it has to offer is not far away - just a 30-45 minute drive

Plus: Great school districts, affordable housing, and genuinely caring communities!

For more about our wonderful township, go to the website: Bath Township

Requirements:

• A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree from an accredited veterinary school

• A valid veterinary license to practice in the state of Ohio

• A patient, understanding, and kind approach to animals (regardless of their behavior)

• Ability to accurately and correctly interpret body language in dogs and cats, as well as act and adjust accordingly

• Comfortable with using warranted pharmaceuticals for both in-clinic sedation and pre-visit preparation

• Comfortable performing appropriate treatments/procedures in the presence of clients

• General willingness to adapt to positive changes

• Ability to participate in, and maintain a toxic free workplace

• Fear Free Professional Certification is preferred, but not required. If selected, certification will be provided and mandatory.

Why Chose Us?

After years of service at a variety of locations, we learned a lot about areas of the profession that have room for improvement.

Here at The Gentle Vet, we believe that mental health comes first. For everyone.

As we all have experienced, the emotional impact that veterinary medicine has for those who have dedicated their lives to it is immense. We believe that all veterinary professionals should be kind and supportive of one another.

Our toxicity free policy applies to all staff, AND clients. No more dreading going to work, or catering to toxic clients in order to maintain their business.

The emotional and physical comfort of our patients, staff, and clients is our priority. We are able to provide this with our calming environment, as well as our universal and consistent Fear Free mentality and approach.

If you feel the same way, please apply! We'd love to meet you!