Emergency Veterinarian

Want to practice emergency medicine without giving up your entire week?

This full-time day-shift ER opportunity offers a distinctive three-day schedule, a substantial sign-on bonus, and the chance to focus on urgent patient care in a coastal Southern California setting.

You’ll help stabilize and treat patients when time matters, working in an emergency-focused environment where clinical judgment, teamwork, and decisive care are central to the day. If you enjoy the challenge of emergency medicine but want a schedule with more defined workdays, this could be worth a confidential conversation.

What You'll Find Here

• A three-day workweek: Scheduled Sunday through Tuesday, leaving four days outside your regular workweek.

• Strong earning potential: A stated annual salary range of 180,000–220,000, with additional production compensation opportunities.

• A meaningful sign-on incentive: $35,000 available.

• Emergency-focused medicine: Put your triage, diagnostic, stabilization, and treatment skills to work across a range of urgent presentations.

• Hands-on clinical opportunities: The role includes opportunities for soft-tissue surgery and other emergency procedures.

• A team-based setting: Work alongside veterinary and support colleagues in an environment built around emergency care.

What You’ll Be Doing

This is a small-animal emergency role involving in-hospital and outpatient cases. Clinical work includes emergency assessment, wound management, soft-tissue procedures, and endoscopy. Diagnostic resources include imaging and in-house laboratory capabilities.

Who Might Love This

An emergency veterinarian who values focused clinical work, enjoys procedural variety, and wants a schedule built around three consecutive workdays may find this especially appealing. Veterinarians with ER experience—or those who completed a relevant rotating or emergency internship—are encouraged to explore the opportunity.

The Basics

• Location: Southern California coastal region

• Schedule: Full-time days, Sunday–Tuesday

• Compensation: 180,000–220,000 annually, with production opportunities

• Sign-on bonus: $35,000

• Licensure: DVM/VMD or equivalent, eligible for state licensure, and DEA-eligible

Benefits

• Health, life, and disability coverage

• 401(k) with employer match

• Paid parental and pet-parent leave

• Continuing education resources

• Mental health and family-care support

• Student loan assistance resources

• Veterinary service discounts and pet perks

A Little About the Area

Southern California’s coastal communities offer access to outdoor recreation, dining, and a lively regional culture. For someone who wants to spend days away from work near the coast while maintaining a challenging clinical role, the area may offer an appealing balance.

Let's Talk

Not actively looking? That’s okay. If this schedule, compensation, or clinical opportunity caught your attention, contact Beyond Just You Recruiting for a confidential conversation. We’ll share more privately so you can decide whether it’s worth exploring before applying directly.

Email: trey@beyondjustu.com

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