Relief Veterinarian

Summary:

The ASPCA is seeking Relief Veterinarians to pick up shifts at locations across New York City. Our Flex workforce plays an important role enabling the ASPCA to serve animals by rounding out schedules, providing surge capacity, covering leaves and other vacancies, and more. The work is flexible – you pick your shifts and locations. The work is meaningful – you get the opportunity to sharpen skillsets, engage in diverse work, and keep skills fresh that you may not use on a frequent basis, all while serving the most vulnerable animals in the country.

Who We Are

At the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), we’re proud to work with a broad and talented team of professionals who help drive our mission to prevent animal cruelty and promote animal well-being across the country. Since 1866, we’ve been at the forefront of animal welfare, and every member of our extended team contributes to our hands-on work, advocacy, and education efforts. By working with the ASPCA, you’re helping improve the lives of animals and the people who care about them.

What You’ll Do

As a Flex Veterinarian at the ASPCA, you will provide high-quality care for animals on an as-needed basis. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a variety of settings, from stationary veterinary facilities and mobile units, including public-facing, shelter, and spay/neuter clinic settings, and gain experience with different teams, caseloads, and cultures—all while maintaining schedule flexibility.

Where and When You’ll Work

Flex support is needed at all locations across NYC. When you join our Flex workforce, you’ll have the opportunity to select the shifts you work, giving you control over your schedule. When there is a match of skill, interest, and need, you could pick up shifts with the following teams:

• Adoption Center (Upper East Side Manhattan): The Adoption Center is a spacious, state-of-the-art shelter with highly qualified veterinarians and behavior counselors on site. Doctors at the Adoption Center will experience clinical work (intake and recheck exams), sedated exams, humane euthanasia, and foster follow-up.
• Kitten Nursery (Upper East Side Manhattan): The Kitten Nursery is a seasonal facility within the Adoption Center dedicated to the care and treatment of neonatal kittens. Doctors at the Kitten Nursery will perform clinical work (intake and recheck exams), management of patients both onsite and in foster homes, and humane euthanasia.
• ASPCA Animal Hospital (AAH) (Upper East Side Manhattan): AAH is an urgent care facility providing critical services for animals who have been victims of cruelty and neglect, and for pet cats and dogs whose owners are experiencing financial challenges. AAH doctors can expect urgent patient triage, evaluation and stabilization, treatment procedures including urinary obstruction, wound care, and emergency intervention for urgent cases, management of ICU patients, humane euthanasia, and may coach trainees.
• ASPCA Animal Recovery Center (ARC)(Upper East side Manhattan): ARC provides lifesaving veterinary care and behavioral assessments and treatments for both dogs and cats, many of whom are victims of neglect or cruelty. ARC doctors will manage clinical work (intake and recheck exams), urgent patient triage, evaluation, and stabilization, management of ICU patients, humane euthanasia, and communicate with owners, legal, and NYPD.
• Community Medicine (CM) (NYC locations include: Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and mobile clinics): CM provides veterinary care to support the welfare of animals and their people through stationary and mobile veterinary clinics, serving the most underserved communities in New York (also serving areas in Miami and Los Angeles). CM doctors may perform high quality, high volume spay/neuter (up to 38 patients in a day), or see patients for preventative care, illness and injury, and some urgent/emergency care.

Additional Information about this Temporary Role

• This is a relief opportunity, and individuals hired will be employed through a third-party staffing agency. 
• Relief veterinarians who join our Flex workforce will earn an hourly rate of $135. A premium rate of $150 hourly is offered for weekend and ASPCA recognized holiday shifts.

Responsibilities:

Flex work at the ASPCA is diverse, and the exact responsibilities vary by shift and location. Flex Veterinarians may have the opportunity to:

 

• Perform wellness exams, diagnostics, treatments, and surgical procedures (as applicable to the location shift).

• Deliver high-quality medical care, including humane euthanasia, in accordance with ASPCA protocols and best practices.

• Perform high-quality, high volume (25-38 surgeries a day), spay and neuter services.

• Stabilize emergency and urgent care patients.

• Provide education and compassionate communication to caregivers regarding diagnosis, treatment plans, and preventative care.

• Work in collaboration with veterinary technicians, support staff, and volunteers to ensure seamless, client-centered care.

• Maintain accurate medical records using our electronic medical records system (ImproMed, Digitail, or PetPoint)

• Uphold and promote the organization’s mission, values, and commitment to accessible and high-quality veterinary care.

Education and Work Experience:

 

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent and current NYS Licensure required

• Two or more years clinical practice preferred  

• Fear Free® Veterinary certification preferred

Qualifications:

Skills vary by program. See program descriptions above for an overview of each program.

  

Language:

English (Required)

Education and Work Experience:

DVM

  

Our EEO Policy:
The ASPCA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, age, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the ASPCA’s standard application process, which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the ASPCA. Please inform the ASPCA’s People Team if you need an accommodation in order to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Individuals seeking employment are considered without regards to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, age, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

ASPCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).

About Us:
The ASPCA was founded in 1866 on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment by humans and must be protected under the law. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with more than two million supporters nationwide, the ASPCA is committed to preventing cruelty to dogs, cats, equines, and farm animals throughout the United States.

The ASPCA is headquartered in New York City, where we maintain a full-service animal hospital, spay/neuter clinic, mobile spay/neuter and primary pet care clinics, a rehabilitation center for canine victims of cruelty, kitten nursery, adoption center, and two community veterinary centers.

The ASPCA also operates programs and services that extend nationwide. We assist animals in need through on-the-ground disaster and cruelty interventions, behavioral rehabilitation, animal placement, legal and legislative advocacy, and the advancement of the sheltering and veterinary community through research, training, and resources.

At the ASPCA, we are committed to fostering a collaborative and compassionate culture and we welcome all voices to contribute to our lifesaving mission. Our staff represent a vast array of backgrounds and diversity dimensions, bringing with them valuable experiences and perspectives. They join the ASPCA to learn, grow, and continually do their best work on behalf of animals. We are inspired by our staff, partners, and the communities we support across the country who work to improve animal lives. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the ASPCA because it elevates our organizational culture, aligns with our Core Values, and enables us to move further and faster toward the ASPCA’s vision – that all animals live good lives; valued by society, protected by its laws, and free from cruelty, pain and suffering.

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