Full-Time Veterinary Criticalist (No Non-Compete Agreement)

We build veterinary medicine around great people.

Partner Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center (PVESC) is a women-founded and led organization built around a simple idea: great medicine starts with creating an environment where great people can thrive. Our leadership team has a track record of building healthy, engaged teams and created Partner Veterinary to give veterinary professionals the autonomy, support, and flexibility to do the work they love—without sacrificing their lives outside of work.

We believe the best hospitals are built locally, by the people who know their teams, clients, and patients best. Rather than relying on distant decision-makers, we empower our hospital leaders and clinicians to shape how medicine is practiced and how their teams work together. We value passion, collaboration, and continuous growth—and there are no non-compete clauses here. Your career can evolve with you, adapting as your interests, goals, and life change.

The Opportunity

We are excited to welcome a board-certified or residency-trained Veterinary Criticalist to our growing team in Frederick, Maryland. As our second criticalist, you'll have the opportunity to help shape and grow our critical care service while working alongside an established multidisciplinary specialty and emergency team.

You'll lead the management of critically ill hospitalized patients and receive transfers from the ER and other services requiring resuscitation and/or ongoing intensive care. You'll also provide consultation and support to other departments for complex cases, procedures, and challenging anesthesia.

The critical care team is part of a specialty network collaborating with experts across Neurology, Surgery, Oncology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Emergency Medicine, with opportunities to learn from and contribute to colleagues across disciplines.

We're looking for a criticalist who wants to practice excellent medicine and help build something better—someone who enjoys collaboration, values autonomy, and wants to make a meaningful impact.

If you're ready to help us reimagine what veterinary medicine can look like, we’d love to talk.

The Partner Difference: 

• No noncompete- stay because you WANT to 
• Doctor and team member mentorship, both at onboarding and throughout career 
• Active balancing of caseload via triage process and ICU scoring 
• All team members receive PTO prior to beginning work to re-center and focus on their wellbeing and interests 
• Optimal team utilization- focus is on everyone practicing at the top of their license made possible by utilization of scribes, patient care coordinators, intentional case management, role definition, and scheduling. Focus on patients, not paperwork. 
• Triage and ICU doctors on shift together to effectively manage in hospital and receiving cases 
• High level resource management to ensure optimal and functional equipment and supplies 
• Integrated EMR and digital treatment sheet system with extensive bank of medical templates and protocols 
• Unique wellness benefits 
• Opportunities to be involved in clinical research and trials. 
• Didactic learning through grand rounds, journal club, morbidity and mortality discussions, and specialty department case rounds 
• A voice in how we do things- we want you involved in creating your optimal environment! 

Our building and team design includes: 

• Open layout building design layout that encourages interdepartmental communication and collaboration? 
• In-house lab equipment, digital cytology, VCM
• Digital radiology 
• Emergency ultrasound 
• Multi-parameter anesthetic monitoring equipment 
• Smartboard technology 
• Integrated EMR and digital treatment sheet software 
• GE 1.5 Tesla MRI 
• GE 16 slice Helical CT Scanner 
• C-arm fluoroscopy 
• Hiflow Oxygen

About us:
 

With our team-centered approach, we recognize that every team member’s time is valuable and their skillset unique. Therefore, our shared goal is for each team member to have the tools and support necessary to practice an excellent standard of care in their area of expertise and to have a work-life balance that lends itself to sustainability and happiness. 

You will be supported by a dedicated leadership team comprised primarily of Veterinarians and Veterinary technicians who understand the challenges of veterinary medicine and are committed to building and supporting happy, productive teams. 

About our city:

• Frederick, MD?https://partnervesc.com/about-frederick/ 

Partner’s core values: 

• Reimagine 
• Empower 
• Community Care 

Why Join Partner Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center (PVESC):
 

Our mission statement is our commitment to our team:? 

Partner Veterinary's mission is to provide the best workplace for veterinary talent so that we are the provider of choice for expert and compassionate emergency and specialty veterinary care in our communities.
 

https://partnervesc.com/ 

If you want to practice the highest standard of care with our skilled team, that supports an atmosphere of work life balance, we want to hear from you!
 

Apply by contacting Katie Brooks [email protected]?or applying through our careers page: ?https://partnervesc.com/careers/ 

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from an accredited university 
• Board-certification or residency-trained in Critical Care 
• Licensure in good standing to practice in the state of Maryland
• The ability to make decisions and communicate clearly and effectively with fellow team members and pet families 
• A commitment to practicing the highest standard of medicine, upholding the veterinary code of ethics 
• Clinical experience in emergency medicine or general practice, or completion of a rotating or specialty internship 
• Professional demeanor and appearance, with excellent interpersonal skills and a positive, friendly attitude 
• Support for new graduates who have commitment to continued professional development and mentorship.