Veterinary Criticalist

Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists is looking to add a 2nd Full-Time Criticalist to our thriving practice.   

Who We Are: 

Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists is a recently remodeled specialty hospital located in Sugar Land, TX, a thriving city with a family feel just 20 miles southwest of downtown Houston. 

We're a close-knit group of experienced veterinary professionals that pride ourselves on our ability to offer mentorship, support, and a collaborative workplace. In addition to taking care of pets, we also take care of each other. Through day-to-day interactions and organized team-building activities, we create an environment where personal health, well-being, and work-life balance is important, and every individual matters.   Learn more about us by visiting our website at https://www.slvetspecialists.com/.

Our Culture and Team:

Our mission at Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists is to provide the best possible veterinary specialty and emergency care for pets and their owners with outstanding customer service, understanding, compassion and communication. We recognize, respect, and support the value of every co-worker and our referring veterinarians in this TEAM effort to succeed in OUR MISSION. Our core values—do the right thing, fun, wow service, trust, respect, responsibility, integrity, compassion, knowledge, and loyalty—guide everything we do at Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists. 

Our Hospital:

• In addition to critical care, our team offers emergency care, internal medicine, critical care, diagnostic imaging, ICU, medical oncology, neurology, surgery, and radiation oncology. 


• We are well equipped with digital radiography, a 16 slice CT with 3D recon abilities, Halcyon Linear Accelerator, ultrasound, MRI, and a full in-house laboratory.


• We offer fluoroscopy and laparoscopy and have scope towers for urinary, gastrointestinal, nasal, and orthopedic cases. 


• We have an AMAZING atmosphere and an established referral base.


• We are a growing hospital that practices superior pet care while maintaining a family feel.

 Our commitment to pets extends beyond our hospital walls.

• Our Team Members also have the opportunity to give back to communities around the globe through our partnership with World Vets. Each year, we send a group of doctors and support staff abroad to help pets in need and support programs that nurture healthy relationships between people and animals. Learn more here:  WORLDVETS.ORG

Our compensation package includes a starting base salary up to $200,000, monthly production with no-negative accrual, and sign-on bonus. We offer a great benefits package including, but not limited to: health insurance (vision, medical, dental, with company HSA contribution), life and disability insurance, 401K with company match, PTO, generous CE, reimbursement for membership dues and license fees, uniform allowance, and more.

About our beautiful Sugar Land Community:

• Are you looking for a perfect suburb of Houston?


• Located just 20 miles from downtown Houston, our community has outstanding schools, great restaurants, live music, shopping, and 25+ parks!  


• Sugar Land is home to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center, and the Houston Astros Triple-A affiliate team. There is truly something for everyone! 


• Sugar Land was also nominated as one of the best places to live in America!!


• Come visit Sugar Land at: Explore Sugar Land, TX | Events, Attractions & Things To Do (visitsugarlandtx.com)

To learn more about the hospital and position please contact Joe Rusk at [email protected] or apply at careers.lakefieldvet.com.

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