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Veterinary Jobs in St. Paul, MN

Are you looking for a unique opportunity in veterinary medicine where you’ll work with a supportive, highly skilled team? At St. Paul Pet Hospital, you’ll be a part of a young, fun, and enthusiastic group of veterinary professionals who love what they do—and are darn good at it, too. We are a family-owned, local veterinarian in St. Paul, MN, always looking to grow our practice. If you’re looking for a fast-moving, challenging, and meaningful role in veterinary medicine, you’ve come to the right place!

Open Positions

At St. Paul Pet Hospital, we're always on the lookout for talented, enthusiastic pet lovers to join our team. If you think you'd be a great fit, please send your resume to spph.hiring@gmail.com.

At St. Paul Pet Hospital, the Associate Veterinarian is responsible for ensuring the highest client experience through quality care and maintaining animal health by diagnosing, preventing and treating disease / injury. As an advocate for pets and their quality of life, the Associate Veterinarian builds a long-term, bonding relationship with clients, contributes to the development and maintenance of the human-animal bond by educating clients on all aspects of pet health. The Associate Veterinarian partners with the practice leadership team to ensure a safe, supportive and engaging hospital environment, and improve the medical quality of the hospital. The Associate is required to possess knowledge of principles, theories and practices of veterinary medicine and science.

Primary responsibilities may include (but are not limited to):

  • Appointments / exams
  • Surgery and dentistry
  • Hospital relations

 Qualifications / Requirements:

  • Active license and in good standing in the state of MN (required)
  • Minimum of 2 years in clinical setting
  • Be able to hear and speak in order to use the telephone and communicate with people inside and outside the clinic.
  • Frequently lift, carry and handle dogs weighing 40lbs.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Professional development assistance

St. Paul Pet Hospital is growing, and we're looking for awesome Customer Service Representatives to join us that want to expand with a progressive clinic.

The ideal candidate for this position:

  • Has 1+ years’ experience as a veterinary clinic receptionist or similar position.
  • Is people-centered and loves to generate relationships.
  • 2+ years customer service experience, working directly with people/the public.
  • Someone with strong communication and client service skills.
  • A team player with great communication skills and a confident, outgoing, can-do attitude.
  • Has previous experience using Cornerstone software (though not required).

Requirements of this position include (but are not limited to):

  • Receive clients with a friendly and welcoming attitude, compassion and care. Considerable tact and diplomacy are required.
  • Ability to perform general physical activities that require bending, standing, stooping, moving from room to room, sit, talk, and listen.
  • Ability to multitask.
  • Able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs.
  • Flexible schedule.

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time

St. Paul Pet Hospital is growing, and we're looking for awesome CVTs to join us that want to expand with a progressive clinic.

The ideal candidate for this position:

  • Has 2+ years’ experience as a CVT.
  • Is patient centered and loves working with dogs, cats, and their people.
  • Someone with strong communication and client service skills. Considerable tact and diplomacy is required.
  • A team player with great communication skills and a confident, outgoing, can-do attitude.
  • Has previous experience using Cornerstone software (though not required). 

Requirements of this position include (but are not limited to):

  • Receive, handle and treat patients with skill, compassion, and care including: monitoring during anesthesia, assisting in diagnosing, surgery and general and specialized appointments and care.
  • Ability to perform general physical activities that require bending, standing, stooping, moving from room to room, sit, talk, and listen; may be required Able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs. and be on your feet all day.
  • Active certification
  • Flexible schedule

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time

St. Paul Pet Hospital is growing, and we're looking for awesome Technicians/ Veterinary Assistants to join us that want to expand with a progressive clinic.

The ideal candidate for this position:

  • Has 1+ years’ experience as a vet tech/assistant.
  • Is patient centered and loves working with dogs, cats, and their people.
  • Someone with strong communication and client service skills. Considerable tact and diplomacy are required.
  • A team player with great communication skills and a confident, outgoing, can-do attitude.
  • Has previous experience using Cornerstone software (though not required).

 Requirements of this position include (but are not limited to):

  • Receive, handle and treat patients with skill, compassion, and care including: Assisting Doctors in diagnosing, assisting other team members, and general and specialized appointments and care.
  • Ability to perform general physical activities that require bending, standing, stooping, moving from room to room, sit, talk, and listen; may be required Able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs. and be on your feet all day.
  • Flexible schedule.
  • Working knowledge of pharmaceutical drugs, common diseases; their symptoms, means of transmission, treatment and prevention, and other basic preventative health care recommendations.
  • Ability to perform assigned duties both in reception as well as in the treatment area of the hospital in a timely and professional manner is important

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time

Why Work with Us

At St. Paul Pet Hospital, we understand that in order to do your best job, you need to be your best self. Our benefits are comprehensive and help you take care of yourself, so you can take care of pets:

  • Health insurance
  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • PTO
  • 401k match
  • HSA contribution
  • Staff discounts
  • Uniform allowance

At St. Paul Pet Hospital, we use the industry’s most advanced technology to diagnose and treat our patients to the best of our abilities. Here are some of the high-tech tools you’ll use when working with us:

  • Digital radiography (general and dental)
  • Surgistat electrosurgical system
  • VetPro Dental 1000 – the most highly recommend dental tool on the market
  • Idexx technology including the Catalyst Blood Chemistry analyzer, Snap Pro analyzer, Procyte CBC machine, and Sedivue.
  • Cornerstone operative software

 

Continuing education and training are vital to our team’s growth as well as the quality of care we provide for pets. We offer CE to staff who have shown growth in the clinic and have specialized responsibilities. Training for the entire team is done at every team meeting as a group and usually focuses on applicable general practice knowledge. Our job in this hospital is to give our people opportunities to become smarter, more emotionally intelligent, and more efficient—even if they don’t stay with us.

The culture of St. Paul Pet Hospital embraces a foundation built on exceptional patient care, development of lasting relationships with clients, and a healthy work environment for its team. A deep-rooted commitment to a team-based culture encourages team-oriented goals and successes. The staff of St. Paul Pet Hospital are committed to the health and well-being of our clients and patients. And the support and commitment that is shown to our clients and patients parallel the relationships we hold with each other.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Opportunities for Students

We offer externships to students through the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2-week time slots. High school and college students can apply for longer internships with us that are specific to their needs and skill set. If you’re interested in applying for an externship, please email us at spph.hiring@gmail.com. More detailed information about our externship program is below!

About our Externship Program

St Paul Pet Hospital (SPPH) accepts students enrolled in their junior and senior years of veterinary school for rotations of one to four weeks in length to fulfill private practice or elective curriculum requirements.

At SPPH we believe that mentorship is a critical step of life-long learning, and is vital to engaging the future generation of scientists. We are strongly committed to sharing and teaching the most progressive medicine with veterinary students, staff, and our clients. By volunteering our time and wisdom, we ensure that the future of science and veterinary medicine is strong. Our objective is to educate veterinary student externs while maintaining the highest caliber patient care, communication, and service to our clients. SPPH’s externship program is for you, if:

• You are currently enrolled in an AVMA-accredited university veterinary degree program.

• You are looking for experience in a fast-paced small animal general practice with lots of hands-on opportunities.

• You are hard-working, motivated, intelligent, friendly, and enjoy working with others.

We do not require nor do we provide professional liability (malpractice) insurance, health insurance or worker’s compensation for externs. If an extern’s university mandates that insurance coverage be obtained, it is the responsibility of the extern to arrange such coverage. We are happy to provide a letter confirming your acceptance if this is required.

SPPH does not charge visiting students for participation in our externship program, nor do we provide any compensation/payment to externs.

We are not able to provide or assist in arrangement of housing accommodations for visiting students.

SPPH accepts applications from students attending AVMA-accredited universities abroad. However, because the externship program is designed to provide university credit for the senior year curriculum, students of AVMA-accredited universities in the U.S. and Canada are given priority when scheduling rotations. At this time, we are not able to accept applications from students of non-accredited universities.

How to Apply for An Externship:

1.    Review the general Extern Orientation Packet.

2.    Email your name, veterinary university, email contact, year of expected graduation, and the year of study at the time of intended externship to spph.hiring@gmail.com.

3.    Specify the number of weeks you would like to spend with us.

4.    It is not possible to start in the middle of one block and finish in the middle of the subsequent block. This policy is enforced in order to maximize the number of students we are able to accommodate.

5.    Select a preferred start date based on the schedule of available weeks.  We allow a maximum of 2 students per 2-week block.

6.    Provide alternative dates and enter ask any questions you may have.

Please feel free to email us at spph.hiring@gmail.com if you have questions that are not addressed online.

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