Northeast Indiana Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital (NIVES) in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a full-time Emergency Services Lead Veterinarian to join our growing team!

We would like to connect with experienced ER DVMs that have an interest in taking the next step in their career path.  If you are looking to lead a high quality, progressive and collaborative team that provides exceptional patient care and client service we want to hear from you!

The schedule consists of a 4-day work week, 10-hour rotating shifts and every-other weekend off.

Duties will include partnering with the hospital's Medical Director and Hospital Administrator, the day-to-day management of the ER team of 10 doctors (not support staff), responsibility of creating the ER schedule, managing the HR-related topics, ER client concerns, and participating and/or leading staff and management meetings. 

Excellent compensation potential with an added management bonus each pay period.  Compensation package includes relocation support, sign-on bonus, State License, DEA License, annual CE funds, professional dues for AVMA and IVMA, health benefits (medical, dental, vision and life insurance), uniform allowance, 100% liability coverage (with defense), paid subscription to TalkSpace, paid membership to 50+ Journals, and more.

Our newly expanded 14,000 sq. ft. hospital is an AAHA accredited, VECCS Level II 24-hour facility. In addition to our emergency focused veterinarians, our hospital supports a team of board certified specialists, including Internal Medicine, Small Animal Surgery, K9 Rehabilitation Therapy, Feline Medicine and Cardiology.

NIVES serves the pet owners and veterinarians in the tri-state region of NE Indiana, SE Michigan and NW Ohio. We have a team approach to emergency care providing each team member with the support of specialists and other experienced doctors to tackle difficult cases. Highly trained support staff and registered veterinary technicians work alongside our doctors. Each day the collaboration of the team starts and ends with daily case rounds with our board-certified specialists, ER clinicians and technicians. NIVES believes in teaching and supporting the next generation of doctors and routinely hosts students from around the world as part of our passion for professional development.

We offer state of the art care by providing:

• Digital radiography
• CT
• Ultrasound
• Endoscopy
• Snyder ICU unit
• Companion LASER
• Chemotherapy
•  In-house lab including standard full blood analysis, I-Stat 1 handheld analyzer, point of care glucometers, coagulation monitoring (PT/PTT), microscope and blood typing & cross-matching
• In-hospital blood donor program
• Noninvasive and invasive blood pressure monitoring
• Continued central venous pressure monitoring

Fort Wayne is the 2nd largest city in Indiana with a superior cost of living. Combined with great schools, Fort Wayne is a great place to raise a family. Enjoy big city amenities with a suburban feel. There are over 85 public parks and trails, children's zoo, a thriving arts community, museums and cultural events in addition to several sports teams. We enjoy excellent shops and restaurants and our only 2-3 hours from several larger metropolitan areas such as Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit and Cincinnati. There are several great international companies in our area. Most importantly, the community continues to support our hospital. This allows us to add additional specialties and expand our facility to meet the growing needs of our pet owners now and in the future.

State of Indiana license, or eligible. 

Three years of Emergency experience. 

About Northeast Indiana Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital

Ethos Veterinary Health (“Ethos”) consists of over 145 world-class specialty and emergency hospitals dedicated to advancing animal health and providing exceptional, compassionate care. With a network of over 2,000 specialty and emergency caregivers, Ethos brings together an integrated community of expertise and collaboration enabling continuous growth and learning. As one of the largest veterinary specialty networks, Ethos takes a scientific, evidence-based approach to lead the advancement of cutting-edge medicine to extend and improve the lives of pets. For more information, visit www.ethosvet.com. Ethos is the new, industry-leading community of legacy Ethos Veterinary Health, Compassion-First Pet Hospitals, SAGE Veterinary Centers, and NVA Specialty and Emergency hospitals.

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