Cats, Cats, Cats, and Ferrets!

All Feline Hospital needs an additional veterinarian to join our family!  We are confident that as you learn more about us, you will see what a fantastic, rewarding opportunity this role can be for your career.

Practice Highlights:

• The clinical team you will join is highly experienced and ultra collaborative.  Drs. Shelley Knudsen (KSU ’04), Kelly Jordan (KSU ’03) and Rebecca Arnold (KSU ’90) are supported by 2 full time licensed technicians and 4 highly experienced full time veterinary assistants.
• Our fast growing practice is independently owned by Dr. Shelley Knudsen.
• All Feline Hospital prides itself on possessing an upbeat, drama-free, family like culture.   We love coming to work and we know you will too!

“I love our culture and atmosphere!  Everyone helps each other out, everyone gets along well and we all treat each other like family!  The compassion for our furry family friends is amazing!” – Dr. Knudsen

About the Opportunity

We are looking to hire an additional veterinary associate for the All Feline Hospital team.  For the right applicant who sees AFH as their new home and for whom we see as a good fit for our team, we will be highly competitive with compensation, flexibility and work-life balance.  The position is eligible for our standard benefits package, all of which we have listed below but that we would also be excited to discuss with you!

“A wonderful place to work.  I have learned so much about cats.  Our crew is dedicated and so much fun to work with.  I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else!” – Jessi, Receptionist

About You

You are a practicing or recently graduated veterinarian, licensed and in good standing with the state of Nebraska.  Additionally, you are committed to practicing high quality evidence-based medicine/surgery and consider yourself a lifetime learner.  We are always looking to expand the spectrum of services our clinic is able to offer to our clients so if you have specific clinical interests, we are happy to help you foster and develop them.  You are patient with pet owners, even the crotchety and crazy cat owners and generally have a sunny disposition in the exam room and treatment areas.  In terms of your clinical experience, we are flexible.  We welcome new grads as well as seasoned professionals.

About the Team

The full-time staff currently consists of 1 veterinarian, 2 licensed veterinary technicians, 4 highly experienced veterinary assistants, and 3 receptionists, all of which have been with our clinic for several years and more.  The part time staff currently consists of 2 veterinarians, 6 veterinary assistants, 4 of whom are pre-vet and 1 ward attendant.  The team consistently praises the hard-working family-like atmosphere in the building.

“One thing I love about working at All Feline is the sense of family and community here – we all support and lift each other up here!” – Regan, Veterinary Assistant

About the Practice

For over 30 years All Feline Hospital, an independently owned practice, has served the needs of cat and ferret owners in the city of Lincoln and surrounding communities.  We have had clients travel from neighboring states just to seek our care and expertise.  We pride ourselves at prioritizing the needs of our patients and will work with our clients to be able to offer all options to ensure the best possible care for their pet.  From a workflow perspective, we are highly flexible and can readily adjust our scheduling to meet any vet’s individual needs and preferences for client flow and services offered.

The Specifics

•  Prosal w/guaranteed base of 80K (negotiable based on experience) and 21% production.

35 hours per week minimum for benefits set up as your choice:

• Three 12 hour days.
• Four 9 hour days.
• Five 7 hour days.
• Option to work more hours to earn additional production.
• No weekend shifts, occasional weekend call only for any hospitalized patients.

•  No negative accrual.

Fully paid benefits:

• Health insurance.
• AVMA and FVMA dues.
• VIN membership.

Continuing Education:

• $2000 per year after first year of employment, can be negotiable for increase each year at annual review.
• Paid CE hours.

PTO:

• Want to work more hours for more production?  That also means more PTO.
• Renegotiable every year at annual review.

• PTO accrued at 1 hour of base salary for every 20 hours worked.  This roughly works out to just over 1 week every 6 months.
• 6 paid holidays per year.

•  No non-compete.

•  No contract term. If you don’t like working here, we don’t want to force you to stay.

•  Opportunity to purchase the clinic in 10-15 years if interested.

Student loan repayment assistance:

• $300 per month on top of your regular loan payment paid directly to your loan servicer.
• For a $200,000 loan, this could result in a 30 year loan being paid in 18 years.

Interest specialization available:

• Love surgery or dentistry?  We got you!
• Interested in internal medicine?  Dr. Knudsen will be happy to mentor you with her 20+ years of experience in felines only and let you do as many internal medicine cases as you can handle.
• Want to work with ferrets?  Great!  We will teach you!  Don’t want to work with ferrets?  You do not have to.  Dr. Knudsen is happy to take them all on.
• Interested in pursing a board certification in feline medicine or learning a specialty like acupuncture?  We will help and encourage you as much as we can.

Family Friendly:

• Whether you currently have a family or plan on having one down the road, we will work with you.
• If you need to adjust your schedule to work in family events, we will work with you.
• If you need to bring your child to work with you because of a temporary lack of child care, we are okay with that and will work with you the best we can.
• We offer 6 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave and the option to take up to 20 weeks total with the ability to earn additional PTO leading up to leave and the ability to spread out the paid leave and the PTO over the 20 week period if desired.