Animal Care Center is currently searching for a full-time or part-time associate veterinarian to join our well-established (and still growing!) hospital in the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area of central Minnesota. Whether you have years of experience or are a new grad looking for a healthy and supportive start to your career, we want to make you feel like a valued member of our terrific team. We have a high technician to DVM ratio and many of our staff have been with us for over 5,10 & 20+ years.  We practice high quality medicine in a collaborative and mentoring environment in our 5-doctor small animal practice. Education & mentorship is our passion, and we have amazing, clinic-bonded clients. 

Our Culture and Values 

Here at Animal Care Center, our mission is to provide an exception client experience by advocating for the need of pets and providing excellence in healthcare and education.

We nurture the bond between people and animals by providing timely veterinary services to our clients and quality medicine to their pets in a friendly, comfortable atmosphere.   

We offer FULL TIME benefits starting at just 30 hours a week! Our compensation package includes a highly competitive base salary, after-hour emergency fees, 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, Generous Paid-Time-Off for work/life balance, generous CE, reimbursement for membership dues and license fees, uniform allowance, personal pet discount and more.

To learn more about the hospital and this position please contact Megan Sorensen at megan.sorensen@lakefieldvet.com or apply at careers.lakefieldvet.com.  

About Lakefield Veterinary Group

Our partnership with Lakefield Veterinary Group is a long-term relationship dedicated to compassionate veterinary care. We are building communities of talented and like-minded veterinarians that will embody our core values of Respect, Wow Service, Learning, Fun, and we will always Do the Right Thing. There is no greater reward than strengthening the human/pet bond. It is our responsibility to go beyond the borders of our local legacy and provide expert level veterinary medicine to pets all over the world during our annual trip with World Vets. We invite you to come experience the Lakefield family.

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