Welcome to Best Friends Veterinary Care.  You can have all you wish for in practice, without sacrifice, with a schedule that allows you to live your best life!

Our Mission at Best Friends Veterinary Care is:

• To provide high-quality medical, surgical and dental care in an efficient, compassionate and collaborative manner
• To protect animal health and build long-lasting relationships with our team, our clients, and their pets.
• To treat our clients and team like family in a way that makes our practice feel like a home away from home
• To enable our team member to grow and thrive in their profession through educational opportunities and mentorship
• To give our healthcare team the daily support that they need to be able to achieve these goals 

The Best Friends family is a unique group comprised of dedicated professionals all pursuing the same goal: exceptional care for our clients and their pets.  

Our team members join us and stay.  Many of our team have been with us since the early days of the practice.  New additions are welcomed and supported! Don’t love surgery or dentistry?  That’s ok! If you love internal medicine, other members of the team are happy to pick up the extra time in the surgery suite.

Why Best Friends Veterinary Care? 

Our location: 

• Located on the North Shore of Long Island, NY in Nesconset, near Smithtown (5 mins from exit 58 on the L.I.E.). 
• Love nature, wildlife and history?  Smithtown is a great place to explore with many wonderful parks and regular events hosted by the Smithtown Historical Society.

Our team, tech, and tools: 

• We boast an amazing, experienced, helpful, drama-free, cohesive team including multiple, experienced licensed veterinary technicians (including an L.V.T. with a board certification in Emergency and Critical Care – and there are just 536 globally!)
• Digital rads including Midmark digital dental rads. Midmark high speed dental unit. GE Ultrasound
• Bovie Electrocautery, Cryotherapy, Therapy Laser, Bear Hugger
• Our mission of exceptional care works!  Check out our unsolicited reviews on Google, Yelp or Facebook.
• Our team is FAMILY – There is always great music, camaraderie, endless Keurig coffee and fun. We take our work, our fun, and our lack of drama all very seriously.

Everything else! 

• Current Hours: Mondays and Fridays 9:00-7:00, Tuesday through Thursday 9:00-5:30 and Saturdays 9:00-1:00. Set Saturday rotation between associates. No on-call or after-hours!
• No boarding or grooming
• 30-minute appointment times (including for follow-up visits)
• Full-time or part-time opportunity exist, and mentorship is available for the right early-career veterinarian

Email me at suzanne.blair.burtner@suveto.com for a confidential conversation or book an appointment on my calendar here.

Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Includes: 

• Generous Salary and $25,000+ Sign-On Bonus, commensurate with experience 
• Production Earnings 
• No Negative Accrual or non-compete 
• CE Allowance of $5000 plus 5 days for CE use
• Flexible Scheduling
• 3 weeks paid vacation
• Granted equity via Suveto’s Veterinary Stock Ownership Plan (VSOP) 
• 401k with company match 
• Medical, Dental, and Vision 
• 40 hours sick leave per New York
• Life and Disability Insurance 
• Paid Parental Leave 
• And more! 

WE BELIEVE IN VETERINARY OWNERSHIP

VSOP® is an innovative way to have ownership in your hospital network. It will provide you with the tools to grow both financially and professionally, without upfront monetary investment. As the hospital network grows from your hard work and dedication, so will the value of your VSOP®.

SUVETO VETERINARY HEALTH

We are part of an innovative network of hospitals that are owned and operated by the veterinarians working in each hospital. Suveto is not corporate ownership, nor private practice, but enjoys the best parts and benefits of both.

About Best Friends Animal Hospital

We are part of an innovative network of hospitals that are owned and operated by veterinarians working in each hospital. As a part of Suveto, we can offer ownership opportunities, leading-edge technology, and growth opportunities.

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