Veterinarian-Columbus Countryside-Columbus WI
About the Role
Columbus Countryside Veterinary Clinic, an AAHA-accredited hospital with a 4.8-star Google rating, is seeking an experienced veterinarian who enjoys practicing high-quality medicine and wants to have a meaningful voice in how care is delivered across the hospital. This opportunity is ideal for a thoughtful, collaborative DVM who values clinical excellence, consistency, and teamwork and is interested in contributing beyond their own caseload. The veterinarian in this role will help shape medical standards, provide perspective on clinical protocols and workflows, collaborate on complex cases, and partner with leadership on initiatives that strengthen patient care and team performance. Prior formal leadership experience is welcomed but not required; strong clinical judgment, communication skills, accountability, and the ability to earn trust through example are most important.
What Your Day-to-Day Looks Like
- Build Lasting Relationships: Connect with clients and their pets, becoming their trusted partner in a pet's lifelong health.
- Practice Your Best Medicine: From diagnosis to treatment, you'll lead patient care with the freedom to uphold the highest standards.
- Educate and Empower: Clearly communicate findings and treatment plans, empowering clients to make informed decisions.
- Collaborate and Grow: Work alongside a supportive paraprofessional team, contributing to a positive hospital culture.
What We Are Looking For
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree.
- A valid state license and in good standing to practice.
- A collaborative spirit and a dedication to practicing the highest standard of medicine.
- Excellent communication skills with a positive, friendly attitude.
- Desire to learn and grow, with interest in small-animal general practice in a full-service, AAHA-accredited hospital committed to compassionate, high-quality medicine.
- Clinical interests may include preventative and wellness care, advanced diagnostics, dentistry, routine and advanced surgery, internal medicine, pain management, urgent and same-day care, client education, and continuity of care throughout every stage of a patient's life.
- Remains curious, welcomes feedback, and is motivated to continue developing both clinically and professionally.
Practice Highlights
- Supportive Technical Team: Practice alongside an exceptionally skilled and established support team that includes numerous Certified Veterinary Technicians, senior and lead technicians, and team members with advanced anesthesia credentials. Their depth of experience supports efficient workflows, strong patient monitoring, excellent client communication, and the ability for doctors to focus on practicing medicine at a high level.
- Facility: Full-service, AAHA-accredited facility equipped to provide wellness and preventative care, state-of-the-art testing and diagnostics, routine and advanced surgical procedures, urgent care, and pet boarding. The hospital's equipment, treatment areas, diagnostic capabilities, and established workflows support both comprehensive primary care and more advanced medical cases.
- Scope of Practice: Robust, encompassing core areas like Surgery, Neurology, and Internal Medicine, allowing you to manage complex cases and expand your clinical skills daily. You also benefit from readily available internal specialty consultations.
- Patient Mix: A diverse small-animal caseload primarily consisting of dogs and cats, with a rewarding mix of wellness visits, diagnostic workups, surgery, dentistry, urgent presentations, chronic disease management, and advanced care.
Location
Columbus Countryside Veterinary Clinic is proudly located in Columbus, Wisconsin, a welcoming community between Madison and Milwaukee offering a quiet, accessible lifestyle ideal for teammates looking for a friendly, close-knit environment. Columbus offers a welcoming small-town lifestyle with convenient access to two of Wisconsin's largest metropolitan areas, known for its historic charm, friendly neighborhoods, local parks, and relaxed pace of life, while still providing easy access to dining, entertainment, airports, universities, and outdoor recreation throughout south-central Wisconsin. It is an excellent fit for veterinarians who value affordability, shorter commutes, and a strong sense of community without feeling disconnected from larger-city amenities.
How You're Supported
As part of the Mission Pet Health family, you get the autonomy of a local practice backed by the comprehensive benefits and resources of a larger network. The focus is on investing in you, so you can focus on what you love.
- Generous Compensation: Competitive base salary and a monthly production bonus with no negative accrual.
- Total Wellbeing: Comprehensive coverage including Health, Dental, Vision, and more, plus Maternity Leave and 24/7 TeleDoc access.
- Financial Health: 401k featuring a generous company match, plus Long & Short-Term Disability insurance.
- Commitment to Growth: Yearly CE allowance with dedicated paid days off. Grow with leadership tracks and structured mentorship.
- The Power of a Network: Tap into a nationwide community of over 20,000 veterinary professionals for collaboration and to explore your unique interests.
- Peace of Mind: Company-paid Professional Liability Coverage.
About Mission Pet Health
Mission Pet Health was founded by veterinarians on the belief that local practices thrive with clinical autonomy, collaboration, and medical excellence. The organization provides world-class support to its 850+ hospital teams on a hyper-local basis so they can focus on what matters most: the medicine, their patients, and their team culture. Driving the award-winning culture are the WAG values – Work Together, Amaze, and Grow. Mission Pet Health is veterinarian-led, people-focused, and on a mission to be the best place to work in veterinary medicine.