About Us

Upstate Veterinary Specialties (UVS) is a privately owned, specialty and emergency veterinary practice located in the Capital District of upstate New York. We offer a congenial, supportive work environment with board certified specialists in Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Radiology, Physical Therapy and Surgery. Our mission is to help our patients live longer, happier lives through expert medical care and compassionate customer service.

Why We’re Different

UVS strongly emphasizes staff fulfillment and work-life balance, which are demonstrated in our culture and practice philosophy. Being a privately-owned hospital with leadership on-site, we can quickly respond to the needs of our staff and community.

Our practice has a talented mix of experienced emergency clinicians and specialists. Our hospital is unique in that we have a toxicologist and two hospitalists on staff. We have two technicians dedicated to our in-house pharmacy and three well-being team members who help facilitate compassionate client communications and help our staff.

We value life-long learning- encouraging and funding continuing education for our staff. Our new medical hires participate in an eight-week rotational training program to set staff on a path to success.

What’s in it for you?

Upstate Veterinary Specialties offers a rewarding work environment along with a competitive compensation and benefits package including:

• Hourly rate starts at $18.00 per hour and increases depending on experience, plus a shift differential of $1- 3 per hour for working past 6:00 pm and on the weekends. 
• Fully paid medical, dental, and long-term disability insurance
• Retirement plan with matching contribution
• Annual Continuing Education allowance and paid time away for conferences and classes
• Generous paid time off including PTO, Floating Holiday and Bereavement
• Pet insurance stipend
• Uniform Allowance
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Growth opportunities to learn emergency and specialty medicine
• Tuition Reimbursement 

What are we looking for?

We are seeking an enthusiastic team player to work with our medical staff. Veterinary Assistants support our doctors and technicians with the medical treatments and care of our patients. They also ensure that all treatment areas are clean, organized and well-stocked.

Veterinary Assistants must possess excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced and, collaborative, team-oriented environment. The ability to lift animals and boxes and constantly move throughout the hospital is required. 

**Candidates must have prior experience in a veterinary hospital or in animal husbandry.**

Schedule: 

Monday through Wednesday 3:45 pm to 4:15 am or 5:45 pm to 6:15 am. Must work on Saturday per month.

Open to part-time and per diem. 

Learn more about us at www.uvsonline.com

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