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Veterinarian

Countryside, Cook, IL

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Build a career that supports your passion - and your life.

Here, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills, practice great medicine alongside a supportive team, and build a career that fits your goals and lifestyle. With flexible scheduling, opportunities for continued growth, medical independence, and a connected community behind you, you can thrive both professionally and personally.

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Key traits that drive our vets.

Discover the qualities that help our team work and make a real impact on patients—and the practice.

  • Compassionate
  • Collaborative
  • Adaptable
  • Progressive
  • Reliable
  • Curious

Supporting you at work and beyond

  • Support at work and beyond
  • Benefits tailored to your needs
  • Career growth that fits your goals
  • Freedom to practice your medicine

Responsibilities

What if the case you’d normally refer out was the one you got to see through yourself?


At Countryside Veterinary Center, one morning might start with a wellness exam and end with a TPLO, a walk-in urgent care, and a rehab patient back on the underwater treadmill. Just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, we’re a general practice with the caseload, tools, and team to work up cases most GPs send elsewhere, then hand off to a certified rehab doctor down the hall to see them all the way through recovery.


The Opportunity:

A deep, varied caseload spanning general practice, urgent care, and daytime emergencies

Full medical autonomy, with the freedom to work up complex cases in-house rather than refer them out

Flexible scheduling, with most doctors working 34 hours per week

At least 3-5 years of experience as a DVM in a small animal GP or urgent care setting is required for this role

The Resources:

A team of 8 collaborative DVMs and two dedicated hospital managers, so doctors can stay focused on medicine

Two surgical suites supporting orthopedic procedures, including TPLOs, fracture repairs, and FHOs

Full in-house diagnostics: digital and dental x-rays, ultrasound, echo, EKG, and IDEXX lab

A dedicated rehabilitation service with therapy laser, hydrotherapy treadmill, acupuncture, and chiropractic care, led by a certified rehab DVM and tech

The Lifestyle:

Stroll walkable downtown La Grange packed with 30+ independent restaurants, boutiques, a historic theatre, and a seasonal farmers market

Explore 16+ miles of the Salt Creek Trail winding past Brookfield Zoo, plus nearby preserves for hiking, biking, and paddling

Hop an express Metra train and reach downtown Chicago in about 25 minutes

ProSal Compensation & Benefits:

Starting salary of $125,000–$150,000 plus production bonuses

401(k) with company match

Access to CE courses (dentistry, ultrasound, surgery, and more) at NVA’s nearby PetOne Training Center in Addison, IL

Professional liability coverage, DEA and state licensing, and VIN membership

PTO, paid CE, and CE/licensing reimbursement

Generous staff pet discounts

Final compensation commensurate with experience, skills, schedule, and scope of services provided


If you’re ready to stop referring out the cases you went to vet school for, let’s talk.


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Your wellbeing & the benefits to back it up

We offer support that goes beyond the basics. Our benefits are designed to meet you where you are in your practice—and your life.

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  • 401(k) Savings

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  • Flexible Schedules

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  • Competitive Compensation

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  • Work-Life Balance

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  • Growth & Development

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NVA is a great choice because of the options they give you. Not only is there a variety of practices you can be in, but if you want to reach beyond that, if there's something beyond just straight patient care that you are interested in, if you have other goals or dreams or aspirations and is going to find a way to make them happen for you, their focus is growth. And so they will find a way for you to grow as a veterinarian, achieve what you want to achieve and be the best that you can be.

Dr. Elise Frank, Belmont Shore Veterinary Hospital, Long Beach

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