Associate Veterinarian Avian & Exotic Species Focus

Company Description

CANOBIE LAKE VETERINARY HOSPITAL

Windham, NH  •  2024 AAHA Practice of the Year  •  AAHA Accredited 20 Years

Associate Veterinarian - Avian & Exotic Species Focus

Full-Time  •  4 Days/Week  •  Monday–Friday Only  •  No Weekends

Most practices treat exotic medicine as an afterthought. You’ve spent your career trying to find the one that doesn’t.

At Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital, avian and exotic medicine isn’t a side service—it’s half of who we are. Fifty percent of our patients are birds, reptiles, rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, pocket pets, and amphibians. We have built our team, our culture, and our systems around delivering top-notch care to every species that walks, hops, slithers, or flies through our door.

If you love the complexity of exotic medicine, thrive in a hospital that actually takes it seriously, and want a role that respects your time and your expertise—keep reading.

Who We Are

Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital is an 20-year AAHA-accredited general practice and the 2024 AAHA Practice of the Year. We are a multi-species hospital in Windham, NH that has built a genuine reputation for excellence in both companion animal and exotic medicine. Our culture runs on Conscious Care®—a trademarked program developed by our owner that centers on compassion for self, team, clients, patients, and community. This isn’t a buzzword. It’s how we actually operate.

We are partnered with Alliance Animal Health, but our owner—a 28-year veterinary practice veteran and passionate advocate for both her patients and her team—remains deeply invested and actively involved. She has created a hospital where people want to stay, grow, and do their best work.

Your Patients

This is the part that sets us apart. Half of our caseload is avian and exotic, which means you’ll spend your days working with the full spectrum of non-traditional species:

• Birds (psittacines, passerines, raptors, and more)
• Rabbits
• Guinea pigs
• Ferrets
• Reptiles (lizards, snakes, chelonians, and beyond)
• Pocket pets (hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, chinchillas)
• Amphibians

No two days look alike. The diagnostic puzzles are real, the medicine is nuanced, and the clients are devoted. This is exotic medicine done right—with the equipment, the support staff, and the culture to back it up.

Job Description

The Role

As an Associate Veterinarian with an avian and exotic focus, you’ll practice at the top of your license across a rich variety of species. You’ll work alongside a collaborative team that includes our Customer Experience Team (CET), Technicians (TT), and Veterinary Assistants (VA)—all trained to support multi-species care at a high level.

You’ll have the mentorship of experienced colleagues, the backing of a Medical Director, and access to our specialist network—including a boarded surgeon, cardiologist, and two traveling internists. You won’t be out on a limb. You’ll be supported.

We Protect Your Time

• Personal assistant checks in/out all your appointments and monitors your task lists all day
• You do doctor things: exams, diagnostics, treatment plans, surgery, dentals—nothing else
• We stay on schedule so you walk out on time, every time
• Monday–Friday only. Your weekends are always yours.
• Four 10-hour days. Always a 3-day weekend, every week
• Hospital closes 2 hrs/week for rounds, training, and team development

Qualifications

Who You Are

• 5+ years of clinical experience, with significant avian and exotic caseload
• ABVP boarded in Avian or Exotic Companion Mammal medicine preferred—or actively working toward it
• Comfortable seeing the full spectrum: birds, reptiles, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, pocket pets, amphibians
• Strong diagnostician who loves the challenge of exotic medicine
• Great communicator with devoted exotic pet owners who have big expectations
• Collaborative and team-oriented—you make everyone around you better
• Passionate about mentorship and growing alongside a team that invests in learning
• Open to general companion animal medicine as part of a balanced mixed caseload

Live in New Hampshire: Your New Backyard

40 min to Boston  •  45 min to the beaches  •  45 min to ski mountains  •  No i