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  • Location Hickory, NC
  • Salary $120k/year - 150k/year
  • Job Type Full Time
  • Posted December 28, 2025

Veterinarian - Surgeon

We are seeking a Surgeon to join our wonderful team in Hickory, NC!

This position is available full-time or part-time for the right DVM. 

CASE Core Values:

Compassionate Care

Always Prepared

Supportive

Excellence

 

What we offer at our practice:

  • An exciting patient caseload and a long standing reputation of serving the community for 30+ years
  • 12 exam rooms, spacious ICU and separate areas in the hospital for hospitalization including feline wards, intermediate care wards and an isolation ward
  • The most up-to-date equipment including Snyder oxygen cages, canine and feline transfusions, Liga-Sur, PoliPhase sealant, and GIA stapler
  • Fully equipped surgical suites complete with an on-site CT scanner, digital X-ray, GE Logiq ultrasounds, fluoroscopy and endoscopy
  • Collaborative team of veterinarians and support staff including specialists in surgery, internal medicine, behavior, rehabilitation and emergency clinicians working together to provide the most comprehensive medical care necessary for each patient
  • 24/7/365 high level medical care for each and every patient coming to us for help
  • State-of-the-art and comprehensive in house laboratory capabilities, surgical instrumentation and equipment supporting a variety of procedures including general surgery, advanced orthopedics, and minimally invasive surgery
  • An ICU that is staffed 24 hours a day with skilled support staff, so that each patient is able to be carefully monitored throughout their medical treatment and hospitalization
  • Fully equipped rehabilitation suite with underwater treadmill, k-laser, e-stim, exercise treadmill and various enrichment toys
  • A trained team to treat and care for cats diagnosed with hyperthyroidism undergoing I-131 Radioactive Iodine Therapy in a fully equipped feline ward 

Our Ideal Candidate:

  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree or equivalent
  • Board Certification or Residency Trained and Board Eligible in Veterinary Surgery
  • Passionate about practicing outstanding medicine while also building and fostering a strong team 
  • Strong communicator who models a professional and courteous manner with staff and clients 

Benefits:

  • Sign-on bonus eligible
  • Relocation bonus eligible 
  • Student loan repayment assistance program 
  • 401k with company match 
  • 529 Gift of college plans 
  • Paid time off 
  • Continuing education (CE) allowance and paid time off for CE
  • Access to a strong network of veterinary professionals 
  • Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible
  • Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • Employee pet discounts
  • Flexible schedules
  • Paid parental leave 
  • Professional licensure coverage
  • Professional Liability Insurance
  • Professional development programs
  • Mentorship, career development, and training

And much more!   

About Us

We are a multi-specialty practice with specialists in internal medicine, surgery, behavior, rehabilitation and 24-hour emergency and critical care housed in a beautiful newly built 12,000-square-foot hospital in Hickory, NC.

We have a spacious hospital with a fully staffed ICU with DVM and highly skilled 24 hr support team to manage a high volume patient case load with 12 exam rooms. In hospital we have comprehensive in house laboratory equipment that includes chemistry, cbc, epoc, blood gas, sedivue, fecal imagyst, telecytometry, ability to have consultation and recommendation from boarded radiologist and clinical pathologist for best in the moment patient care, oxygen therapy (multiple snyder icu cages and high flow). We have the ability to provide superior specialty care with computed tomography, fluoroscopy, digital radiology, color-flow doppler ultrasound, endoscopy, minimally invasive surgical equipment, and comprehensive surgical instrumentation. We are able to provide radioactive iodine therapy for cats with hyperthyroidism and have a fully equipped rehabilitation suite with k- laser, e-stim, oasis underwater treadmill as well as exercise treadmill for assisting patients with pre and post op recovery.

We have a team of highly skilled board-certified specialists, emergency clinicians, veterinary technicians, and support staff that believe in compassionate care, always being prepared, supportive, excellence and quality in everything we do for our patients and encourage individuals who embrace a fast-paced atmosphere with honesty, positive attitude and transparency.

Apply Today!