Why Join Our Team?

Welcome to your new home!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website.

At Apsley Veterinary Services, we believe practicing medicine and business with a high standard is the key to success. We also believe it is through the thoughtful and supportive treatment of others (our team and our clients) that a practice may grow to be happy and subsequently successful. In the process of providing our services, we will treat our clients, their pets and our staff in a friendly, professional, ethical, compassionate and supportive manner. We acknowledge that each person deals with the illness or death of a pet differently. As such, we will approach every situation with compassion and empathy first.

How are we different?

We are privately owned and operated. Don’t feel like just another employee again! Our team, our clients and our patients are family!
We believe in a healthy work-life balance. The mental health of our team is a top priority and we do everything we can to ensure/help everyone succeed, happily and healthily.
We are focused on management. You are always supported by our management team – Practice Manager, Office Manager and direct contact with our owner.
We support growth and advancement within the hospital.
We believe every role within the hospital is imperative to your success, we are a team. As a veterinarian you will personally be supported by a Receptionist, Veterinary Assistant and Registered Veterinary Technician. Meet your future team here – https://www.apsleyveterinaryservices.ca/meet-our-team
Location! Location! Location! Our beautiful clinic is set on 4 acres of land with a stream running behind and a groomed trail.

Benefits

Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

Signing bonus - because we appreciate you choosing AVS!
Paid dues (DVM/RVT) - because these dues allow you to do what you do!
OVMA membership - because we want our team to enjoy all of the advantages we do!
VIN membership - because we believe in growing your skills no matter what stage of your career you are in!
Veterinary care - because your pets are our pets too!
Extensive continuing education - because we never want you to miss a beat with what’s going on in the industry with our extensive CE package!
Medical benefits - because we want to to help take care of you and the people you love!

Gold Standard Care at Your Fingertips

Surgical suite
Dental suite
Full body digital radiology
Dental radiology
Warming devices (Hot Dog™ device and oat bags)
Monitoring equipment – EMMA, ECG
In-house laboratory
Backup generator to ensure you can care for your patients, even in the worst weather
Tour our hospital at https://www.apsleyveterinaryservices.ca/tour-our-hospital

What does our area offer?

Live where you vacation. Get away from the hustle and bustle of big city living. Apsley boasts diverse year-round outdoor activities such as boating, ski-doing, fishing, swimming, skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and so much more!
With over 700 square kilometers of forest, lakes, creeks and rivers, North Kawartha offers an abundance of wildlife, natural beauty, and recreational activities. Access to beautiful beaches, trails and provincial parks is just outside your front door. Visit https://www.northkawartha.ca/en/our-community/about-north-kawartha.aspx to see everything North Kawartha has to offer.
Apsley is bursting with art culture. We have an abundance of talented artists in our own backyard, from woodworkers to glassblowers. We are home to the annual Apsley Studio Tour (https://apsleystudiotour.com/).

Our Mission

We will provide cutting edge, individualized veterinary medicine to patients through a warm, supportive, compassionate, respectful, ethical and professional model.
We will provide education to every client so they can become active partners with us in their pet’s healthcare.
We will require all employees of Apsley Veterinary Services to stay current with their education so we remain passionate leaders in positive veterinary solutions.
We will treat clients and staff, how they would wish to be treated.
We will treat each other with respect, encourage individual strengths and develop a team approach to help deliver care in a friendly, supportive, and fun environment.

Our Vision

To provide a personalized feel to veterinary medicine in an ever-expanding model through responsible and engaged business, medical, environmental, and social practices.
To strive to provide leadership not just at the level of the hospital and community, but also nationally in order to make a difference not only in pet’s lives but also the lives of our fellow human beings.
To be a leader within the model of the Canadian model of “One-Health”.

Our Values

Compassion and Empathy: To treat animals and people with compassion, empathy and understanding at all times.
Passion: To show our passion for patient care through our practice of veterinary medicine.
Integrity and Professionalism: To practice and do business with honesty, integrity and professionalism. We will strive to conduct our business in a non-judgmental way.
Family: To care for those we work with as though they were a part of our family. To create an inclusive, skilled team where we will all support one another.
Respect: To respect the lives and differing viewpoints of those around us.
Kindness: To remember that our patients are sick or scared when they come to us and to remember that their owners are also feeling nervous or scared in many cases. We will always strive to remember and care for the feelings of those humans and animals we work for and work with.

How to Apply

Please send cover letter and resume to our Practice Manager, Stephanie, at sgreve@mvspc.ca.