Lead Doctor, San Jose - CA

A DVM, VMD, or equivalent degree

2+ years of ER experience and critical case management

Training in emergency surgery/endoscopy

Ensure top-tier customer satisfaction and hospital revenue production

doctor callouts, addressing customer complaints, scheduling)

Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays on a rotating or as needed basis based on hospital needs

As a Lead Emergency Veterinarian at VEG, beyond helping people and their pets, you’ll take ownership of supporting your team and ensuring that your hospital is a model of clinical excellence.

Working alongside your hospital’s medical director, you’ll champion VEG’s medical processes and initiatives, developing your fellow doctors and coaching them to thrive.

You’re well-versed in the VEG Spikes, our unique, customer-centered way of doing things—like ensuring people see a doctor right away and allowing families to stay with their pets—and you lead by example, ensuring your team practices the VEG way with every case.

As a leader, you’ll have the opportunity to foster a culture of mentorship and learning, helping your doctors build fulfilling, unexpected career paths while creating a lasting impact on your hospital.

See patients right away as part of the VEG Triage and VEG Spikes, our unique, customer-centered way of doing things—like ensuring people see a doctor right away and allowing families to stay with their pets

Complete a diagnosis of each pet's condition to create a diagnostic and therapeutic plan

In 2014, VEG was born with a mission to help people and their pets when they need it most. This meant challenging the status quo and fixing everything that was wrong with the ER experience. Since then, we’ve expanded rapidly, with hospitals nationwide open 24/7, 365 days a year, and created a better emergency experience—not only for people and their pets, but also for everyone who works here—our VEGgies!

At VEG we find a way to say yes to the career you want in veterinary emergency medicine. This means transforming how ER works, from our open-concept hospitals, where you can handle emergency cases of every kind (even exotics!) to our immersive, customer-focused experience, which helps us give people and their pets the care they deserve.

This also means saying yes to creating the greatest experience possible for our VEGgies. Yes to working in an environment where you can find your place and feel valued for the amazing work you do. Yes to having unparalleled opportunities for learning and mentorship so you can grow where you want to go in your career. And yes to making an impact here in ways you never thought possible.

VEG is a 2025 and 2026 certified Great Place to Work®.