Veterinarian-Burnsville Parkway Animal Hospital-Burnsville MN

Additional Hospital Information & Who We are Looking For:

Associate Veterinarian – Burnsville Parkway Animal Hospital | Burnsville / Twin Cities, MN

• Interest In: Small-animal general practice within an AAHA-accredited, full-service hospital offering comprehensive wellness and preventative care, internal medicine, advanced diagnostics, dentistry, routine and advanced surgery, orthopedics, pain management, behavior medicine, senior pet care, and compassionate client education. Whether your interests are surgery, dentistry, internal medicine, preventative care, or simply becoming a strong and well-rounded GP veterinarian, Burnsville provides the caseload and resources to continue building your skills.

• Open to New Graduates or Experienced Veterinarians: Whether you're preparing to graduate and looking for the right place to build your clinical foundation or you're an experienced veterinarian ready for your next opportunity, we'd love to connect.

New graduates will find an established multi-doctor environment where asking questions, discussing cases, and progressively building independence are encouraged. Our structured, one-year New Graduate Mentorship Program includes a dedicated Clinical Mentor with intentional schedule overlap, regular mentor meetings, goal-setting, virtual learning opportunities, and coaching around client communication and professional development.

New graduates also have access to our 5-day Surgical Mentorship Program, offered year-round in a small-group setting where participants typically complete approximately 20–40 surgeries, as well as a 2-day Dental Wet Lab led by our veterinary dental specialist and designed to build confidence in everyday dentistry.

Our goal is to help you grow into independence with support around you, not throw you into practice and expect you to figure it out alone.

• Experienced Veterinarians: Experienced doctors will enjoy the autonomy to practice high-quality medicine while still having a collaborative doctor team and opportunities to continue developing professionally. In addition to generous CE support, you'll have access to our Clinical Tracks Program, offering complimentary RACE-approved CE facilitated by veterinary specialists within our network.

Have a special interest? Let's talk about how we can help make it a larger part of your everyday practice.

• Established Multi-Doctor Team: You'll be joining an established doctor team where collaboration and case discussion are part of practicing good medicine. For a newer veterinarian, that means having other doctors available as you develop your clinical judgment. For an experienced DVM, it means having colleagues to collaborate with while still maintaining your own medical autonomy.

• Advanced Medicine + Specialist Collaboration: Burnsville Parkway is equipped to manage the majority of patients' medical and surgical needs directly within the hospital. When a case would benefit from additional expertise, our veterinarians can consult directly with board-certified specialists within our trusted network, providing additional clinical insight while allowing many complex cases to remain supported in-house. This provides a valuable resource for doctors at every career stage, whether you're a newer veterinarian learning how to approach more complicated cases or an experienced clinician who values having specialist expertise readily available.

• Surgery & Orthopedics: Doctors interested in surgery will find exposure extending beyond routine procedures. Burnsville Parkway offers routine and advanced surgical care, including orthopedic procedures, dental surgery, and cystotomy, creating opportunities to strengthen procedural skills and learn from a team comfortable managing a broader surgical caseload.

• Supportive, Experienced Technical Staff: Work alongside a knowledgeable support team with experience in anesthesia monitoring, dentistry, laboratory diagnostics, patient care, treatments, and client communication. Strong support allows our veterinarians to focus their time where it's most valuable diagnosing, treating, performing procedures, and building relationships with clients.

• AAHA-Accredited Standards of Care: As an AAHA-accredited hospital, Burnsville Parkway voluntarily maintains rigorous standards across areas including patient care, anesthesia, surgery, dentistry, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, safety, continuing education, and client service. For a veterinarian early in their career, it's an excellent environment to establish strong clinical habits from the beginning.

• Relationship-Focused Medicine: Burnsville Parkway's philosophy centers around treating clients like family and each pet like our own. Preventative care, client education, thoughtful communication, and long-term relationships are an important part of how the team practices medicine.

• Patient Mix: Enjoy a well-rounded dog and cat caseload spanning puppy and kitten visits through senior medicine. Cases include preventative care, dentistry, internal medicine, diagnostic workups, behavior, pain management, surgery, orthopedics, chronic disease management, and more complex medical and surgical cases.

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Location: 950 West Burnsville Parkway Burnsville, MN 55337

If you're a new graduate looking for an established hospital where you can build confidence with experienced doctors and meaningful mentorship around you, we'd love to help you launch your career.

And if you're an experienced veterinarian looking for clinical autonomy, a broad medical and surgical caseload, continued professional growth, and a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you as well.

For confidential consideration, please send your resume to: Katie Shaffer [email protected]

All applications and conversations will be handled with the utmost discretion, professionalism, and confidentiality.

Why Burnsville / Twin Cities, MN?

Located just south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Burnsville gives you convenient access to the entire Twin Cities metro while offering the everyday ease and space of a suburban community.

The area provides plenty to enjoy outside of work, with parks, trails, lakes, shopping, restaurants, and outdoor recreation close to home while keeping the entertainment, professional sports, arts, music, restaurants, breweries, and cultural attractions of Minneapolis and St. Paul within easy reach.

And if getting outdoors is your thing, Minnesota gives you plenty of opportunities to actually enjoy all four seasons-from hiking, biking, boating, and lake weekends in the warmer months to skiing, skating, and winter activities when the snow arrives.

For a veterinarian beginning a career or looking for a new place to put down roots, Burnsville offers the accessibility of the Twin Cities without requiring you to live in the middle of the city, giving you flexibility to choose the neighborhood, community, and lifestyle that fit you best.

What Your Day-to-Day Looks Like

• Build Lasting Relationships: Connect with clients and their pets, becoming their trusted partner in a pet's lifelong health.
• Practice Your Best Medicine: From diagnosis to treatment, you'll lead patient care with the freedom to uphold the highest standards.
• Educate and Empower: Clearly communicate findings and treatment plans, empowering clients to make informed decisions.
• Collaborate and Grow: Work alongside a supportive paraprofessional team, contributing to a positive hospital culture.

Who We're Looking For

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree.
• A valid state license and in good standing to practice.
• A collaborative spirit and a dedication to practicing the highest standard of medicine.
• Excellent communication skills with a positive, friendly attitude.