Across Canada, VetStrategy is a network of veterinary practices united by a shared purpose: healthy animals, happy owners.
We bring this to life through three promises:
Guided by our values—We Care, We Dare, We Share—we prioritize well-being, embrace challenges, and foster collaboration. Rooted in passion and compassion, we support our people, patients, their families, and our communities. Humble and approachable, we achieve more together.
Emergency Veterinarian - Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic
Hourly wage: $110–$150/hour | Full-time | 24/7 Emergency Hospital
Are you an experienced Emergency Veterinarian looking for a supportive team, a diverse emergency caseload, and a schedule that gives you plenty of time away from the hospital?
Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic (HVEC) in Barrie, Ontario, is looking for a full-time Emergency Veterinarian to join our established 24/7 emergency team. We are ideally looking for an experienced ER veterinarian who is confident managing hospitalized and ICU patients while also supporting outpatient emergency cases.
This is an important senior role within our team. You’ll often take primary responsibility for our ICU while providing clinical support and mentorship to newer emergency veterinarians and working closely with our experienced RVT and support teams.
Why HVEC?
At Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic, our greatest strength is our people.
Our team includes 18 DVMs, 25 RVTs, and 22 support team members, bringing extensive experience in emergency medicine, surgery, anesthesia, critical care, and progressive general practice. We’re proud of the longevity of our team, with our leadership group having each been with HVEC for more than 15 years.
We believe emergency medicine takes a team. No one is expected to face the difficult days alone. Whether it’s helping with a critical patient, supporting a colleague through a challenging case, or simply checking in after a tough shift, our team genuinely looks out for one another.
We also believe in developing future talent. Our team provides strong mentorship and hands-on learning opportunities for newer veterinarians while giving experienced clinicians opportunities to continue expanding their skills.
As an Emergency Veterinarian, you’ll see a diverse and rewarding caseload while playing an important role in supporting our hospitalized and critical patients.
Your responsibilities will include:
Common presentations include trauma, gastrointestinal disease, toxicities, respiratory distress, endocrine emergencies, and other critically ill patients requiring immediate intervention.
We are approximately an hour from the GTA and have access to specialty referral when cases require a higher level of surgical or specialty care.
Your Schedule
Our full-time DVM schedule follows a 2-day / 2-night rotation followed by 4 days off:
2 day shifts: 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
2 night shifts: 8:00 p.m. – 8:30 a.m.
4 days off
During the day and evening, there are generally an additional 1–2 outpatient DVMs in the hospital seeing incoming emergencies until approximately 10:00 p.m. Overnight, you’ll typically be the sole DVM in the hospital, so confidence working independently and making clinical decisions is important.
Our rotating schedule includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays, allowing us to provide emergency care 24/7, 365 days a year. In return, the rotation provides longer stretches of consecutive days off and greater flexibility for vacations and important life events.
Compensation & Benefits
Our Hospital
HVEC is equipped to provide advanced emergency and critical care around the clock. Our hospital features:
Dedicated ICU
Digital radiology
Ultrasound
Comprehensive in-house laboratory diagnostics
24/7 emergency and critical care support
We work closely with local animal shelters and rescue organizations by providing discounted emergency veterinary services to help ensure animals in need receive timely medical care.
We also maintain strong relationships with local veterinary technician colleges, providing student placements, hands-on learning opportunities, and mentorship to help develop the next generation of veterinary professionals.
Mentorship & Professional Growth
While this position is ideally suited to an experienced emergency veterinarian, we know that every veterinarian's career path looks different.
We have several newer DVMs on our team who are continuing to build their emergency experience, and we are committed to providing mentorship and support as they grow.
If you’re a veterinarian with less ER experience who is looking for the right environment to develop your emergency skills, we would still love to hear from you. We may have an additional full-time opportunity that could be a better fit for someone earlier in their emergency career.
Life in Barrie
Barrie offers a great balance of career and lifestyle, with a shorter commute than many larger urban centres while still being within easy reach of Toronto.
The region is surrounded by beautiful lakes, beaches, hiking trails, ski hills, and year-round outdoor recreation. You’ll also find a growing food and brewery scene, vibrant downtown events, and a more affordable cost of living than many communities in the Greater Toronto Area.
Whether you enjoy spending your days outdoors, exploring local restaurants, or heading into Toronto for a day in the city, Barrie offers plenty to do both inside and outside of work.
About Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic
Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic was established in 2001 through the cooperative efforts of veterinarians in Barrie and the surrounding communities to provide emergency after-hours services.
Today, HVEC has grown to serve clients from 19 member veterinary clinics, as well as clients referred by veterinarians throughout the surrounding area. We believe in working as partners with primary care veterinarians to provide patients with the best possible care when they need emergency support.
Our team’s longevity, collaborative culture, and commitment to mentorship are a few of the things that make HVEC a special place to work.
Join Our Team
If you’re looking for an emergency practice where you can take on meaningful clinical responsibility, work alongside an experienced team, and have a schedule that supports life outside of work, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic and become part of a team where collaboration, mentorship, and exceptional patient care come first.
Apply through the link or email careers@vetstrategy.com
Do not miss out on this unique opportunity to join a fun and dynamic team! VetStrategy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please reach out to careers@vetstrategy.com.
Being part of VetStrategy is about being part of something bigger – an ever-growing community, where we connect person-to-person and skill-to-need, united by a common purpose of healthy animals, happy owners. From our humble beginning in 2006 to the present day, we continue to make a difference in the lives of people who have dedicated themselves to this industry.
When VetStrategy co-founders Orin Litman and his wife, Dr. Michelle Cutler, decided to acquire McLean Animal Hospital in 2006, they focused on three promises – our Customer Promise of world-class veterinary care, delivered locally; our People Promise, to be a great place to work; and our Sustainability Promise to be a force for good for patients, people and our plant.
Keeping our three promises led VetStrategy to become the leading veterinary network in Canada, with veterinary practices, 24-hour emergency care, and specialty hospitals coast-to-coast. We have developed and refined a model for supporting our practices across the country.
What we do:
We care for those dedicated to caring for animals by creating a workplace where we focus on innovation, engagement, and teamwork.
We know the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into building each practice, and we don’t want to touch that – we truly embrace the uniqueness of each clinic. Our heritage first approach means we won’t change a clinic’s name, culture or heritage.
We understand the challenges our veterinary teams face and are committed to doing what’s right – for them, their clients, and their patients.
We care about the future of veterinary medicine. Everything we do comes back to ensuring that veterinarians have the time, support, and infrastructure to focus on responsible medicine and quality care.
We believe in empowering our support office and clinic staff and providing them opportunities to develop their skills and grow in their careers.
