Veterinary Avian & Exotics

Avian & Exotics Veterinary Opportunity! Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital, a Specialty and Emergency Referral Facility with hospitals in Akron, Highland Heights, and Norton, Ohio, is seeking an Avian & Exotic Animal Veterinarian to join our team!

The Metropolitan Veterinary Group has been providing specialty and emergency care for over 50 years, with an established reputation for delivering the “Gold Standard” of veterinary medicine. Our Avian & Exotics service is one of the longest established exotic animal programs in the Midwest, providing comprehensive medical, surgical, and referral care for birds, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits, ferrets, pocket pets, zoological species, aquatic animals, and wildlife. We are excited to continue growing this unique service and are actively looking for an Avian & Exotics DVM who wants to join our team.

Metro Exotics Team

• Work with a team of experienced board-certified specialists, residents, and interns who value and practice high-quality medicine.
• Work side by side with a talented, exotic-trained staff of registered technicians that pride themselves on providing exceptional patient care.
• Opportunity, if desired, to participate in conservation, wildlife rehabilitation, public aquarium medicine, and exotic animal rescues.
• Be part of our Metro care team built on compassion, communication, and teamwork!

Metro You

• Practice high-quality avian and exotic animal medicine with access to advanced diagnostics, surgery, and extensive support
• Enjoy a diverse and rewarding caseload including birds, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits, ferrets, pocket pets, zoological species, aquatic animals, and wildlife
• Expand your skills utilizing advanced diagnostics, minimally invasive procedures, microsurgery, endoscopy, ultrasound, laser (surgical and therapy), laparoscopy, digital radiology, and CT imaging
• Work within a service that enjoys a large established client base and receives referral cases from throughout Ohio and neighboring states
• Enjoy a flexible schedule that promotes work/life balance
• Receive a generous compensation package that includes a competitive salary and bonus opportunities

Our Hospitals Metro Highland Heights (Cleveland)

• Newly designed 30,000 sq. ft. specialty facility including the Exotics Department
• CT, digital radiology, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, laparoscopy, endoscopy, and exotic hospitalization facilities.
• Comprehensive in-house and referral laboratory

Metro Norton

• Dedicated Avian & Exotics facility serving exotic pets for over 40 years
• Full-service avian and exotic animal referral, wellness, hospitalization, and surgical practice
• Seven-day-a-week patient care and hospitalization
• Referral base extending throughout Ohio and neighboring states

Why Join Metro’s Avian & Exotics Service? Our Avian & Exotics Department provides a team environment with comprehensive medical, surgical, and emergency care for a wide variety of species and offers opportunities rarely found in private practice.

What We Offer You

• Flexible schedule

• Competitive salary and production bonuses

• Comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance

• Generous CE allowance

• Uniform allowance

• Paid professional dues and licensing fees

• 401(k) with company match

• Paid time off

• Exceptional workplace culture that values balance, teamwork, and professional growth

Why Northeast Ohio? Because it’s a great place to live and work!

Join us in beautiful Northeast Ohio, home to Cleveland, Akron, innumerable local and state parks, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the Great Lakes.

Enjoy fine dining, professional sports, arts, and culture, or escape outdoors for hiking, biking, kayaking, and lakefront adventures. Our region offers an affordable cost of living, excellent schools, and vibrant communities, making it an ideal place to build both a career and a life.

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Interested Candidates Can Confidentially Submit Their CV To Mark Hyde [email protected]

Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital is committed to fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and compassionate patient care. Join our team and help shape the future of avian and exotic animal medicine in Northeast Ohio. Ethos Veterinary Health, part of the NVA Group, is where you come to practice world-class medicine, and help shape what veterinary care becomes next.

Across our network of 140 specialty and emergency hospitals, science moves forward, standards are elevated, and innovation is put into practice every day. You’ll work alongside respected veterinary leaders in academic-caliber hospitals designed for learning, teaching, and discovery.

Here, mentorship is a two-way street. You’ll share your expertise, learn from others, and continue to grow, clinically, professionally, and personally.

At Ethos, you inspire hope, deliver exceptional care, and pursue veterinary medicine at its highest level, together.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement benefits, paid time off (including sick leave and vacation), short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance.

Ethos is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ethos does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, competence, merit, and business need.