Description
Lead Veterinarian — $150K–$170K Base + $50K Bonus | 3–4 Day Week | Technician-Driven Mobile Practice
Mobile Pet Vax is hiring a Lead Veterinarian in Houston, TX. We offer a guaranteed base salary of $150,000–$170,000, a $50,000 signing/retention bonus, production upside, and a 3–4 day work week in a highly efficient, technician-driven mobile practice model.
The $50,000 bonus is paid as $10,000 up front, followed by $10,000 every 6 months for a total of five payments.
This is not an in-home house-call position. All services are performed inside our fully equipped, climate-controlled mobile veterinary units. Clients remain outside the unit due to insurance requirements, which creates a calmer, more controlled, and more efficient clinical environment.
About Mobile Pet Vax
Mobile Pet Vax is a Houston-based, doctor-owned mobile veterinary practice focused on making high-quality veterinary care more affordable, convenient, and accessible for pet owners across the Greater Houston area.
We believe veterinary medicine can be good for clients, good for pets, good for technicians, and sustainable for doctors.
If you want to practice medicine in a model that feels aligned again, we would like to talk.
Practice Medicine That Feels Good Again
Many veterinarians entered this profession to help pets and the people who love them. But in many traditional and corporate settings, doctors are increasingly caught between rising costs, production pressure, overloaded schedules, and clients who struggle to afford basic care.
Mobile Pet Vax was built differently.
Our model makes high-quality veterinary care more affordable and accessible for Houston families through efficiency, mobility, and a strong technician-driven workflow — not by asking doctors to work harder for less.
You can earn excellent compensation, work fewer days, and help more pets receive the care they need.
Why Doctors Like This Model:
1. Technician-Driven Appointments
Our trained veterinary technicians handle the procedural and workflow-heavy parts of the visit, including:
Patient intake and history collection
Restraint and handling
Preventative education
Estimates and treatment approvals
Checkout coordination
Appointment flow
Doctors focus primarily on medical decision-making, diagnosis, treatment plans, oversight, and quality of care.
2. Minimal Client-Flow Burden
Clients do not enter the mobile unit. This reduces distractions, exam-room small talk, and the constant client-facing pressure many doctors experience in traditional clinics.
3. Simplified, Automated Records
Our medical records are streamlined, structured, and largely automated to make documentation fast and efficient. The goal is to minimize after-hours charting and unnecessary administrative burden.
4. 3–4 Day Work Week
Full-time doctors typically work 3–4 days per week. This is not a traditional five-day clinic grind.
5. Built-In Downtime
Appointments are efficient, and the drive time between stops creates natural mental breaks throughout the day. You are not stuck in a lobby-to-room-to-lobby cycle all day.
6. Compensation
$150,000–$170,000 guaranteed base salary, depending on experience
$50,000 signing/retention bonus
$10,000 paid up front
$10,000 paid every 6 months thereafter
Five total payments
Production upside available
No negative accrual
Relief-to-permanent pathway available for the right candidate
7. Benefits
3–4 day work week
Health insurance (fully paid for full-time DVMs)
HSA contributions
CE allowance
License and dues reimbursement
401(k) options
No in-home visits
No traditional lobby/exam-room chaos
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a veterinarian who:
Wants strong compensation without corporate-style pressure
Values efficient, practical, accessible veterinary care
Is comfortable making medical decisions independently
Appreciates a technician-driven workflow
Wants fewer days worked and less clinic chaos
Communicates clearly and professionally
Has 2+ years of small-animal GP experience, though strong newer graduates may be considered
ER, urgent care, shelter, high-volume wellness, relief, and mobile-practice backgrounds are all welcome.
Common Questions
Do we go inside clients’ homes?
No. All services are performed inside our mobile veterinary units.
Are clients inside the unit?
No. Clients remain outside the unit due to insurance requirements.
Is this just vaccines?
No. Preventative care is a major part of our model, but we also provide basic primary care services, diagnostics, bloodwork, parasite prevention, microchips, and other routine medical services.
Is this production-pressure medicine?
No. Our model is built around accessible care, efficiency, and compliance — not high-pressure upselling.
