Veterinary Surgeon – Anchorage, Alaska
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Schedule: Full-Time | Strong Focus on Work-Life Balance
Base Salary: Up to $300,000 per year
Monthly Production with No Negative Accrual | Sign-On Bonus | 401(k) Match | Generous CE | Department-Building Opportunity
About the Role
An exceptional opportunity is available for a Board-Certified or Residency-Trained Veterinary Surgeon to join an established small animal practice in Anchorage, Alaska.
Offering a starting base salary of up to $300,000 plus monthly production with no negative accrual and a sign-on bonus, this position combines excellent earning potential with significant clinical and operational autonomy.
The successful surgeon will have the opportunity to build and shape a surgical department from the ground up, including input into equipment selection, team development, workflows, and clinical systems.
With specialist surgical care significantly underserved across Alaska, this role provides the opportunity to establish an important service while making a meaningful impact on patients, referring veterinarians, and communities throughout the state.
About the Practice
The hospital is a well-established small animal practice that has served the Anchorage community for more than 40 years, providing personalised, high-quality veterinary medicine.
The practice offers comprehensive medical services with diagnostic capabilities including ultrasound and endoscopy. The caseload primarily consists of dogs and cats, with occasional exotic patients adding further clinical variety.
A long-tenured, highly skilled support team enables veterinarians to concentrate on patient care while providing the foundation needed to develop an advanced surgical service.
The hospital is looking for a surgeon with an entrepreneurial mindset who wants more than an established caseload – this is an opportunity to build, lead, innovate, and create a specialty service around their clinical vision.
Responsibilities
Provide advanced surgical consultation and treatment
Perform complex soft-tissue and surgical procedures within the surgeon's expertise
Assess patients and develop comprehensive surgical treatment plans
Provide pre-operative and post-operative patient management
Collaborate with referring and primary-care veterinarians
Establish and develop the hospital's surgical service
Help determine appropriate surgical equipment and technology requirements
Develop effective surgical workflows, protocols, and clinical systems
Participate in building and developing the surgical support team
Maintain exceptional standards of patient safety and surgical care
Communicate diagnoses, surgical recommendations, risks, and expected outcomes clearly with clients
Provide leadership, mentorship, and clinical guidance to veterinary team members
Foster a collaborative and high-performing clinical environment
Identify opportunities to expand and improve surgical services
Support the long-term growth of specialty veterinary care within the region
Candidate Profile
Candidates should be Board-Certified in Veterinary Surgery or Residency Trained and possess, or be eligible to obtain, the appropriate veterinary licence to practise in Alaska.
The ideal candidate will combine advanced surgical expertise with an entrepreneurial and leadership-focused mindset.
This opportunity would particularly suit a surgeon who values autonomy and wants meaningful involvement in developing a specialty department, including decisions surrounding equipment, staffing, workflows, and clinical systems.
Strong communication and team leadership skills are essential, alongside a commitment to collaborative medicine and consistently high clinical standards.
Candidates should also be motivated by the opportunity to help address the limited availability of advanced veterinary surgical services across Alaska.
Compensation & Benefits
A highly competitive compensation and benefits package is available, including:
Starting base salary up to $300,000 per year
Monthly production with no negative accrual
Sign-on bonus
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Company HSA contribution
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Paid time off
Generous continuing education support
Professional membership dues reimbursement
Veterinary licence fee reimbursement
Uniform allowance
Strong focus on work-life balance
Significant clinical and operational autonomy
Opportunity to build and lead a new surgical department
Input into equipment, staffing, and clinical systems
Apply Today
Veterinary specialists searching for a Veterinary Surgeon job in Anchorage, Alaska with exceptional earning potential and the autonomy to develop a surgical service are encouraged to apply.
With a base salary up to $300,000, monthly production with no negative accrual, a sign-on bonus, comprehensive benefits, strong work-life balance, and the opportunity to build a surgical department from the ground up, this is a rare opportunity to combine specialist medicine, leadership, and genuine clinical impact.
Contact:
John Read - CEO & Talent Acquisition Specialist
T: (214) 660-5515
E: john@supremesearchspecialists.com