Veterinarian | Mentorship, Career Growth + Optional Partnership
1051 W. Stearns Rd, Bartlett, IL, 60103 true.vetOverview
True.Vet is a network of independently owned, technology-forward veterinary hospitals. I'm a veterinarian-MBA building this with independent ownership as the foundation. We invest in technology that works for our team so our doctors spend less time charting and more time on what matters: medicine, relationships, and the client experience this profession deserves. Teams leave on time. New membership offerings are launching that will reshape how clients access and value care. But the real work happens underneath the medicine. We are building leaders. Owners. Veterinarians who shape their own careers. Our partnership track offers milestone-triggered equity and a real path toward independent practice ownership for DVMs who want it, paired with the business education, mentorship, and growth to run something one day. Ownership is not required. But the door is wide open. Be a great clinician. Build something of your own. Or both. Your career, your call.
True.Vet Heartland, formerly Heartland Animal Hospital, has recently joined the True.Vet network of independently owned and operated animal hospitals. We are excited to be able to offer a pathway to partnership at this location. Come be a part of the excitement of the next generation of ownership of this wonderful hospital.
Requirements
Build the veterinary career you actually want. Maybe you are a newer veterinarian looking for the right place to become truly confident in medicine and surgery. Maybe you have been practicing for years and are ready for a hospital where you have more autonomy, influence, and room to grow. Maybe leadership interests you. Maybe ownership does. Maybe neither does, and you simply want to practice excellent medicine with good people and have a life outside the hospital. All of those paths belong at True.Vet. We are an independently owned veterinary group building hospitals around a simple idea: veterinarians should not have to leave clinical practice, join corporate management, or take an enormous financial leap just to keep growing their careers. At True.Vet, you can become an exceptional clinician first. Where you take it from there is up to you. The Medicine You will practice the full spectrum of small animal medicine, including preventive care, sick visits, urgent and same-day cases, dentistry, soft tissue surgery, and advanced procedures. Interested in becoming a stronger surgeon? Let's develop that. Love dentistry or internal medicine? Build your niche. Want to focus on outstanding general practice and client relationships? We need great doctors who want exactly that. Our hospitals are designed around accessibility, strong support teams, useful technology, and workflows intended to help doctors focus on patients instead of spending their evenings finishing records. And yes, we care about getting our team home on time. Early in Your Career? You do not need to have everything figured out. You need a place where people will actually invest in you. You will work alongside experienced veterinarians who want to teach, share cases, develop your clinical judgment, and help you become increasingly independent. There is no gatekeeping. If you want to learn surgery, we will get you into surgery. If you want to become better at dentistry, communication, urgent care, leadership, or business, we will help you build those skills too. Our goal is not to keep you dependent on a mentor. Our goal is to help you become the veterinarian other people eventually come to for answers. Already an Experienced Veterinarian? We are not looking to put you back into someone else's box. Bring the skills you have spent your career developing. Practice excellent medicine. Help shape the hospital. Mentor younger doctors if that excites you. Develop a service or area of medicine you love. Step into leadership if you want more influence over how a veterinary hospital operates. You have already built experience. We want to give you somewhere meaningful to use it. Want to Grow Beyond Clinical Medicine? That opportunity is here too. Through True Vet Potential, our internal veterinarian development platform, doctors interested in leadership and business can learn the parts of veterinary medicine that most of us were never taught in veterinary school: - Leading and developing a team - Building a healthy hospital culture - Understanding financial statements and a P&L - Managing hospital operations - Making business decisions - Developing other veterinarians - Understanding veterinary practice ownership You can participate as much or as little as your career goals dictate. Partnership Is Available. It Is Not Required. For veterinarians who eventually want something of their own, True.Vet offers opportunities to grow into leadership, partnership, and practice ownership. We believe veterinarians should have realistic pathways to equity and ownership without having to figure everything out alone. That means mentorship, business education, increasing responsibility, and opportunities to earn or purchase meaningful equity when the fit is right. But you never need to become an owner to have a successful career here. We need phenomenal associate veterinarians too. A Veterinary Career Should Leave Room for a Life We take sustainability seriously. That means reasonable schedules, strong support staff, doctors helping doctors, technology that reduces unnecessary administrative work, and a culture where working yourself into the ground is not considered a badge of honor. Work hard while you are here. Practice excellent medicine. Care deeply about your patients, clients, and team. Then go home and live your life. Who We Are Looking For We care considerably more about who you are becoming than whether your résumé checks every possible box. You might be: A veterinarian early in your career who wants outstanding mentorship and accelerated development. An experienced GP who wants a better environment and more autonomy. A doctor interested in surgery, dentistry, urgent care, or advanced medicine. A future medical director or hospital leader. A veterinarian curious about business or practice ownership. Or simply an excellent doctor looking for a hospital where you can do meaningful work with people you enjoy. If that sounds like you, we should talk. Come Meet Us You do not need to know whether you want to become a partner. You do not need to have your next ten years figured out. Tell us what you want your veterinary career to look like. Come meet the team, see the hospital, and decide whether True.Vet could be the place to build it.