Westwood Animal Hospital

Don't want to work for a corporately owned veterinary practice? Come work with us!

Westwood Animal Hospital is seeking a full-time associate veterinarian to join our AAHA-accredited hospital. The applicant must share our love, respect and compassion for dogs and cats, be able to accomplish assigned duties while keeping pet restraint to a minimum, and have strong but easy-going client and staff interaction skills. Contact Dr. Wayne Hunthausen at 913-362-2512 or wayneh42@aol.com.

Westwood Animal Hospital is an AAHA-accredited, privately owned, full-service three doctor-practice, centrally located in the Kansas City metro area near The Country Club Plaza shopping district, restaurants and museums. We opened Westwood Animal Hospital in 1985 and have thousands of clients, a great facility, location and a strong community presence. Our reputation is superior, with reviews averaging from 4.7 to 5 stars. The practice is open Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, and Saturday, 7:30 am to 1 pm. Our doctors see appointments from 8:30 am to 5 pm.

Our hospital is equipped with a Bionet BM3 touch-screen monitor, full anesthesia monitoring equipment, a new IM3 dental unit, a class IV NovaPulse surgical laser, and much more. Our diagnostic equipment includes a comprehensive in-house IDEXX laboratory, SmartDR and Schick DDR digital radiography and ultrasound. Our hospital software is Covetrus Pulse. Our support staff will allow you to practice medicine at a high standard of care. In addition to medicine and surgery services, we have a medium-sized boarding kennel, a training center that offers five levels of obedience and a behavior consultation service for families with problem pets.

Our core values include providing warm, personalized care to our patients and clients, teamwork, and providing a healthy work-life balance for our staff.