THE LIFE BALANCER - Find Greater Flexibility in Northern California
A veterinary career built to work with your life.
You’re committed to your career, but you’re also the person someone depends on outside of work.
School drop-offs. Pickups. Appointments. Childcare. Caring for a parent or loved one. Life doesn’t always fit neatly around a traditional veterinary schedule—and you shouldn’t have to choose between being present at home and continuing to build a career you love.
At Vetco Total Care, select Northern California opportunities can offer a different approach to full-time veterinary medicine: a schedule intentionally designed around the realities of your life.
Full-time benefits. A different kind of full-time schedule.
A traditional veterinary schedule doesn’t work for everyone.
For select Life Balancer opportunities, VTC can offer full-time employment and benefits with five six-hour shifts per week, giving you the consistency of a full-time career without requiring long days away from home. You can build your workday around the hours that work better for your life while continuing to practice the medicine you love.
Need more room in the middle of your day?
Sometimes it isn’t the total number of hours that matters - it’s when you need flexibility.
For select opportunities, an extended two-hour lunch can create space during the workday for appointments, school activities, caregiving responsibilities or simply the things that don't conveniently happen before or after work.
Because your needs can change.
The schedule that works for you today might not work six months or even one month from now.
Rather than locking you into one arrangement indefinitely, select Life Balancer schedules can be revisited every 30 days, creating opportunities to adjust your schedule as caregiving and household needs change.
It's flexibility designed for real life, not just flexibility on paper.
More support for the life outside the hospital.
Time is only one piece of the equation.
For select opportunities, VTC is exploring additional caregiver-focused support, including childcare assistance that may be provided through spot bonuses, alongside the broader benefits available to eligible full-time veterinarians.
That means support for your career and more resources for the responsibilities waiting for you when you leave the hospital.
When your workday ends, it ends.
You shouldn't have to build childcare or caregiving plans around unexpected overnight shifts or being called back into the hospital.
At VTC, there are no on-call or overnight shifts, helping create more predictable boundaries around your time.
Add clinical autonomy, no non-compete and no negative accrual or pro-sal, and you can focus on practicing great medicine without some of the traditional pressures that can make balancing career and home even harder.
A career that makes room for both.
Full-Time Employment + Benefits • Five 6-Hour Shifts • 9–3 or 10–4 Scheduling • Extended Lunch Options • Schedule Flexibility Every 30 Days • Childcare Support Opportunities • Medical, Dental & Vision • Paid Time Off • Clinical Autonomy • No Negative Accrual or Pro-Sal • No Non-Compete • No On-Call or Overnight Shifts
Meet Your Area Medical Director
Dr. Kanwarjit Singh Boparai, a veterinarian and Area Medical Director for Vetco Total Care who is passionate about helping veterinary professionals grow, thrive, and deliver exceptional care to the pets and families who count on them. With more than 20 years of experience in small animal medicine, hospital leadership, and veterinary team development, Dr. Boparai brings a unique combination of clinical expertise, mentorship, and a commitment to creating positive hospital cultures.
Throughout his career, Dr. Boparai has practiced high-quality medicine and has supported teams by focusing on collaboration, medical excellence, and empowering veterinarians to do what they do best — provide outstanding patient care. His leadership style is rooted in partnership, open communication, and creating an environment where doctors feel supported, valued, and confident in their practice.
A graduate of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine with an undergraduate background from UC Davis, Dr. Boparai understands the importance of continued learning and professional growth. He is dedicated to mentoring veterinary professionals at every stage of their careers and helping teams build sustainable practices where both people and pets thrive.
Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Boparai enjoys photography and spending time with his family while pursuing his passion for agriculture. His blend of medical expertise, business perspective, and genuine passion for people makes him the kind of leader veterinarians want to work alongside.
My biggest hesitation was that Vetco Total Care would be like the other two corporate practices that I worked for previously. The other two corporates were very similar in how the veterinarians were treated and it led to burnout. I have found VTC to be night and day different from other corporations. The company respects and supports my work-life balance and the quality of care that I want to provide.
Dr. Laura Stoeker, DVM, Hospital Medical Leader
What could your career look like if it worked better with your life?
Tell us what your ideal workday looks like. Let’s explore how Vetco Total Care can build a veterinary schedule around what matters most to you in Northern California.
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