Job Details
Veterinary Medical Director
POSITION SUMMARY:
Looking for a Veterinary Medical Director passionate about shelter and community medicine, excited about building a First Class Shelter Medical Program and Access to Care Clinic. Hire your dream team in a brand-new state-of-the-art shelter and clinic. Our ideal candidate is a strong leader who is well organized, innovative and shares our excitement about the business of saving lives.
The Veterinary Medical Director is responsible for continually developing and maintaining day- to-day operations of comprehensive shelter medicine and public programs for Nate s Honor Animal Rescue. We are looking for a director who will provide guidance and compassionate leadership to our team. Honor takes pride in providing a premiere level of care and services to all animals and people. Our vision is to enrich and support the lives of pets and people in our community, while maintaining a family-friendly, positive shelter experience.
Our clinic is a brand-new facility that will offer state-of-the-art medical care. We will provide the animals in our shelter and community with high quality medicine through complete whole-life services: wellness, preventative care, general medicine, dentistry, and surgery. The hospital will include equipment to provide all in-house diagnostics including digital and dental radiography, digital ultrasound, laser therapy and more. We also feel it is important to cater to our team s strengths and interests, providing additional diagnostic tools and equipment as requested based on our doctor s preferences.
We are committed to creating a positive work environment, maintaining work/life balance and excellent pay for the role each of our team play in making a difference in the lives of all animals.
We will be growing our team as we build our new facility and hope to see the Veterinary Medical Director play a part in creating their ideal dream team of veterinary staff and support.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Leadership, Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication
- Create and implement medical protocols and guidelines for the care of shelter animals.
- Follow and promote all standard operating procedures (SOPs) and protocols and contribute to development and maintenance of these.
- Lead, guide, and consult the team on medical treatment plans for animals in our care and those within the public wellness clinic.
- Maintain and build outside veterinary relationships to provide after-hours care and support for foster parents.
- Be a part of executive leadership and decision making because we believe shelter medicine affects all areas of shelter operations.
- Collaborating with the Executive team to develop the organization s budget planning and regularly track and report upon progress toward goals.
- Work with professional consultants to guide and establish our future scope of work within our public community animal care clinic.
- Provide mentorship and training to veterinary externs once a strong medical team has been established.
- Maintain effective communication with staff through daily contact, in scheduled meetings, and daily medical rounds.
- Lead by example and facilitate good working relationships through teamwork and collaboration. Project a calm, professional demeanor and positive attitude.
- Strive to reduce length of stay (LOS) and maintain our shelter s adoption-driven capacity and capacity for care.
- Provide high quality veterinary medical and surgical care in accordance with ASV guidelines.
- Perform spay/neuter surgeries, including pediatric sterilizations, and additional surgery as necessary. Additional surgeries include but are not limited to dentistry with dental radiography, enucleations, exploratory laparotomies, tumor removal, amputations, etc.
- Consult and collaborate with specialty veterinary partners on special cases.
- Ensure that all state and federal laws, state regulations, and accepted standards regarding veterinary operations, drug control, and high quality veterinary medicine are adhered to.
- Contribute to the monitoring, protection, and improvement of the physical and behavioral health of shelter animals, both on an individual and population basis through collaboration with the behavior team.
- Practice compassionate care for the animals in our shelter and encourage all staff to do so through protocol and continued education and certification.
Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year, based on experience
Benefits of Nate s Honor Animal Rescue Employment:
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 4 weeks Paid Time Off
- Flexible schedule
- Personal Liability Insurance Coverage & AVMA Membership
- Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
- Employee assistance program
- Free and heavily discounted clinic services for your personal pets.
- Relocation assistance
Requirements:
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree or equivalent from an accredited university with no history of disciplinary action required. Certificate or advanced training in shelter medicine preferred.
- Valid State of Florida Veterinary license.
- Valid DEA license, or ability to obtain one.