Animal Care & Pet Services Visa Sponsorship Jobs in California

INTRODUCTION

Sage Veterinary Centers in Dublin, California, is seeking an Assistant Medical Director to help manage their growing team!

The Assistant Medical Director's primary responsibility is to ensure the delivery of high-quality, compassionate, and comprehensive veterinary care to our patients, while maintaining a positive, professional, and supportive work environment for the veterinary team. The Assistant Medical Director is responsible for upholding the mission, vision, and values of the organization within the hospital. The Assistant Medical Director works in close partnership with the medical director, hospital director, and leadership team to ensure the hospital’s success by assisting as a medical subject matter expert, assisting to oversee the entire medical team, and driving operational excellence.

Compensation: $25,000/year

Approximate hourly commitment: 4-6 hours/week.

Time off clinics: no more than half a day per week spread across multiple non-consecutive days off the clinic floor to perform duties.

CORE JOB DUTIES:

Medical and Service Quality

- Oversees provision of medical care in the hospital including the support of innovation and cutting-edge medical practice
- Responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of medical policies and SOPs including infection control, patient safety etc.
- Partners with the Hospital Director and Medical Director to investigate patient safety concerns from staff, clients and referring veterinarians and supports network wide safety and quality improvement initiatives.
- Partners with the HD and MD to develop and implement hospital policies that champion a patient and client-centric approach.
- Ensures that medically based client and PDVM complaints are addressed in a timely and professional manner.
- Leads by example to provide high quality medicine, outstanding client experience and collegial relationships with colleagues.
- Fill in for the Medical Director as needed.

Team Development

- Partners with the Hospital Director (HD), Medical Director (MD), nursing and clinical service leads to develop a team-oriented approach to patient care
- Partners with HD, MD, and talent acquisition to recruit and retain high quality Veterinarians who contribute to positive culture.
- Contribute feedback during annual performance evaluations of doctors and/or quarterly check-ins with DVMs.
- Partners with the MD and HD in managing concerns regarding DVM performance or professionalism - Supports provision of internal and external medical educational opportunities for doctors, including mentorship and development plans for newly hired veterinarians.
- Holds self and DVMs accountable to positive behavior required to drive a collaborative and psychologically safe culture.
- Provides clinical mentoring and coaching to DVMs and technical staff as needed.

Community and communication

- Daily monitors their work email account and ensures pertinent information, announcements and resources are passed on to hospital staff where appropriate.
- Develops and maintains a hospital environment where all employees feel respected, valued, and heard.
- Partners with the hospital director and medical director to ensure wellbeing for the hospital’s teams.
- Oversees and fosters positive relationships with referring veterinarians.
- Works collaboratively as a unit with the HD and MD.

Hospital Operations and Compliance: As time allows
- Partners with HD and MD in development and management of hospital budget and Cap Ex process. - Identifies and evaluates areas for growth with existing services and opportunity for new services, and in partnership with the HD creates plan for initiation.
- Provides medical input into hospital development, marketing materials etc.
- Partners with the HD and MD in approval and selection of new equipment and medications/products.
- Holds self and DVMs accountable to timely and accurate completion of medical records.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- DVM or equivalent degree
- Licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state in which the hospital is based.
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent Leadership skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Previous experience in an administrative role
- Minimum of five years of experience of clinical practice experience
- Advanced Leadership training
- Previous experience of mentoring and teaching junior veterinarians

JOB DESCRIPTION REVIEW:

The intent of this position description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of the position. Incumbents may be required to perform other job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Interested in this opportunity? Send your CV to Talent Acquisition Partner Amanda Schultz (amanda.schultz@ethosvet.com) for immediate consideration.