Veterinary Medical Director

Veterinary Medical Director - Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue

POSITION SUMMARY:

Looking for a Veterinary Medical Director passionate about shelter and community medicine, excited about building a program and your dream team in a brand-new state of the art shelter. Our ideal candidate is a strong leader who is well organized, innovative, flexible, and excited about Honor’s goals and lifesaving programs. 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 willing to 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 in accordance with our mission, values and goals. 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 hospital is a brand new facility that offers state-of-the-art medical care. We 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 offers equipment to provide all in-house diagnostics including state-of-the-art digital and dental radiography, digital ultrasound, laser therapy and more. We are also open and excited to cater to our teams strengths and provide additional diagnostic tools that may be deemed beneficial to our efforts.

We are committed to creating a positive work environment, maintaining work/life balance and adequate pay for the role each and every one 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

Veterinary Medical Care

• Provide high quality veterinary medical and surgical care in accordance with ASV guidelines to shelter and foster animals, as well as public and outreach clients. • Perform spay/neuter surgeries, including pediatric sterilizations, and additional surgery as necessary on shelter and public owned animals. 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.

Leadership, Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication

• Propose and implement medical protocols and guidelines for the care of shelter animals, working closely with Executive Leadership to provide high-quality medical care in accordance with ASV Guidelines.
• 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, collaborating on developing 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.

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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $140,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Benefits of Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Employment:

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off
• Major holidays off (the shelter is closed).
• Continuing Education Allowance and paid Continuing Education Days
• Retirement Plan
• Personal Liability Insurance Coverage & AVMA Membership
• Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
• Employee assistance program
• Free and heavily discounted clinic services, lab work and medications for your personal pets.
• Relocation assistance

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Ability to Relocate:

• Bradenton, FL 34211: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person