Medical Director

Atlantic Veterinary Internal Medicine & Oncology in Columbus, Maryland is looking for a Medical Director to join their management team and help lead a dynamic group of Veterinary professionals.

The 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 Medical Director is responsible for upholding the mission, vision, and values of the organization within the hospital. The Medical Director works in close partnership with the hospital director to ensure the hospital’s success by acting as a medical subject matter expert, overseeing the entire medical team, and driving operational excellence. A Medical Director must maintain awareness of advances in veterinary medicine and take part in yearly CE in topics related to hospital leadership, management, or training and development.

This role will be comprised of 75% clinical time and 25% designated administrative time.

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 to investigate patient safety concerns from staff, clients and
  
  

referring veterinarians and supports network wide safety and quality improvement initiatives.

• Partners with the HD to develop and implement hospital policies that champion a patient and
  
  

client-centric approach.

• Ensures that medically based client and RDVM complaints are addressed in a timely and
  
  

professional manner.

• Leads by example to provide high quality medicine and outstanding client experience.
  
  

Team Development

• Partners with the Hospital Director (HD), nursing and clinical service leads to develop a team oriented approach to patient care
• Partners with HD and talent acquisition to recruit and retain high quality Veterinarians who
  
  

contribute to positive culture.

• Responsible for DVM engagement and turnover metrics
• Provides annual performance evaluations of doctors and/or quarterly check-ins with DVMs.
• Partners with the 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.

• In conjunction with program directors, supports house officer and ER mentorship/development
  
  

programs.

• 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.
  
  

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 to ensure wellbeing for the hospital’s teams.
• Oversees and fosters positive relationships with referring veterinarians.
• Provides regular communication to hospital staff, and opportunities for staff to provide feedback.
• Works collaboratively as a unit with the HD and runs Doctor and/or service meetings no less
  
  

than quarterly. Develops and supports HD in creating communication plans for hospital and

organizational initiatives.

• Represents their hospital by attending at least 70% of MDAC meetings (including regional and
  
  

national) unless otherwise arranged with their Director of Medical Operations.

Hospital Operations And Compliance

• Partners with HD 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 in approval and selection of new equipment and medications/products.
• Holds self and DVMs accountable to timely and accurate completion of medical records.
• Responsible for ensuring that a process is present for all Veterinarians to maintain appropriate
  
  

licensure and insurance, including current specialty board membership where applicable

• Assists HD in ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulations including maintenance of
  
  

adequate CE, controlled drug management, OSHA etc.

• Attends Leadership training and relationship building opportunities with HD.
• DEA registrant (or similar) for hospital Controlled Substance ordering.
  
  

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
  
  

Interested in learning more about this exciting leadership opportunity? Email Amanda Schultz (amanda.schultz@ethosvet.com) with your CV to start your journey with AVIM&O!