ECC LVT Manager - Emergency Care Leader

NCVMA; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Sign-on bonus

Four-day work week

Health, dental, and vision

Job summary

The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York City seeks a second LVT Manager to join the Emergency and Critical Care team. This role supports staffing, patient care, regulatory compliance, and leadership presence across shifts.

Reporting to the Director of Emergency and Critical Care, the position emphasizes collaboration with medical staff, KPI development, staff wellness, and ongoing quality improvement while maintaining hands-on clinical support about 60% of the time.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead inpatient and outpatient veterinary nursing teams in a progressive specialty hospital environment.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and constructively in both written and verbal formats and utilize common elements of Microsoft office suite.
• Confidence in working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, committees, and workgroups.
• Mastery of ECC technical skills, with ability to instruct others.
• Competence in the delivery of meaningful and constructive performance feedback.
• Ability to maintain situational awareness and clinical prioritization in a fast-paced emergency environment, balancing multiple responsibilities while maintaining attention to detail and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee day-to-day nursing and technical operations within the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Service.
• Develop and maintain ECC support staff schedules, utilizing real-time problem-solving to ensure appropriate coverage and operational continuity.
• Assist with payroll as needed
• Serve as a working supervisor, providing direct clinical support as an LVT approximately 60% of the time, delivering patient care while mentoring and coaching staff in real time.
• Monitor and support the consistent delivery of high-quality nursing and technical care.
• Facilitate weekly staff forums to promote open communication, collaborative problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee ordering, maintenance, and inventory management for patient care equipment, medications, instruments, and supplies, ensuring readiness and compliance with sterilization and maintenance standards.
• Evaluate equipment needs and provide recommendations for capital and supply purchases to support efficiency and patient care improvements.
• Coordinate nursing and technical care processes from patient admission through discharge to ensure efficient and high-quality care delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and evaluate ECC staff, ensuring appropriate scheduling, time management, and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in recruitment, interviewing, and selection of ECC support staff.
• In collaboration with the LVT Director of ECC, support orientation, training, and continuing education initiatives for ECC nursing staff and regional LVTs and assistants.
• Address and assist in resolving service, quality, and workplace concerns raised by staff, clients, or through reporting systems such as Navex.
• Support the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedural protocols to enhance quality and safety.
• Assist in responsible management of departmental financial resources, including verification of charge capture, appropriate resource utilization, and monitoring of supplies and staffing allocations.
• Participate in committees and complete additional departmental or institutional projects as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Communication

Team collaboration

ECC skills

Performance feedback

Prioritization

Education

NYS veterinary technician’s license

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Job description

The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York City seeks a second LVT Manager to join the Emergency and Critical Care team. This role supports staffing, patient care, regulatory compliance, and leadership presence across shifts.

Reporting to the Director of Emergency and Critical Care, the position emphasizes collaboration with medical staff, KPI development, staff wellness, and ongoing quality improvement while maintaining hands-on clinical support about 60% of the time.