Medical Director

NVA; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Benefits package including medical,,d0

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Hunter Animal Hospital in Salt Lake Valley, Utah is seeking an experienced veterinarian to join as Medical Director/Managing Veterinarian (MDVM). This leadership role offers a chance to define the hospital’s future with a loyal client base and strong community roots.

You will lead a team, influence recruitment, and shape clinical standards, culture, and growth while maintaining a focus on high-quality medicine and collaborative care.

Qualifications

• Several years of clinical experience as a veterinarian.
• Strong ability to develop and mentor staff.
• Direct, respectful, and compassionate communication with team and clients.
• Belief that great hospital performance starts with culture and medicine.

Responsibilities

• Define and shape hospital culture with new leadership.
• Recruit and identify veterinarians whose clinical approach aligns with the hospital’s values.
• Create an environment prioritizing quality medicine, teamwork, and sustainable patient care.
• Mentor and grow veterinarians, including supporting early-career doctors.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team development

Veterinary clinical expertise

Job description

Hunter Animal Hospital | Salt Lake Valley, Utah

Build the Kind of Hospital You'd Want to Lead

Some leadership opportunities ask you to step into something already defined.

This one allows you to help define what comes next.

NOW OFFERING $50,000 SIGN-ON BONUS

Hunter Animal Hospital is looking for an experienced veterinarian and people-centered leader to join us as our next Medical Director/Managing Veterinarian (MDVM). Hunter has served its community for years and has something incredibly valuable already in place: a loyal client base, strong community roots, and pet owners who want and need a trusted veterinary team close to home.

Now, we are entering a new chapter.

With new hospital leadership and the opportunity to thoughtfully rebuild our veterinary team, our next Managing Veterinarian will have a meaningful voice in shaping the hospital’s culture, clinical standards, team dynamics, and future growth.

This is an opportunity for a veterinarian who doesn't simply want to inherit a hospital—they want to help build one.

What Makes This Opportunity Different

As Hunter's MDVM, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Shape the culture from the beginning, partnering with a new Hospital Manager and regional leadership to build a healthy, collaborative, accountable team.
• Influence future DVM recruitment and help identify veterinarians whose clinical approach and values complement your own.
• Establish the clinical environment you want to practice in, with an emphasis on quality medicine, communication, teamwork, and sustainable patient care.
• Re-engage a loyal client community that already knows Hunter and wants to continue receiving care here.
• Develop and mentor future veterinarians, including the opportunity to help create an environment where early-career doctors can thrive.
• Have a genuine voice in the hospital's future, rather than stepping into a leadership role where every decision has already been made for you.

Who We’re Looking For

We’d love to meet a veterinarian who:

• Has several years of clinical experience and is confident practicing independently.
• Enjoys developing people and creating strong, collaborative teams.
• Communicates directly, respectfully, and compassionately.
• Believes great hospital performance begins with a healthy culture and excellent medicine.
• Is comfortable partnering closely with hospital and regional operations leadership.
• Wants to mentor and support other veterinarians as the medical team grows.
• Sees possibility where others may simply see change.

Previous managing experience is valuable, but it isn't the only thing we're looking for. If you've been the doctor others naturally turn to for guidance, mentorship, problem-solving, or leadership, we would love to talk with you.

Why Hunter?

Hunter's greatest strength is something that can't be manufactured overnight: history and connection to its community.

Our clients have trusted this hospital with generations of pets. The opportunity in front of us isn't to create that trust from scratch, it's to build the veterinary team capable of carrying it forward.

You’ll also be joining at a unique moment when your ideas, leadership style, and clinical perspective can have an immediate impact.

If you've ever thought, 'I know what a great veterinary hospital could look like if I had the opportunity to help build it,' this may be that opportunity.

Come help us write Hunter Animal Hospital's next chapter.

National Veterinary Associates (NVA) is a leading North American pet health care company with nearly 1,300 locations spanning general practice veterinary hospitals, Ethos emergency and specialty hospitals, and pet resorts and equine veterinary care. With approximately 40,000 team members, we care for pets and support pet families in communities across the United States and Canada. Our purpose is to give pets and the people who love them more quality years together, and our mission is to make care more personal, easy and accessible while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life.

Purpose: Give pets and the people who love them more quality years together

Mission: Transform the pet family experience to be personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine and care across every stage of life.

Values: Care Deeply, Do What's Right, One Team, Own It, Shape What's Next

One NVA: Bringing General Practice & Ethos Together

NVA is built to make care personal, easy and accessible, while advancing medicine across every stage of a pet's life.

• NVA offers a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, a 401k with employer match, and paid time off (including sick time) for all eligible employees.

NVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.