Surgery Supervisor — Veterinary Operations Lead

Ethos Veterinary Health; Bestgate Terrace (MD); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

CE allowance and VetBloom access (RACE

Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

401(k) with employer matching

Uniform allowance

Employee pet discounts

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Ethos Veterinary Health’s Chesapeake Veterinary Surgical Specialists in Annapolis, MD, seeks a Veterinary Supervisor for Surgery to provide daily administrative and operational leadership of the Surgery Department.

The role coordinates staffing, patient flow, and equipment, while promoting a safe, respectful, and professional workplace with opportunities for mentorship and growth within a leading veterinary specialty network.

Qualifications

• Maryland RVT preferred but not required.
• Minimum of 3 years of veterinary technician experience required. Minimum of 2 years of specialty anesthesia-monitoring or comparable critical-care experience.
• Previous supervisory, management, lead, or department-coordination experience preferred.
• Ability to remain professional and composed in a high-acuity environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to staff development, patient safety, and continuing education.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily Surgery Department workflow, assignments, schedules, and patient flow.
• Assign cases and duties according to patient needs, staffing, workload, and employee competency.
• Adjust assignments during emergencies, absences, high patient volume, or increased patient acuity.
• Communicate operational concerns, delays, equipment needs, and staffing risks to the Hospital Manager or appropriate hospital leadership.
• Maintain organized, safe, and adequately supplied surgery and recovery areas.
• Support effective shift-to-shift communication and patient handoffs.
• Monitor equipment readiness and report maintenance or safety concerns promptly.
• Promote compliance with CVSS policies, safety procedures, infection-control standards, and documentation requirements.
• Monitor attendance, punctuality, scheduling needs, breaks, and department coverage.
• Assist with staffing plans and daily schedule adjustments as assigned.
• Set consistent and professional expectations for ICU employees.
• Utilize coaching, counseling, and the corrective action process when appropriate and with support of the hospital manager.
• Participate in 90-day, annual, and other performance evaluations as assigned.
• Promote a positive, professional, respectful, and supportive work environment.
• Encourage teamwork, accountability, effective communication, and continuous improvement.
• Address interpersonal concerns professionally and use the appropriate chain of command.
• Model reliability, ethical conduct, professionalism, and compliance with CVSS policies.
• Maintain an appropriately positive and engaging workplace while preserving patient‑care standards.
• Identify surgery training needs based on patient acuity, staff performance, equipment, policy changes, and operational requirements.
• Support orientation, onboarding, and training of new surgery employees.
• Assist with maintaining surgery competency checklists and training records.
• Ensure training is documented and competency-based.
• Ensure employees perform only duties for which they are trained, validated, authorized, and legally permitted.
• Coordinate cross‑departmental training with the ICU and Receiving Supervisors when appropriate.
• Complete a minimum of 10 hours of annual continuing education in leadership, management, supervision, or related professional‑development topics.
• Assist with anesthesia monitoring, surgery, patient preparation, recovery, diagnostics, treatments, and emergency response.
• Support patient positioning, restraint, transport, medication administration, fluid therapy, wound care, and postoperative care.
• Ensure accurate documentation of anesthesia, medications, treatments, monitoring, and patient status.
• Reinforce sterile technique, infection control, equipment maintenance, instrument processing, and safety procedures.
• Escalate patient‑care concerns, complications, changes in condition, or safety risks to the attending veterinarian.
• The Surgery Supervisor will collaborate with the ICU Supervisor to support safe and timely patient transfers.
• Communicating patient readiness, staffing, equipment, timing, and ICU bed availability.
• Providing complete handoff information, including procedure history, anesthesia status, medications, monitoring needs, equipment, and care instructions.
• Communicating changes in patient condition or additional support needs.
• Coordinating transfer‑related training and addressing workflow barriers.
• Escalating delays, incomplete handoffs, staffing concerns, or clinical concerns to the appropriate veterinarian or hospital leader.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Organization

Conflict resolution

Job description

Ethos Veterinary Health’s Chesapeake Veterinary Surgical Specialists in Annapolis, MD, seeks a Veterinary Supervisor for Surgery to provide daily administrative and operational leadership of the Surgery Department.

The role coordinates staffing, patient flow, and equipment, while promoting a safe, respectful, and professional workplace with opportunities for mentorship and growth within a leading veterinary specialty network.