Veterinary Practice Manager

Alliance Animal Health; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); In loco; USD 65.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Paid Bereavement Program

Paid Parental Leave Program

Continuing Education Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement

Referral Bonus Program

Descrizione del lavoro

Valhalla Animal Hospital in southern New York is seeking a courteous Veterinary Practice Manager to coordinate all office administration. You will train staff, manage schedules, handle payroll, inventory, and policies while ensuring excellent client service and hospital operations.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, and multitasking, with a patient, detail-oriented approach. Open availability and dedication to high standards of care are essential.

Competenze

• CVPM with 1+ year managerial experience preferred or 3+ years in veterinary practice.
• Strong leadership, communication and motivational skills.
• Ability to collaborate with all team members and support hospital doctors and philosophy.
• Compassionate, calm, team-player.
• Excellent communication and multitasking abilities.
• Highly organized with solid computer skills.
• Knowledge of patient records procedures and veterinary terminology.
• Self-starter with desire to advance knowledge.
• Open availability with flexible hours.

Mansioni

• Recruit, hire, and onboard staff in line with hospital culture and policies.
• Direct on-the-job training and performance appraisals.
• Market the hospital to clients and veterinary community.
• Resolve staff conflicts and maintain effective communication.
• Establish staffing schedules and payroll processes.
• Maintain inventory control, including controlled substances.
• Manage hospital policies, DEA/OSHA compliance.
• Notify veterinary staff of emergencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conoscenze

CVPM certification

1+ year management

3+ years veterinary experience

Leadership

Communication

Multitasking

Inventory management

DEA/OSHA knowledge

Computer skills

Formazione

CVPM Certification

Strumenti

Practice management software

Descrizione del lavoro

Valhalla Animal Hospital is a well-established veterinary medicine provider in southern New York. For more than thirty years, our devoted team has provided personal, loving care to earn the highest customer satisfaction rating in the area. We are dedicated to providing a high standard of service for our clients while providing support and guidance to pet owners. We pride ourselves on maintaining long-term relationships with clients from their puppy or kitten stages to adult years.

Valhalla Animal Hospital is equipped with the latest innovations and medical capabilities. We provide wellness, dentistry, surgical, and emergency care. Many patients look to us as their one-stop for all their needs. Our clinic is equipped with an in-house laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology to optimize our range of diagnostics. We utilize laser therapy to reduce pain and recovery time in our surgical suites.

A courteous and efficient veterinary practice manager to coordinate and manage all office administration procedures. The veterinary practice manager’s responsibilities include ordering, inventory management, coordinating schedules, resolving conflicts among office staff members, training of staff members, and all other aspects which keeps the practice operating efficiently. You should also be able to answer pet owners' questions regarding clinic policies, appointment availabilities, and treatment costs.

To be successful as a veterinary practice manager, you should be patient, detail-oriented, and adept at multitasking. Ultimately, an outstanding veterinary practice manager should be able to communicate effectively with pet owners and veterinary staff members as well as demonstrate exceptional management, organizational, and customer service skills.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Make informal recommendations to the veterinary regional manager concerning such personnel matters as staffing needs, advancement, re-assignments, hours of work or other status changes affecting the receptionists.
• Direct on-the-job training to develop employee skills, advise employees of performance requirements and their progress in meeting those requirements, discuss corrective measures to improve performance and prepare appraisals.
• Recruit/Hire/Onboard appropriate staff members that fit within the culture and the needs of the hospital. Terminate staff members that do not follow the guidelines, policies, and protocols. This includes handling job descriptions and assisting with setting salaries.
• Market your hospital to prospective customers and the veterinary community by identifying and attending relevant local and regional events.
• Resolve informal employee complaints, provide a general explanation of the nature and basis for hospital personnel policies and procedures; maintain effective employee-management communication.
• Requires skill in obtaining information from owners to complete records, in giving instructions for scheduling appointments and therapeutic activities and in relaying the practitioners’ orders concerning animal care and treatment.
• Ensuring that pet owners' complaints are promptly addressed and resolved.
• Preparing employee work schedules and managing the office staff.
• Answering telephone calls in a polite and professional manner.
• Establish inventory control system to assure adequate stocks of supplies are available. Review best prices for all products purchased. Maintain inventory control, including controlled drugs, by monitoring product quantities, qualities, and price points. This includes equipment and dealing with returns.
• Manage and/or implement hospital policies, including DEA/Controlled Substances and OSHA.
• Ensure payroll is completed and submitted accurately and in a timely manner.
• Establish good relationships with vendors to receive the best support that vendor has to offer the hospital.
• Promptly notifying the appropriate veterinary staff of emergency cases.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Experienced or Certified Veterinary Practice Manager (CVPM) with a minimum of 1-year management experience preferred or 3+ years veterinary experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, and motivations skills. Has the ability to direct, guide and assist a group of individuals.
• Ability to workwell with all team members and ensure that your actions support the hospital, the doctors, and the practice philosophy.
• Compassionate and calm team-player.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Highly organized and possess computer skills.
• Knowledge of hospital procedures for assembling patient records in their required order and sequence and for recording a variety of veterinary practitioners’ orders for patient activities, diet, tests, and treatments to maintain an accurate and permanent report of patient information.
• Knowledge of spelling and meaning of commonly used veterinary terminology (e.g., terms of anatomy, physiology, diseases, tests, etc.) to accurately enter specific information into patient records.
• Self-starter with the desire to continue to advance your knowledge and skillset.
• Open availability with flexibility to change hours based on hospital’s needs.

Additional Information

Pay Range:$65K–$75K plus Practice Manager bonuses; based on experience

We offer our staff:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time for ALL Employees
• Paid Bereavement Program
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Continuing Education Allowance (applies to licensed/registered/certified roles)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program Available to any AVMA Accredited Veterinary Technology Program
• Referral Bonus Program for most positions!
• Additional Benefits May Also Be Available(i.e. Personal Pet Discounts, Holiday Pay, Uniform Allowance, Bonuses etc.)

Hiring eligibility may be contingent to a candidate authorizing and completing a satisfactory background check.

Note – some benefits may only be available to or vary slightly for full time employment status vs part time status.

For additional details including our full equal opportunity statement, texting/outreach communication authorization, physical requirements of the job and more, please visit:https://allianceanimal.com/additionaljobdescriptiondetails/

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