Area Chief of Staff

Banfield Pet Hospital•Superior, CO

4d•$142,175 - $205,364•Hybrid

About The Position

Seeking an experienced veterinarian for a multi-unit hospital leadership position. This role involves living and exemplifying the Five Principles of Mars, Inc., acting as the Responsible Veterinarian for board permits, and managing controlled substance inventory. The position focuses on doctor engagement and retention, overseeing coaching programs for new veterinarians, and ensuring experiential learning for clinical, surgical, and dental skills. The Area Chief of Staff partners with talent acquisition to recruit veterinary talent, acts as a brand ambassador in the local community, and delivers an excellent hospital experience to students and candidates. They work with associate doctors to ensure they achieve productivity goals through high-quality medicine, preventive care, and client experience. The role is accountable for delivering veterinary operations KPIs for assigned hospitals, partnering with practice managers to develop and execute plans, and ensuring hospital OGSM performance. A key responsibility is developing a veterinary leadership talent bench and succession plan. Compliance with Banfield's clinical essentials, government regulations, and industry standards is crucial, achieved through quality assessments, medical record reviews, audits, and patient safety event reviews. Hospital operations must meet all regulatory requirements, including controlled substance management and radiation safety. The role champions a preventive care culture, drives access to care and superior client service, and is responsible for resolving client complaints related to medical standard of care. Management of medical equipment inventory and requests is also part of the role. The ultimate goal is to deliver the highest level of veterinary care to every pet in a professional and ethical manner, ensuring an exceptional client and pet experience.

Requirements

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD) or equivalent foreign degree required.
Veterinary license in good standing or eligibility for licensure with all applicable state veterinary boards for assigned hospitals.
3 years of experience in small animal medicine and surgery practice.
Ability to multi-task – Manages multiple tasks at one time; quickly and accurately shifts attention among multiple tasks under distracting conditions without loss of accuracy or appearance of frustration.
Organizational ability – Demonstrates a systematic approach in carrying out assignments. Is very orderly and excels at cutting through confusion and turning chaos into order.
Surgical skills – Proven ability to perform all basic surgeries, including use of all standard medical instruments and equipment.
Problem solving skills - Demonstrates a strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems. Translates problems into practical solutions.
Intellectual ability - Accurately and consistently follows instructions delivered in an oral, written or diagram format. Can provide directions.
Commitment to continual learning.
Mathematical ability - Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and to compute rate, ratio and percent; ability to convert units of measurement.
Computer skills - Comfortably and confidently uses a computer and specialized software.
Initiative – Shows willingness and aptitude to use own discretion in taking appropriate steps in finding solutions to problems; presents options and ideas to enhance current processes or procedures.
Takes on additional responsibility when both big and small tasks need to be done; seeks out the most valuable work to do during times when the hospital faces low client demand.
Integrity – Firmly adheres to the values and ethics of Banfield Pet Hospitals. Exhibits honesty, discretion, and sound judgment.
Cooperativeness – Willing to work with others, collaborating and compromising where necessary; promptly shares relevant information with others.
Flexibility – Is open to changing situations and opportunities and is willing to perform all tasks assigned.
Independence – Able and willing to perform tasks and duties without supervision.
Tolerance for Stress / Resiliency – Maintains a positive “can do” outlook, rebounds quickly from frustrations and unpleasantness, and maintains composure and friendly demeanor while dealing with stressful situations.
Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.
Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
Requires sufficient ambulatory skills in order to perform duties while at hospital.
Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
Requires good hand-eye coordination, finger-hand-arm dexterity with the ability to reach and grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment.
Candidate must obtain state-controlled substance and federal DEA within 3 months of employment, unless otherwise required by the state in which working.
Accredited by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Veterinary Accreditation Program within 3 months of employment.

Responsibilities

Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
Act as Responsible Veterinarian for Veterinary and Pharmacy Board Permits, as required by federal, state, or local law.
Responsible for the ownership and management of the controlled substance inventory for relief doctors.
Own doctor engagement and retention by consistently assessing risk, ensuring a proactive retention strategy, and creating a culture of community and engagement where doctors feel supported and can be successful.
Oversee the coaching program for newly hired veterinarians to ensure an engaging experience which results in a productive doctor knowledgeable in Banfield quality standards, Optimum Wellness Plans, processes, and workflows.
Ensure experiential learning to develop clinical, surgical, and dental skills based on individual veterinarian needs.
Partner with the Director of Veterinary Quality and Talent Acquisition team to recruit veterinary talent.
Act as a brand ambassador in the local veterinary community.
Deliver an excellent hospital experience to student externs, student job program participants, and veterinary candidates during hospital observations.
Work with associate doctors to ensure they have the skills to achieve their productivity goals through delivery of high-quality medicine, a focus on preventive care, providing a great client experience, and partnership with the hospital team.
Deliver veterinary operations KPI's of assigned hospitals through their leadership of the hospital and their partnership with the practice managers.
Partner with practice manager to develop, execute, and revise plans which achieve targeted KPI's through hospital performance.
Accountable to hospital OGSM performance as quality medicine delivers operational outcomes.
Develop a veterinary leadership talent bench and have a succession plan in place for assigned hospital pod.
Ensure compliance to Banfield's clinical essentials, government regulations and legislation, and veterinary industry standards through veterinary quality assessments, medical record reviews, audits, and patient safety event reviews.
Ensure compliance to Banfield's clinical essentials, government regulations and legislation, and veterinary industry standards through veterinary quality assessments, medical record reviews, audits, and patient safety event reviews.
Hospital operations must meet all local, state and federal regulatory requirements including but not limited to compliance with controlled substance management and radiation safety.
Create and execute timely plans to resolve identified gaps.
Validate needed clinical skills of the veterinary assistants and veterinary technicians within assigned hospital pod.
Partner with the practice manager to ensure adequate clinical skill set development plans are in place to address identified gaps.
Champion preventive care culture by communicating, demonstrating, and validating behaviors which drive optimum wellness plan growth and retention.
Create a say yes culture by driving access to care and superior client service resulting in meeting or exceeding client experience scorecard goals.
Responsible for the appropriate and timely resolution of client complaints related to medical standard of care.
Manage the medical equipment inventory and new medical equipment requests in partnership with their Director of Veterinary Quality in their assigned hospitals.
Deliver the highest level of veterinary care to every pet in a professional and ethical manner while ensuring that the client and their pet have an exceptional experience.
Establish trust and gain the confidence and compliance of clients through effectively delivering appropriate preventive care, performing complete diagnostic workups, developing thorough treatment plans, communicating home care instructions, and planning follow-up visits.
Other job duties as assigned.