Divisional Vice President Medicine

BluePearl Pet Hospital • MA

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About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital is seeking a dynamic, collaborative, and influential veterinary medical leader to lead the medical operations strategy for our East Division. The Divisional Vice President of Medicine (DVPM) oversees and directs clinical quality, medical excellence, team-based care, clinical productivity and efficiency in partnership with the Divisional Vice President of Operations and Divisional People & Organization Business Manager. The DVPM will lead and develop group and local hospital medical directors and the Divisional Nursing Partner, ensuring that the development of medical leadership creates a pipeline of talent to further support organizational growth, medical excellence, and high standards of patient safety. The ideal candidate has a passion for elevating the standard of care, developing and coaching medical leaders, and using critical thinking skill and problem solving to optimize clinical teams while maintaining or enhancing sustainable business performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, DVM, and successful completion of 1-year rotating internship required.
• 10+ years of clinical practice as an Emergency or board-certified Specialty Clinician.
• At least 5 years in a leadership role with oversight of multiple hospitals and/or revenues of $15MM+ required.

Nice To Haves

• Developing Direct Reports - Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions.
• Perspective - Looks toward the broadest possible view of an issue/challenge.
• Business Acumen - Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business.
• Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.
• Decision Quality - Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.

Responsibilities

• Lives and exemplifies the Five Principles of Mars within self and team.
• Ensures the development of medical leaders and creates a pipeline of talent to support future organizational growth.
• Leads and directs the Medical Directors of assigned region to ensure adherence with organizational objectives in areas involving medical quality, clinician recruitment, retention, and engagement.
• Ensures that the hospital is a learning environment supporting the clinical development of clinicians and technicians.
• Directs and plans the medical operations of a defined region to maximize returns on investments and increase productivity.
• Provides leadership and decision-making in matters impacting medical quality, clinical culture and clinical effectiveness.
• Ensures medical leaders are attentive to the engagement level of associates and drives a positive hospital climate.
• Partners with the DVPO to effectively communicate and cascade key initiatives impacting medical staff.
• Partners with DVPO to ensure appropriate productivity levels and growth plans for clinicians and hospitals.
• Interacts with all levels of the organization to manage the business.
• Regularly interacts with senior executives.
• Actively contributes to the development of practice guidelines and care protocols that lead to the achievement of quality medical and service outlines and cost efficiencies.
• Maintains current knowledge regarding regional veterinary services market and industry issues which may impact the business.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Paid time off and floating holiday plans.
• Trupanion pet insurance and discounts for pet treatments, procedures, and food.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees