Medical Director - Myrtle Beach, SC

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Myrtle Beach, SC

About The Position

VEG’s Medical Directors are emergency veterinarians and criticalists who provide visionary leadership and guide their hospitals toward medical excellence. They have autonomy to make impactful hospital decisions and build teams in alignment with VEG’s core values. As servant leaders, they prioritize their people, lead with integrity, authenticity, and humility, and support mentorship, collaboration, openness, and teamwork. The Medical Director establishes a positive, customer-centered hospital culture; promotes clinically excellent and safe care; develops doctors and teams; oversees recruitment and succession planning; partners on marketing strategy; creates doctor schedules; and ensures compliance with applicable regulations. The role requires traditional 24/7 emergency veterinary experience and critical case management, along with availability for rotating or as-needed nights, weekends, and holidays. VEG describes itself as a nationwide veterinary emergency company with hospitals open 24/7, 365 days a year. Its open-concept hospitals handle emergency cases of many kinds, including exotics. The company emphasizes learning, mentorship, employee well-being, diversity, and an inclusive workplace.

Requirements

DVM, VMD, or equivalent degree.
At least 5 years of traditional 24/7 emergency room experience and critical case management.
Unrelenting passion for customer satisfaction through providing the highest level of medical care to patients.
Willingness to work in a noisy environment with strong or unpleasant odors.
Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays on a rotating or as-needed basis according to hospital needs.
Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with people from varied backgrounds and personality types.
Empathetic, people-centric approach, including supporting colleagues and seeking to understand different perspectives.
Humility, including acknowledging mistakes, sharing credit, and recognizing team accomplishments.
Strong sense of ownership and responsibility for outcomes, with commitment to long-term results.
Curiosity and an ongoing interest in learning and developing skills and knowledge.

Nice To Haves

Training in emergency surgery or endoscopy.
Leadership skills training and mentorship experience.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain a positive culture through team huddles, recognition, and appreciation for performance of the VEG Spikes and customer-centered practices.
Create a culture in which doctors and technicians collaborate to provide clinically excellent care.
Lead hospital team meetings focused on relationship building, medical quality, team member concerns, hospital performance, and clinical team well-being.
Support the growth and development of the doctor team through one-on-one meetings and personalized development plans.
Lead the hospital’s patient safety initiative to ensure safe and clinically excellent care.
Develop a doctor recruitment, candidate experience, and succession-planning strategy in collaboration with the talent partner.
Partner with the market owner to establish and implement a marketing strategy.
Create and maintain the doctor schedule.
Ensure the hospital complies with federal, state, and local regulations.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, including base pay and a 401(k) match.
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits starting on day one, including QPR training and access to free therapy or counseling.
Potential eligibility for equity after one year of full-time, active employment.
Learning and growth programs, including VEG-created clinical and leadership programs.
Unlimited emergency room continuing education and a travel stipend; full-time credentialed employees receive $2,500 per year and full-time uncredentialed employees receive $1,000 per year.
Clinical student loan repayment.
Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary, plus fertility and family-building care.
Flexible work schedules.
Employee referral program.
Scrubs, company swag, and food in the fridge.