Medical Director - Albany, NY
About The Position
VEG’s Medical Directors are emergency veterinarians and criticalists who lead their hospitals toward medical excellence while building and growing their teams in alignment with VEG’s core values. They have autonomy to make decisions for their hospitals and lead with integrity, authenticity, humility, and a focus on supporting their teams. They foster a culture of mentorship, collaboration, openness, and meaningful interactions, helping deliver a positive emergency-care experience for people and their pets. The Medical Director works with doctors, technicians, hospital teams, talent partners, and market owners to support clinical quality, patient safety, team development, recruitment, marketing, scheduling, and regulatory compliance. The role requires availability for rotating or as-needed nights, weekends, and holidays, as well as working in a fast-paced, noisy environment that may have strong or unpleasant odors.
Requirements
- DVM, VMD, or equivalent degree.
- At least 5 years of traditional 24/7 emergency-room experience and critical case management.
- Passion for customer satisfaction through providing the highest level of medical care to patients.
- Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays on a rotating or as-needed basis according to hospital needs.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with people from varied backgrounds and personality types.
- Willingness to work in a noisy environment with strong or unpleasant odors.
Nice To Haves
- Training in emergency surgery or endoscopy.
- Leadership skills training.
- Mentorship experience.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a positive culture through team huddles, recognition, and appreciation for performance of the VEG Spikes.
- Create a culture where doctors and technicians collaborate to deliver clinically excellent care.
- Lead 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, 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 of $235,000–$260,000 based on experience, including base compensation and a 401(k) match.
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits beginning 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.
- Clinical and leadership learning programs, unlimited emergency-room continuing education, and a travel stipend.
- Annual travel stipend of $2,500 for full-time credentialed employees or $1,000 for full-time uncredentialed employees.
- Clinical student loan repayment.
- Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary, with fertility and family-building care.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Employee referral program.
- Scrubs, company merchandise, and food in the refrigerator.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
