Veterinary Emergency Department Lead Veterinarian

BluePearl Pet Hospital • Tacoma, WA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

BluePearl Pet Hospital in Tacoma, WA is seeking a full-time ER Service Head who will work side by side with our ER clinicians, specialists, and leadership team. This role involves managing the ER clinician schedule, facilitating meetings, mentoring staff, overseeing case management, and integrating emergency and specialty services. The ER Service Head will also act as a liaison between ER and Specialty Clinicians, assist with patient safety reporting, contribute to recruiting efforts, help resolve customer service issues, and partner with hospital leadership on initiatives for improving ER patient care and client service. Additionally, this role involves staying informed about hospital environment issues, collaborating on personnel matters, assisting with performance reviews, and overseeing capital purchases for the ICU/ER department. The hospital is an emergency and specialty facility serving the Tacoma, WA area, featuring advanced technology and a highly qualified team, including a dedicated ICU and full-service laboratory. BluePearl Tacoma provides 24/7 services in emergency, critical care, internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, avian & exotics, oncology, surgery, radiology, and diagnostic imaging, with a strong belief in collaborative medicine.

Requirements

• DVM from accredited university
• Successfully completed an internship
• At least three years of ER experience

Nice To Haves

• Previous leadership experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage the schedule for all ER Clinicians, including PTO requests.
• Facilitate regular ER Clinician meetings and participate in hospital leadership meetings.
• Mentor ER Clinicians and new ER/ICU support staff.
• Oversee ER Clinician case management and providing guidance as needed on case management decisions.
• Integrate the emergency and specialty services to successfully manage all hospitalized cases.
• Act as the sounding board between ER Clinicians and Specialty Clinicians and discuss any concerns with the Medical Director as they arise.
• Assist in implementation and monitoring of patient safety reporting as it pertains to the emergency department.
• Actively contribute to recruiting new Emergency Clinicians.
• Ensure new hires have been assigned a mentor by the clinician mentor liaison to support retention and engagement.
• Assist in customer service issues as needed and help management to follow up to resolve issues as appropriate.
• Partner with hospital leadership to identify opportunities and implement new initiatives for improvement of ER patient care, medical protocols, and client service levels.
• Stay abreast of hospital environment and issues of concern, working collaboratively with the Medical Director and work in collaboration with P&O and hospital leadership regarding all ER/ICU personnel issues.
• Assist with performance reviews.
• Assist management team with client and pDVM concerns when necessary.
• Work with management team to oversee capital purchases for ICU/ER department.

Benefits

• Shift differentials
• Weekend differentials
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• PTO
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Company-paid short/long-term disability and life insurance
• Mental health support: 12 free mental health sessions per year, and the Lyra platform
• Discounts on pet care, food, and Trupanion insurance
• Annual BluePearl store allowance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree