Veterinary Hospital Compliance Manager

Associated Veterinary Partners

2d•Remote

About The Position

The Veterinary Hospital Compliance Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining compliance programs across all hospitals to ensure adherence to federal, state, and local regulations. This role focuses on regulatory areas including OSHA, DEA/controlled substances, radiation safety, scope of practice, professional licensing, and day care/boarding compliance. The Compliance Manager partners closely with hospital leadership, operations, and medical teams to mitigate risk, close compliance gaps, and standardize processes across the organization. This role requires approximately 50% travel to hospitals to conduct audits, support training, and ensure consistent execution of compliance standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
5+ years compliance experience
Knowledge of OSHA, DEA, radiation, licensing, boarding and daycare regulations
Strong attention to detail
Ability to translate regulations into operations
Strong auditing and coaching skills
Effective communicator
Ability to work independently
Must live within 30-45 Mile Radius from major airport
50% Travel Required

Nice To Haves

Multi-site experience preferred
Veterinary medicine experience preferred

Responsibilities

Regulatory Compliance Oversight
Lead compliance efforts across OSHA, DEA (controlled substances), radiation safety, scope of practice, day care/boarding, and state/local regulatory requirements
Ensure all hospitals maintain current licenses, permits, and registrations
Monitor regulatory changes and proactively update policies, SOPs, and workflows
Controlled Substance (DEA) Compliance
Oversee controlled substance policies, storage, logging, and auditing processes
Conduct routine and random audits
Investigate discrepancies and implement corrective actions
OSHA & Workplace Safety
Maintain OSHA-compliant programs
Track required safety training
Lead incident reporting and prevention
Radiation Safety
Ensure compliance with radiation safety standards
Partner with vendors and regulatory bodies
Licensing, Credentialing & Scope of Practice
Track all licenses and renewals
Monitor scope-of-practice requirements
Ensure workflows remain compliant
Day Care & Boarding Compliance
Maintain knowledge of state/local regulations
Ensure compliance with staffing, vaccination, sanitation, and safety standards
Develop SOPs and conduct audits
Auditing, Field Enablement & Risk Management
Conduct audits across hospitals
Develop OSHA, DEA, and boarding checklists
Train ROMs to conduct audits
Establish audit cadence and track resolution
Training & Education
Deliver compliance training
Create SOPs and toolkits
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Operations, Medical Leadership, and HR
Support M&A integrations