Veterinary Nursing Manager - Dallas, TX

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•Dallas, TX

About The Position

VEG is hiring a Veterinary Nursing Manager to lead its veterinary nursing team in Dallas, Texas. The role focuses on creating a supportive, collaborative team culture while ensuring exceptional patient care and effective hospital operations. The manager connects day-to-day processes with the purpose of helping patients, customers, and team members thrive. The manager oversees nursing-team operations, including scheduling, payroll, productivity, hiring, onboarding, and offboarding. They work with hospital leadership, shift leads, and doctors to support hospital flow, address patient-care and team concerns, maintain medical excellence, and develop team members. The role also champions learning, mentorship, licensure, performance standards, and education programs. VEG describes its emergency hospitals as open 24/7, 365 days a year, and notes that this role may require rotating or as-needed availability for nights, weekends, and holidays. The work environment can be noisy and include strong or unpleasant odors.

Requirements

Must be credentialed as a Veterinary Technician (CVT, RVT, LVT, or LVMT) in the state where the VEG practice is located.
At least 5 years of experience in a clinical veterinary nursing role.
At least 2 years of leadership experience.
Excellent communication and people skills.
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 in a fast-paced environment with people from varied backgrounds and personality types.
Empathetic, people-centric approach and willingness to understand different perspectives.
Humility, including acknowledging mistakes, sharing credit, and recognizing team accomplishments.
Ownership of work, responsibility for outcomes, and commitment to impactful long-term results.
Curiosity and an ongoing interest in learning and developing skills and knowledge.

Nice To Haves

An A.S. or B.S. from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology program is strongly preferred.
Emergency-specific veterinary nursing experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage the day-to-day flow of the nursing team and ensure team members have the tools and support they need.
Oversee scheduling, payroll, productivity, hiring, onboarding, and offboarding.
Address patient-care issues and team dynamics with empathy and clarity.
Partner with hospital leadership and shift leads to align on goals and hospital flow.
Use doctor feedback to guide team development and maintain medical excellence.
Lead in accordance with VEG values, particularly openness, togetherness, and heroic helping.
Promote learning through in-house training, mentorship, and development pathways.
Ensure the team meets licensure and performance standards and participates in education programs.
Conduct meaningful one-on-ones and check-ins, and mentor students to support long-term career growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, including base pay and a 401(k) match.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
QPR training and access to free therapy or counseling.
Potential eligibility for equity after one year of full-time, active employment, depending on role.
VEG-created clinical and leadership learning programs.
Unlimited emergency-care continuing education and a travel stipend; full-time credentialed VEGgies receive $2,500 per year, and full-time uncredentialed VEGgies receive $1,000 per year.
Clinical student loan repayment.
Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary.
Fertility and family-building care for all types of families.
Flexible work schedules.
Referral reward program.
Comfy scrubs, VEG merchandise, and food in the fridge.