Veterinary Group Medical Director

About the role

The Group Medical Director (GMD) oversees multiple hospital locations, traveling 50% of the time to ensure in-person leadership and mentoring in hospitals. The GMD has medical oversight of multiple markets within the organization with combined revenues of up to $150MM. They are responsible for translating organizational objectives into market-specific goals, fostering a clinician-driven culture, promoting clinician engagement and retention, and achieving strong fiscal performance.

Responsibilities

• Identify, oversee, and develop medical leaders (Medical Directors and their ER Service Team Leads) to ensure optimal clinician productivity and engagement.
• Create a clinician-driven culture in assigned markets.
• Serve as a high-level representative and champion of BluePearl's mission and vision in all interactions within the organization and external veterinary community.
• Partner with field leaders to effectively communicate and cascade key initiatives impacting medical staff.
• Foster a collaborative and trusting relationship between the support team and hospitals.
• Partner with field leaders to ensure appropriate productivity levels and growth plans for clinicians and hospitals, including maximizing technical teams.
• Monitor reports on operating costs within functional areas and alert hospital leaders of cost and labor overruns.
• Partners with field leaders, finance, and P&O to assess concerns and implement solutions.
• Own the success of on-site visit process for DVM candidates in assigned markets, ensuring onboarding and mentoring of new BluePearl Clinicians through BluePearl Mentorship Program.
• Ensure standards for medical quality, patient safety reporting, equipment, and clinician productivity/performance are met.
• Partner with assigned Vet Relations team to collaborate on pDVM referral strategies that impact assigned markets.
• Oversee and encourage support of continuing education programs across assigned markets and ensure programs sufficiently develop and engage technicians and clinicians to deliver remarkable care to patients.
• Monitor reports on medical occurrences, patient safety, and client experience and partner with stakeholders as needed to ensure swift resolution, improvements, and/or coaching as needed.
• Work collaboratively with the BluePearl Support Team to develop solutions for escalated concerns and influence medical leaders to shape adoption and ensure effectiveness of resolutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) required.
• Completion of 1-year rotating internship required.
• May be Emergency Clinician or board-certified Specialty Clinician.
• 7+ years of leadership experience required (previously overseeing multiple sites or revenues exceeding $25MM preferred).

Qualifications

• Experienced, motivated, and driven clinical leader.
• Strong medical oversight and leadership skills.
• Ability to travel 50% of the time.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to foster a clinician-driven culture and promote engagement and retention.
• Strong understanding of medical quality, patient safety, and clinical productivity.
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Skills

• Leadership and management skills.
• Strategic planning and execution.
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

Benefits

BluePearl offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance options, an annual company store allowance, flexible work schedules, paid time off, paid parental leave, and floating holiday plans. Additionally, the company provides a regional licensed social worker for mental health support, an annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, and access to over 2,000 medical journals. The company also promotes a family-like culture in its hospitals and values its employees' health and well-being.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

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