Veterinary Technician Manager

About the role

BluePearl Pet Hospital is looking for a Veterinary Technician Manager with passion and the ability to help motivate, engage, and train a team of veterinary professionals. The ideal candidate will be excellent at training and mentoring and will have advanced veterinary skills. We have a dynamic work environment, exciting medical cases, and great career development opportunities. We are looking for someone with excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate highly advanced proficiency as a Veterinary Technician or Advanced Patient Care Associate within their appropriate department and maintain all related skills and knowledge.
• Create effective working relationships with hospital leadership to ensure standards of care are understood, effectively communicated, and delivered upon.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert and resource to Technicians and Assistants regarding daily operations, patient care, and skill development.
• Serve as a mentor to staff by demonstrating positive work habits, effective clinical skills and business knowledge.
• Identify conflicts in the workplace and seek assistance in resolution in order to create effective working relationships.
• Coach staff to create a culture of strong performance and high productivity.
• Clearly communicate with team members to ensure consistent understanding of new ideas, changes in protocol, policies, and impending changes.
• Build positive relationships across the hospital and administration to facilitate an environment of teamwork.
• Implement process improvement initiatives.
• Work with the Technician Training Manager to schedule ongoing training.
• Document performance-related issues, assess team members during annual review, and provide hospital leadership with recommendations related to performance management and discipline.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food.
• Associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience.
• Talent development programs and leadership workshops to develop associates into leaders.
• Endless opportunities to advance in career as a member of Mars Veterinary Health.
• Annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, BluePearl University for training, and access to over 2,000 medical journals.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• Parental leave benefits.
• Flexible work schedules.
• 401k and retirement planning.
• Paid time off and floating holiday plans.

Pay

$28 - $50 / hour. This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience and advancement through our competency leveling system.