Medical Director – AAHA-Accredited Small Animal & Exotic Practice

The Job Opportunity:
An AAHA-accredited veterinary hospital is seeking a Full-Time Medical Director who enjoys practicing excellent medicine while supporting and mentoring a collaborative team. The hospital provides comprehensive small animal care, including preventive medicine, surgery, dentistry, diagnostics, urgent care, and exotic companion animal medicine.The Medical Director will remain actively involved in patient care while helping associate veterinarians grow, sharing clinical knowledge, and promoting evidence-based medicine. With access to specialty consultations and opportunities for continued learning, the team values collaboration, professional development, and compassionate patient care.This is a wonderful opportunity for an experienced veterinarian who enjoys leading by example and helping both colleagues and patients thrive.

Practice Information:
This established veterinary hospital provides comprehensive medical and surgical care with a strong emphasis on clinical quality, compassionate service, and long-term client relationships.
The hospital is proudly AAHA-accredited, demonstrating adherence to rigorous standards across important areas of veterinary medicine, including:

• Patient care and safety
• Anesthesia and patient monitoring
• Surgical procedures
• Diagnostics
• Dentistry
• Pain management
• Medical protocols
• Infection control
• Medical recordkeeping
• Hospital safety and operations

Clinical services include:

• Wellness and preventive medicine
• Internal medicine
• Advanced medical case management
• Diagnostic testing and comprehensive medical workups
• Soft-tissue surgery
• Comprehensive dentistry
• Sick-patient appointments
• Urgent care
• Chronic disease management
• Senior patient care
• Pain management
• Exotic companion animal medicine
• Client education and preventive health planning

Role Responsibilities:

• Providing compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based veterinary care
• Serving as the hospital’s clinical leader and a trusted resource for veterinarians and veterinary support professionals
• Maintaining and advancing medical standards consistent with the hospital’s AAHA accreditation
• Developing, reviewing, and refining evidence-based medical protocols and clinical best practices
• Promoting consistent standards across preventive medicine, internal medicine, diagnostics, dentistry, surgery, urgent care, anesthesia, pain management, and patient safety
• Maintaining an active clinical caseload and modeling excellent medicine, communication, professionalism, and clinical judgment
• Supporting high standards for soft-tissue surgery and comprehensive dentistry
• Maintaining rigorous approaches to anesthesia, patient monitoring, pain management, and perioperative care
• Supporting the continued development of internal medicine and urgent care capabilities
• Helping maintain appropriate standards of care for exotic companion animal patients
• Mentoring associate veterinarians and supporting individualized clinical and professional development goals
• Providing approachable clinical guidance while encouraging independent decision-making and appropriate clinical autonomy
• Facilitating collaborative discussions surrounding challenging and medically complex cases
• Supporting appropriate utilization of specialty consultation resources
• Leading veterinarian meetings focused on case management, emerging evidence, clinical standards, best practices, and opportunities for service development
• Encouraging continuing education and fostering a culture of lifelong professional learning
• Helping veterinarians develop skills in medicine, diagnostics, dentistry, surgery, urgent care, and individual areas of professional interest
• Supporting veterinarians interested in developing or expanding their skills in exotic companion animal medicine
• Supporting mentorship, onboarding, externship, and professional-development initiatives
• Participating in veterinarian recruitment, interviewing, engagement, and retention
• Supporting the professional development and appropriate utilization of veterinary technicians and assistants
• Partnering closely with operational leadership to promote efficient workflows, strong communication, and a healthy hospital culture
• Identifying opportunities to improve patient outcomes, clinical efficiency, medical quality, and the client experience
• Evaluating opportunities to responsibly introduce new medical services, diagnostic capabilities, technology, and treatment options
• Supporting compliance with veterinary regulations, controlled-substance requirements, medical-record standards, and hospital safety protocols
• Promoting compassionate, transparent, and effective client communication
• Supporting responsible hospital growth while protecting medical quality and team well being
• Fostering a positive, respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplace

Job Applicant Requirements:

• A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Veterinary Medical Doctor (VMD), or equivalent degree from an accredited institution
• Eligibility for veterinary licensure in the state of practice
• Professional experience in companion animal clinical practice
• Strong clinical judgment and confidence managing a varied medical and surgical caseload
• A commitment to practicing and promoting high-quality, evidence-based veterinary medicine
• An appreciation for the clinical and patient-safety standards associated with an AAHA-accredited hospital
• Experience and comfort with soft-tissue surgery and dentistry
• An interest or experience in exotic companion animal medicine
• A genuine interest in mentoring, teaching, and developing veterinarians and veterinary support professionals
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and client communication skills
• The ability to provide constructive clinical guidance while respecting the professional judgment and autonomy of colleagues
• A collaborative leadership philosophy centered on teamwork, communication, accountability, inclusion, and mutual respect
• An understanding of, or willingness to develop knowledge of, veterinary hospital operations and financial management
• Enthusiasm for continuing education, leadership development, and lifelong professional growth
• The ability to balance hands-on clinical responsibilities with the medical leadership needs of the hospital

Compensation & Benefits May Include:

• Competitive compensation with performance-based earning opportunities
• Medical Director leadership incentives
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Paid vacation and additional paid time off
• Family and parental leave benefits
• Continuing education allowance and dedicated CE time
• Medical Director and leadership-development resources
• Structured mentorship and peer leadership support
• Access to specialty consultation and collaborative clinical resources
• Support for advanced training in internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, urgent care, and other areas of clinical interest
• Opportunities to further develop exotic companion animal medicine skills
• Professional liability coverage
• Professional license and eligible professional dues support
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employee well being and telehealth resources
• Access to broader veterinary professional resources for consultation and collaboration
• Career-advancement opportunities

With its AAHA accreditation, advanced surgical and dental caseload, internal medicine capabilities, urgent care services, exotic companion animal medicine, specialty consultation resources, and strong commitment to continuing education, the hospital provides an excellent opportunity for a Medical Director to advance medical quality, mentor veterinary professionals, strengthen clinical services, and cultivate a collaborative culture centered on evidence-based medicine and professional growth.

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