Details
Posted: 27-Jul-22
Location: Denver, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Required Education: Doctorate
Salary: $155,000 to $145,000 year
Categories:
Non-Profit Associations
Occupation:
Veterinarian
Species:
Other
Do you love shelter medicine and teaching? The Dumb Friends League in Denver, Colorado is looking for an experienced veterinarian with a passion for teaching to join our team! This is a leadership position within the League’s veterinary team. The League provides our veterinarians a competitive salary, a four 10's schedule, and amazing benefits including student loan assistance and annual support for continuing education.
Purpose of Position: Serve as the League’s lead shelter medical and surgical staff member. Establish appropriate veterinary policies for all shelter operations.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and monitor medical programs that improve the standard of animal and veterinary care for all League shelters.
- Collaborate with the shelter leadership team to ensure the League’s operations are conducted using appropriate and up-to-date medical practices.
- Manage and develop an effective staff: providing effective communication, leadership, guidance, and resources.
- Establish and monitor staff safety and regulatory compliance.
- Supervise, coach and mentor staff Veterinarians and Veterinary interns.
- Create training programs for staff Veterinarians and Veterinary interns.
- Provide outstanding veterinary care to homeless and stray pets including physical exams, diagnostics, treatment plans, preventative medicine, case management, surgery, euthanasia, and necropsies.
- Perform surgical procedures including high quality, high volume spay/neuter, dentistry, and various soft tissue and orthopedic procedures.
- Practice, teach and direct incremental medicine, using critical thinking and decision-making skills within the League’s scope of care.
- Participate in euthanasia decision making. Create and oversee the euthanasia training program to ensure it meets state regulations.
- Create and provide trainings, maintain licenses, and monitor DEA compliance. Certify staff to perform euthanasia procedures. Collaborate with shelter leadership on euthanasia training and SOP development.
- Work with other departments to coordinate care and quarantine of infectious disease animals.
- Work with cruelty investigations staff for evaluation, documentation, and testimony about the condition of animals involved in investigation cases.
- Consult with and assist patrons and external veterinarians regarding animals at or adopted from the League.
- Serve as a liaison promoting the League’s philosophy and goals to veterinarians, vendors, the public, and other animal welfare related organizations.
- Deliver animal welfare related continuing education presentations for partner organizations and in the community.
- Develop SOPs and ensure they are updated and practiced with staff and volunteers.
- Work with the veterinary services manager to understand and implement the annual budget.
- Work in collaboration with the Development and Communications teams to support fundraising efforts and campaigns, such as providing impact stories and reports resulting in financial support.
- Participate in donor events, meetings, and tours.
- Ensure program grant compliance, and quality of services and evaluations.
Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
- Lead Veterinarian
- Veterinarians
- Interns
- Volunteers
Travel -This position may require travel to different work sites
Full Time Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, League-paid Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), Holiday Pay, 401(k) with matching, Veterinarians are eligible for student loan reimbursement (SLURP), and more!
Compensation: $115,000 - $145,000 annually (starting pay commensurate with market, experience, and equity)
Required Position Qualifications
- Experience in shelter medicine and/or HQ/HV setting
- Ability to effectively lead a team
- Demonstrated excellent surgical skills
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- High emotional intelligence
- Ability to effectively communicate in writing
- Effective time management skills with the ability to triage cases and workload
- Ability to work well within a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs
- Education: Doctoral degree in veterinary medicine
- Work Experience: Three years of experience practicing veterinary medicine in a full service, high surgical volume environment
- Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Current Colorado veterinary license with clean practice record; Current DEA license or ability to obtain DEA license.
Desired
- Experience performing orthopedic surgeries
- Leadership or management experience in clinic, hospital, or shelter environment