Have you ever thought about devoting your veterinarian skills to the recovery and rehabilitation of dogs that are victims of cruelty and neglect? Come and join the Canine Annex for Recovery and Enrichment (CARE) and utilize your skills to making the biggest difference in vulnerable animals’ lives.What you’ll do :The Director of Veterinary Services, CARE will perform all the duties of a licensed veterinarian, including providing compassionate, high-quality, practical veterinary care to a wide range of cruelty, neglect, and at-risk animals and supervise LVTs.Responsibilities :Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to :Managing Medical Cases (60%) :Ensure CARE provides high quality individualized care, considering the medical and behavioral needs of our patients while maintaining overall population medicine using shelter best practices to a wide range of cruelty, neglect, and at-risk patients.Serve on a panel with medical, behavior, and operations leaders to review cases and make weekly pathway planning decisions, including humane euthanasia decisions, taking into consideration animals’ physical and behavioral well-being, using organizationally aligned tools developed to assess quality of life and readiness for adoption.Perform humane euthanasia for animals deemed unsuitable for placement, working closely with the behavior and medical teams to ensure a compassionate, low-stress procedure.Perform medical intakes on all new NYPD and CE cases admitted to CARE and in collaboration with partner departments for animals admitted to veterinary partner hospitals, AAH, ARC, and Adoption Center as needed.Provide medical support for large scale NYPD and CE cases.Perform exams, diagnostic tests, and medical treatments with full utilization of Fear Free medical handling. Ensure all staff are practicing Fear Free handling.Develop skilled and efficient diagnosis and treatment plans following ARC / CARE / AAH medical parameters and guidelines.Provide medical care for outpatients of owned, fostered out and / or animals in transition to the Adoption Center and placement partners.Maintain thorough, high quality medical records, documenting all exam findings, test results, and treatments.Work with partner hospitals as needed, including referral for advanced care, and assessing medical stability of new cases at partner hospitals.Respond to after-hours medical concerns.Oversee and maintain the CARE animal census.People Management / Managing Patient Flow (20%) :Oversee the daily medical care and case flow of the animals housed in CARE.Lead the Daily CARE rounds meeting.Lead monthly CARE LVT meeting.Develop, disseminate, and keep current the CARE Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ensure their implementation.Set expectations and goals and provide consistent, high-quality feedback to direct reports, including regular 1 : 1s and quarterly feedback sessions to build strong relationships, provide clear direction, and encourage opportunities for development.Practice and espouse positive, people-centric management approaches that are in line with team and organizational core values.Respond to concerns from direct reports and selected administrative staff, addressing them promptly and accordingly.Conduct corrective actions related to performance.Support the Senior Director of Veterinary Services in handling any adverse client or patient events appropriately and professionally.Interdepartmental Communication / Administrative / Other (20%)Collaborate and support the work of partner departments, particularly the Humane Law Enforcement, Community Engagement, and the Adoption Center departments.Provide medical information and represent CARE to the public and to media when requested.Provide a high level of customer service to external and internal clients.Assist with special projects, presentations and data collection as requested.Exemplifies the ASPCA’s Core Values :Has Commitment and dedication to improving the lives of animalsDemonstrates Ownership and feels responsible for outcomesBelieves in Team – that we are stronger togetherSeeks to Elevate others and reimagine what is possibleFocuses on Impact, specifically making change for animalsQualification Requirements :Ability to successfully work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.Ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively and courteously.Able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.Able to work standing for 8 or more hours and handle potentially dangerous animals in stressful conditions.The Director may be requested and / or required to work additional hours, weekends, cover shifts and / or stay late.Compensation and benefits :The target hiring range for this role is $169,500-$179,500. In addition to a competitive salary, this role offers a signing bonus.Qualifications :Veterinarian License - OtherEducation and Work Experience :Doctorate : Veterinary Medicine (Required)3+ years in GP, specialty, and / or shelter setting, DVM degree (or equivalent) with NY State veterinary license.Our EEO Policy :The ASPCA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.About Us :The ASPCA was founded in 1866 on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment by humans and must be protected under the law.
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