Job Description

Description

Position at Kildaire Animal Medical Center

Veterinary Practice Manager - Kildaire Animal Medical Center, a Thrive Pet Healthcare Partner

Cary, North Carolina

 If you are interested in a unique opportunity  to be a part of something great, and want to lead a team of professionals dedicated to providing excellent patient and customer care, this is the opportunity you have been looking for! 

Job Overview:

The Practice Manager (PM) is critical to the success of the hospital, ensuring a positive culture built on shared values and direct communication, creating operational efficiencies, and problem-solving to improve client service and employee engagement. Typically, the PM is the “Integrator” on the hospital’s accountability chart and participates in the Thrive leadership meetings. 

The manager exercises sound judgment, and the willingness and capability to make decisions. 

PM oversees the business activities of the hospital, including hiring and training hospital staff; working with Thrive finance to prepare and manage budgets; monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; setting fees; maintaining inventory and an inventory control system; managing the hospital software, and implementing safety and security procedures. 

Culture and Work Environment

•  Communicates the practice’s values and mission to the team. Motivates staff and helps build and maintain morale.
•  Upholds core values and standards.
•  Holds regular staff meetings, including a component of mandatory training on standards of service and standards of care.
•  Promotes a cooperative working environment among staff members; understands the value of teamwork.
•  Is enthusiastically willing to perform as necessary to help the hospital function as a unit.
•  Promotes continuous quality improvement (CQI) to ensure the practice’s success and achieve the vision.

Requirements

•  Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Practice Management experience required
• CVPM preferred but not required
• Credentials as a Veterinary Technician strongly preferred
• Management background strongly preferred
•  Sound personal judgment in decision-making
•  Capable of leading, managing, and coaching staff at all levels
•  Demonstrated competence in all aspects of staff management, including hiring and firing
•  Demonstrated ability to show empathy toward clients and treat animals with respect and compassion.
•  Excellent interpersonal communication skills. 
•  A commitment to outstanding client service and remarkable clinic culture
•  Demonstrated competence in budgeting and financial reporting, including reading and analyzing a P&L statement
•  Solid math and Excel/spreadsheet skills.
•  Ability to lift objects weighing 40 pounds without assistance and objects weighing more than 40 pounds with assistance.

Benefits – our care in action

We provide benefits spread comprehensively across your mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing designed to meet your needs as a unique individual. Some key benefits include:

 

• ​​​​​​Paid time offincluding 8-weeks of full-pay parental leave, bereavement to grieve both humans and pets, and time off for new pet adoptions 
• Top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance plus health savings account and flexible spending account ​​​​​​​
• Pet perksincluding free exams, discounts on products and services, and more at all Thrive Pet Healthcare locations
• Generously subsidized backup and ongoing care support for children, adults, and pets
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
• 401k with employer contribution and no waiting period 
• Continuing education and development support through our library of free CE courses and paid time off to complete
• Scholarship opportunities and student loan support program 

and so much more! 

 

 

 At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all of our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.

 

If you are passionate about pets and people and want to lead an outstanding team of veterinary professionals, we want you to join our team!

Apply today!  We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Tags

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