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Lead our team as Veterinary Medical Director at Paddock Park Animal Care Center!

Are you an experienced veterinarian ready to step into– or take on a new– leadership role? Paddock Park Animal Care Center is seeking a Veterinary Medical Director to help guide our team in best medical practices and support our mentorship goals. 

About Paddock Park Animal Care Center 🐾🏥

Since opening our doors in 1985, Paddock Park Animal Care Center has earned a reputation as a trusted provider of everyday veterinary care for small animals throughout Central Florida. In 2013, we officially joined the PetVet Care Centers network, and today we have a thriving 4-doctor team. We are looking for a Medical Director to lead our practice, promote high standards of care, and continue fostering a collaborative and supportive environment.

About PetVet Care Centers 🐕‍🦺🐐🐈🦘🐇🐎🐄🦜

As one of over 460 unique hospitals in the PetVet Care Centers network, we are dedicated to empowering our veterinarians to provide exceptional care. Whether in small animal practice, feline-only care, exotics, or large animal and equine specialties, our team members receive local support, continuing education, and access to industry-leading health and wellness benefits. Our network is a place where you can thrive and make a meaningful impact on the veterinary community.

What You Can Expect When You Join Our Team:

• Compensation Built for You: Competitive compensation, including a non-production Medical Director stipend.
• Flexible Scheduling: Work as few as 3 shifts per week with full-time benefits—enabling a great work-life balance.
• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 1 month of paid time off annually.
• Continuing Education: Generous CE allowances plus additional paid time off to support your growth.
• Relocation Assistance: Complimentary third-party relocation services up to $50k.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Full health, life, and retirement benefits, including 401(k) contributions.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• DVM or Equivalent: Must hold a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree (or equivalent) and be in good standing with the Florida State Veterinary Board.
• DEA License: Must hold (or be eligible for) an active DEA license.
• Veterinary Experience: Minimum of 4-5 years of veterinary experience, with a strong comfort level handling a full surgical caseload.
• Passionate about Veterinary Care: Enthusiastic about providing exceptional veterinary care.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Bonus points if you’re passionate about mentoring and leading a team of talented veterinary professionals.

If you’re excited about this opportunity and would like to speak more, please reach out to Mindy Stalter at mstalter@petvetcarecenters.com.

Position Overview:

The Veterinary Technician supports hospital operations by providing dedicated quality veterinary care and exceptional service to our patients and clients. Responsibilities include providing patient care by determining animal requirements, conducting examinations and diagnostic procedures, assisting during surgery and operations, providing nursing care, assisting with feeding and caring for patients, maintaining medical supplies and equipment, overseeing triage and discharging patients, and maintaining patient medical records.

Essential Position Functions:

• Determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews, reviewing care plans and records, completing laboratory tests and studies, and diagnostic imaging.
• Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering medications, drugs, and vaccines, and bandaging and wrapping wounds.
• Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and restraining patients; aids as directed by the veterinarian.
• Obtain and verify medications.
• Ensure that patients have food and water, clean patients' rooms, cages, and equipment; observe patients for clinical signs of disease.
• As directed, fill prescriptions and administer medications, including proper documentation, logging, and security of controlled drugs.
• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy, and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing and disinfecting holding and operating areas, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures, and in compliance with applicable legal regulations.
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients’ conditions, reactions, and changes; update the database in an accurate and timely manner.
• Communicate with the pet owner about the status of the patient, as directed by the veterinarian.
• Maintain equipment by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining equipment supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• Release pets to their owners as directed; ensure that every animal released is clean and properly groomed before their release.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager or practice.

Additional Position Functions:

Assignment to the specialty medical areas listed below may require the following additional job functions:

• Assist veterinarians with a variety of emergency procedures and critical care situations.

• Monitor vitals, place catheters and take x-rays.
• Clean wounds and apply casts or bandages.
• Give injections and take blood samples.
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Imaging

• Assist veterinarians with a variety of diagnostic imaging modalities, including digital radiography, ultrasound, etc.

Integrative

• Maintain logs of pet diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up results so veterinarians can track responses to integrative care.

Radiology

• Assist veterinarians with providing high-quality diagnostic imaging services to in-patient, out-patient, surgical, and emergency pets.

Competencies:

• Care and Compassion: Displays a desire to build rapport, provide personal assistance, and emotional support.
• Team Orientation: Works cooperatively with the team to address tasks and accomplish goals.
• Dependability: Demonstrates responsibility in completing tasks and accomplishing goals.
• Initiative: Proactively looks for the opportunity to address and follow through on work activities.
• Flexibility and Multi-Tasking: Adapts quickly to changing demands and manages multiple priorities effectively.
• Communication: Uses effective and appropriate methods of interacting with others.
• Customer Services: Displays a desire to provide outstanding service and exceed customer expectations.
• Organization and Attention to Detail: Monitors and reviews information thoroughly and maintains an organized system for all documents.
• Adherence to Rules and Instructions: Consistently follows standard procedures.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two or more years of experience with veterinary appointments and nursing care for hospitalized and critical patients.
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Position Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Understand and limit the potential exposure to bites, scratches, and potential injuries.  Able to restrain patients according to standard procedures.
• Fill prescriptions and monitor sedation procedures as directed by the veterinarian.
• Ability to work with or around sick animals, potentially hazardous materials, cleaning chemicals, gas anesthetics, zoonotic diseases, and unpleasant odors.
• Display confidence and reassurance when dealing with pets experiencing severe stress, illness, or pain.
• Communicate and approach job duties in a professional and mature manner.
• Must be flexible with scheduling and able to work some weekends and holidays.
• This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lifting, cleaning, and constant motion.
• Depending on the functional area of assignment, tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and/or extended periods of time standing and/or walking.
• May include some climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Some tasks involve the periodic performance of moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting or carrying moderately heavy animals (up to 50 pounds).
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Manager or practice.

Additional Information:

The list of essential functions and additional functions, as outlined in this job description, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this position. The omission of any job function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a required assignment for the position.