Medical Director

Job Description

Job Description

Lathrop Veterinary Center in Lathrop, CA is seeking a Medical Director to join our practice.

100k Sign-on Bonus Package, 4 week sabbatical, Equity Buy-In Opportunity

Lathrop Veterinary Center is the first vet hospital in the city of Lathrop, CA. Our state-of-the-art facility was built in 2008, houses modern equipment, and has amazing staff and Doctors.

Lathrop is currently a growing community, evident by the large new pet-friendly apartment building recently built next door.

Opportunity for business growth is huge as well as being able to enjoy living within an appealing area offering a more reasonable cost of living.

Read on to learn more. Contact [email protected] with questions or resume submissions.

What does the perfect fit for our team look like?

Experienced Doctor seeking to lead a practice with a strong and supportive team approach.

About our hospital :

• Small animal GP / UC hybrid, fast paced
• Currently a 1 Doctor practice, but we'd ideally be at 2-3 due to growing population
• Roughly 70% dogs, 30% cats; some exotics / pocket pets (not required if you don’t want to)
• Scheduling focused on a healthy work life balance :
• NO weekends, NO on-call hours.
• 4 weeks vacation (for full-time Doctors) in addition to holidays & CE days
• 4 weeks PAID sabbatical (for full-time Doctors) for every 5 years of service
• No late nights Doctors usually arrive around 8am and leave by 6pm
• We’re closed from 12-1 : 30pm for lunch & catch-up
• Flexible appointment times depending on your preference & comfort level
• Diverse surgeries lots of soft tissue (but we refer out things like ortho)
• Comprehensive and up to date facility :
• 5 total exam rooms (includes 1 comfort room for euthanasia)
• 1 surgical suite
• Dentistry table, 3 treatment tables
• Digital dental and Radiology
• Ultrasound
• Capability for oxygen cages
• Full boarding facility cats & dogs
• Annual CapEx dollars allocated for hardware and equipment. Talk to us about what you'd like to have!
• Full spectrum of clientele : lots of fully compliant clients, & some folks who keep their pets outside
• Unified, amazing support staff
• Scrubs provided
• Altruistic we work with kitten rescues, Guide Dogs, Sheriff K9s, Pets & Pals, etc.

Compensation / Additional Benefits

• Very competitive Pro-Sal comp , 150k-200k base salary, leadership bonus structure; complete benefits.
• Professional dues / licensing expenses and CE allowance.
• Medical, Dental, Vision and 401k with an employer match.
• 4 weeks vacation time as mentioned above with ability to receive an addition 4 week paid sabbatical for all full-time doctors.

Who we are looking for :

• Candidate must be a graduate from an AVMA accredited college or have successfully passed the ECFVG certification program or the PAVE certification program
• Licensure in good standing

To learn more about us, head on over to our website linked here. You can also email [email protected] to schedule a call.

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On May 16, 2022

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Company Description

NVA was founded in 1996 by Stanley Creighton, DVM, with an emphasis on supporting local medical standards as established by individual hospitals and practitioners.

He believed that veterinary medicine is best practiced when veterinarians craft their own hospital and community specific strategies for high quality patient care and client services.

The vision continues at NVA as we make available the tools and resources for hospitals to achieve their medical goals while avoiding any single standardized national plan that might not be the best fit for an individual hospital.

The variety of tools and resources we provide include emerging research and care standards, access to our national medical database, human resource guidance, marketing support, recruiting assistance, tax preparation, and training and education for staff.

Managing veterinarians decide what level of medicine they would like their hospital to achieve, and NVA provides the support to get them there.

to improve the comfort and well-being of patients by providing progressive and compassionate veterinary care. We develop a team of individual hospitals that share knowledge to achieve sustainable growth.

Company Description

NVA was founded in 1996 by Stanley Creighton, DVM, with an emphasis on supporting local medical standards as established by individual hospitals and practitioners.

He believed that veterinary medicine is best practiced when veterinarians craft their own hospital and community specific strategies for high quality patient care and client services.

r n r nThe vision continues at NVA as we make available the tools and resources for hospitals to achieve their medical goals while avoiding any single standardized national plan that might not be the best fit for an individual hospital.

The variety of tools and resources we provide include emerging research and care standards, access to our national medical database, human resource guidance, marketing support, recruiting assistance, tax preparation, and training and education for staff.

Managing veterinarians decide what level of medicine they would like their hospital to achieve, and NVA provides the support to get them there.

r n r n...to improve the comfort and well-being of patients by providing progressive and compassionate veterinary care. We develop a team of individual hospitals that share knowledge to achieve sustainable growth.