Urgent Care Veterinary Shift Lead
American Veterinary Group
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Description
Are you looking for an opportunity to make an impact in your community while tackling a challenging, variety of tasks and the ability to helps animals among a great team of people? Our clinic is seeking a Full-Time Shift Lead to help provide outstanding patient care, team leadership, and client service in a fast-paced, state-of-the-art urgent care clinic.
The primary purpose of the Shift Lead is to perform the duties of a Senior Veterinary Assistant or Veterinary Technician (if applicable) and provide operational support across all shifts. You will work to provide consistent leadership during each shift to support clients, coordinate paraprofessional staff, and to steward hospital leadership goals by maximizing productivity and profitability. The Shift Lead will direct, plan, coordinate, and perform a variety of duties concerned with animal health and client education to ensure consistent, efficient, quality care for our patients. The Shift Lead will partner with the Practice Manager and Lead DVM to ensure effective communication with clients, hospital team members, Field Leadership, and AVG/UV Support Center departments.
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Key Responsibilities
- Demonstrates professionalism, dependability, healthy and positive communication skills, and the ability to multi-task in a hands-on environment
- Energetic people-and-pet person with excellent work ethic and social and organizational skills
- Willing to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Prior customer service experience
- Prior experience working with animals in a hospital setting
- Supporting the Practice Manager in hospital labor management, including adjusting team schedules.
- Helping to create an environment for delivering quality, efficient, and effective veterinary care while fostering a positive and engaging team environment.
- Ensuring effective communication between staff, clients, hospital leadership, and the Support Center.
- Assigning cases to veterinary assistants and ensure clarity of responsibilities and identifying and resolving bottlenecks in medical operations.
- Assisting with client resolution decisions, invoice adjustments, and client experience exceptions.
- Training and mentoring new paraprofessional staff.
- Addressing broken equipment issues and assist in inventory management.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
- Must be able to lift 40 lbs
- This position requires regular on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Due to the nature of veterinary hospital operations, in-person attendance is necessary to support patient care, respond to time-sensitive needs, collaborate with clinical teams, and maintain the safety and well-being of patients, clients, and staff. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and will consider requests for reasonable accommodation in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable laws
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Two years of experience in healthcare, veterinary profession, or service-type industry required.
- Medical background with medical terminology training required.
- Associate degree or veterinary technician certification/licensure preferred.
- Six months of prior experience in a management position strongly preferred.
- Animal handling experience including patient restraint, sample collection, and monitoring
- Clinical skills including phlebotomy, catheter placement, laboratory analysis, and drug calculation
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision Options)
- 401k Match
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
- Paid Parental Leave + Paid Maternity Leave
- One (1) Work/Life Balance day off
- Short-term and long-term disability options
- Supplemental insurance options
- Discounted Veterinary Care
- Scrub allowance
- Hands-on and E-training
- Professional growth opportunities
- Tuition assistance for prospective Veterinary Technician Students
- Tuition reimbursement for Credentialed/Registered Veterinary Technicians
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision Options) 401k Match Generous paid time off (PTO) Paid Parental Leave + Paid Maternity Leave One (1) Work/Life Balance day off Short-term and long-term disability options Supplemental insurance options Discounted Veterinary Care Scrub allowance Hands-on and E-training Professional growth opportunities Tuition assistance for prospective Veterinary Technician Students Tuition reimbursement for Credentialed/Registered Veterinary Technicians
About this role
American Veterinary Group's UrgentVet clinic in Lexington Square is looking for a Shift Lead to manage operations and staff at an after-hours urgent care facility for dogs and cats. You'd split your time between hands-on clinical work—performing duties at the level of a Senior Veterinary Assistant or Veterinary Technician—and leading the team during your shift. The role involves coordinating paraprofessional staff, assigning cases, training new hires, troubleshooting operational bottlenecks, and partnering with the Practice Manager and Lead DVM to keep the clinic running smoothly and profitably. You'll also handle client communication, resolve billing exceptions, and manage inventory and equipment issues.
This position suits someone with at least two years of healthcare or veterinary experience and medical terminology training, ideally with a veterinary technician certification and some management background. You need strong clinical skills including phlebotomy and lab work, solid people skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while juggling multiple priorities. The clinic operates evenings, weekends, and holidays, so schedule flexibility is essential. You must be able to lift 40 pounds and work on-site regularly.
The role offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid parental and maternity leave, professional development support, and tuition assistance for veterinary technician students. You'll work in a modern, paperless facility equipped with digital x-ray and full IDEXX lab capabilities.
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