Director, Medical Quality

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and oversee medical quality initiatives from proposal stage through pilot execution, data collection, feedback analysis, and ongoing enhancement.

• Enhance and innovate processes and systems for delivering care.

• Collaborate with medical field leadership and local medical leaders to develop and implement pilot projects and clinical studies.

• Partner with regional, market, and local leaders to build skills and foster engagement in medical quality and patient safety programs.

• Support medical leadership teams in reviewing patient safety incidents and cases, while devising effective solutions.

• Identify opportunities for frontline education and training.

• Gather frontline input regarding content, training, and medical quality requirements.

• Relay feedback on training and resource needs to the Medical Education and Medical Operations teams.

• Create and distribute clinical guidelines, one-pagers, and other Medical Quality materials.

• Identify and implement patient safety features, such as default treatment instructions and safety alerts, within the VEG electronic health record system.

• Stay abreast of research developments and plan relevant research projects.

• Represent VEG at industry conferences and events.

• Participate in 1-2 shifts per month at a hospital to remain connected with frontline requirements.

• Collaborate with medical leaders, medical educators, and frontline VEGgies to provide practical solutions for medical quality.

⛳️ Requirements

• DVM, VMD, or an equivalent degree.

• DACVECC (or board-eligible) or equivalent preferred.

• Over 5 years of experience in emergency medicine.

• At least 3 years in an academic emergency/specialty environment preferred.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in training, mentoring, and developing veterinary students, interns, and/or residents.

• A history of multiple publications or equivalent experience demonstrating proficient medical authorship is required.

• Experience delivering lectures at universities and/or conferences is required.

• State licensure in good standing OR eligibility for such licensure in a minimum of 3 states with a VEG hospital.

• Preferred medical leadership experience.

• Preferred project management experience.

• A commitment to mentoring and uplifting the next generation of veterinarians.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proficient in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

• Clear and effective written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

• Well-developed financial and data literacy skills.

• A commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with veterinary medical trends.

• Willingness to travel 15%-25% of the time to various VEG hospitals, occasionally including weekends and holidays.

• Additional travel to VQ as required for medical leadership meetings and project-related work.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package that includes bonuses and equity.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits beginning on day one.

• Access to free therapy or counseling services.

• Paid parental leave for up to 12 weeks at full salary.

• Inclusive fertility and family-building support.

• Unlimited paid time off for vacations or sick days.

• Employee referral bonus program.

• Casual dress code.

• Opportunity to bring your pet to work.

• VEG merchandise.

• Access to food in the fridge.

• Free lunches provided twice a week.

• Company-issued laptop.

• Monthly reimbursement for cell phone expenses.