Managing Veterinarian

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Medical Director / Managing Veterinarian
Centralia Animal Hospital (Chester, VA)

Centralia Animal Hospital is looking for our next Medical Director / Managing GP Veterinarian and we think you'll love it here. Whether you're an experienced Medical Director ready to step into a leadership role or a GP-DVM l looking to take the next growth step into leadership and practice high-quality medicine in a supportive environment, we'd love to meet you.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• $120K-$135K salary (commensurate with experience)
• Hospital profit-sharing program
• Collaborative, experienced veterinary team
• Long-tenured, highly trained support staff
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, ancillary coverage & 401k plus match.
• Attractive PTO and a schedule that will provide a healthy work-life balance.
• Competitive CE sponsorship and coverage of Licensing, DEA, dues & fees
• Opportunity to provide new services to our community
  - Centralia Animal Hospital supports the CE interests of our Veterinarians!

As the Medical Director / Managing Veterinarian , you will have the freedom to build an engaging culture, grow the team of doctors, and drive high medical standards. While you and the Hospital Manager will have the autonomy to make these types of decisions for the practice, you have the support of an established team and the NVA Community.

Centralia Animal Hospital is in Chester, Virginia, just south of Richmond. We are a full-service small animal hospital with an emphasis on preventative and wellness care. We also provide urgent care services to our community as well as an online pharmacy, wellness plans, and more. Each day we strive to deliver outstanding patient care by providing the highest standard of veterinary medicine, employing dedicated staff, and offering exceptional client service!

Dr. Shirley Bunting first opened our doors in 1994 with the “Family Pet Practice” approach, and we have kept it that way since. Our doctors do not practice medicine in their "own lanes", but instead value teamwork and often collaborate and share knowledge with each other throughout the day.

• Freestanding building built in 2005, with a large open treatment room, surgery suite, six exam rooms, separate dog and cat wards.
• Full in-house laboratory using idexx-Catalyst One, Catalyst DX, Procyte (including differentials) Idexx Sedivue, various ELISA tests, and fecals are done in-house. We have daily pickup from our external lab and next-day test results on all common tests.
• Digital radiology
• Therapy Laser which is also included in all wellness plan spays and neuters to assist with post op pain control.
• Full in-house pharmacy along with an online pharmacy.
• IM3 Dental machine with dental radiographs performed on every dentistry.
• Surgivet full monitoring system along with Doppler.

Chesterfield County is in Central Virginia with a population of 359,798. Chesterfield County is one of the best places to live in Virginia . In Chesterfield County there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, parks, lakes and more. The region offers great outdoor activities. The James River has something for everyone from swimming and fishing to kayaking and boating. The Ukrops Monument Avenue 10K, Dominion River Rock, and the Henricus Dauber Dash are just a few examples of annual local events.

We are less than 2 hours away from the beautiful Virginia shoreline, Afton Mountain along with the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway and Washington DC.

Chesterfield County is the fourth largest municipality in the state of Virginia. Central Virginia is rich with history. Just 6.6 miles from our hospital, Sir Thomas Dale established Henricus Park in September of 1611, the colonies second settlement. Countless Civil War battles were…