VCA BAY AREA ANIMAL HOSPITAL is enthusiastically looking for a full-time Co-HOSPITAL MANAGER to join our team in Oakland, California.

　　VCA Bay Area Animal Hospital is a nine-doctor practice, with a support staff of 45 and a high potential for growth. Located in Oakland, California, we are less than 30 minutes away from San Francisco and just 3 hours from Tahoe. Our East Bay location offers the quality of life that balances reasonable commute while within a day’s drive of so many destination cities!

　　Our practice offers high-quality, state-of-the-art veterinary care to our patients and patient care remains our top priority at this hospital. This is a demanding position and the right candidate must have excellent leadership and the ability to seamlessly adapt to many different personality types. VCA Bay Area currently has one Co-Manager and is looking for the right candidate to fill the supporting role. This position requires a minimum of 4 years of experience in a leadership role, with responsibilities in customer service, recruiting, human resources, marketing, and profit and loss responsibility.

　　Wage Range: $64,480 to $90,000 depending on experience and skills.

　　Job Summary:

　　Under policy direction from the Field Manager with support of and input from Medical Director, the Co-Hospital Manager will perform a wide range of difficult to complex administrative activities related to hospitals providing quality patient care and excellent client service, management of finances and accounting, marketing and promotion of services, staffing, and human resources, and discretionary activities, that serve to support effective business operations.

　　Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Customer service. • Personnel management. • Financial budget management. • Knowledge of sales and marketing techniques. • Good communication skills, both written and oral, goal-oriented. • Background in managing service-oriented operations. • Ability to plan, organize, and effectively present ideas and concepts. • Ability to take information obtained from clients, staff, and other sources, discern that which is credible and assess the hospital and its operation objectively. • Must be able to handle multiple tasks at once, and deal with high levels of stress in an environment of changing priorities.

　　Education and Experience • High School Diploma. Some college education preferred. • Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in medical care facility operations management with profit and loss responsibility. • Budget management experience. • Knowledge of sales and marketing techniques. • Human resource skills. • Training and client relations experience. • Thorough knowledge of the veterinary profession.

　　Authority: • Interview prospective employees. • Hire, train, review, schedule discipline, and discharge employees. • Can transfer employees to work another position within the hospital. • Can transfer employees from part-time to full-time staying with controlled payroll budget.

　　Physical Requirements : • Dependable attendance is required and the position will require open availability. • Must be willing to work long or irregular hours under pressure conditions. • This position requires the ability to walk, bend, stand, and constantly reach during a minimum 8-hour day. • Visual acuity sufficient to maintain accurate records recognizes people and understands written directions. • Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, give information in person and over the telephone. • Fine motor skills adequate for utilizing office equipment such as facsimile machines, computers, copiers and hospital equipment such as laboratory equipment, radiology equipment, etc. • Any allergies to animals must be controllable through medication. • Must be able to lift 40 pounds.

　　Duties The following is a list of essential job requirements. This list may be revised at any time, and additional duties not listed here may be assigned as needed. Job Functions and Job Responsibilities include overseeing that the following occur within the hospitals.

　　Staff Management

　　Client Management

　　Office Management

　　Production Management

　　Financial Management

　　Marketing Management

　　Facility Maintenance: • Oversee the maintenance/housekeeping of the hospital for orderliness and cleanliness of both the inside and outside of the building. • Monitor janitorial responsibilities. • Oversee that the VCA safety procedures are implemented and followed. • Oversee facility and equipment maintenance and repairs, keeping a repair log. • Authorized to make repair decisions less than $1000 without checking with the Regional Manager or ROD.

　　Meetings: • Attends regional meetings. • Schedule regular doctor meetings. • Plan hospital management meetings. • Organize monthly staff meeting agenda in conjunction with the hospital management team and VCA guidelines.

　　Communication: • Read and respond to all communication promptly. • Ensure that VCA policies, guidelines, and recommendations are quickly communicated to hospital staff, and adequate training follows.

　　Physical Demands: Work is generally performed in an office environment — the ability to stand for long periods.

　　Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k) with match, generous employee pet discounts, and more!

　　Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Career worklet on the landing page or search for Find Jobs.

　　The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

　　We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com

　　If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Career worklet on the landing page or search for Find Jobs.

　　Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

　　The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

　　We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com