Veterinary Practice Manager Posting

Hyde Park Veterinary Hospital is looking for a hard-working, honest and experienced person to oversee the day-to-day activities to help lead our team. We are a busy full service small animal hospital in the northwest of London, ON. The ideal candidate has experience in the field of management and veterinary medicine. Veterinary technicians are encouraged to apply.

The job of Practice Manager would involve hiring, training, coaching and empowering the team while demonstrating excellent communication skills with team members and our clients. The position involves human resources management, client-patient relationship management, inventory management, staff scheduling, as well helping ownership lead the clinic.

We’re looking for

A courteous and efficient veterinary practice manager to coordinate and manage all office administration procedures. The veterinary practice manager’s responsibilities include ordering, inventory management, coordinating schedules, resolving conflicts among office staff members, training staff members, and all other aspects which keeps the practice operating efficiently. You should also be able to answer pet owners' questions regarding clinic policies, appointment availabilities, and treatment costs.

To be successful as a veterinary practice manager, you should be patient, detail-oriented, and adept at multitasking. Ultimately, an outstanding veterinary practice manager should be able to communicate effectively with pet owners and veterinary staff members as well as demonstrate exceptional management, organizational, and customer service skills.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

- Make informal recommendations to the practice owner and veterinarians concerning such personnel matters as staffing needs, advancement, re-assignments, hours of work or other status changes affecting the staff




- Direct on-the-job training to develop employee skills, advise employees of performance requirements and their progress in meeting those requirements, discuss corrective measures to improve performance and prepare appraisals.
- Recruit/Hire/Onboard appropriate staff members that fit within the culture and the needs of the hospital. Terminate staff members that do not follow the guidelines, policies, and protocols. This includes handling job descriptions and assisting with setting salaries.
- Resolve informal employee complaints, provide a general explanation of the nature and basis for hospital personnel policies and procedures; maintain effective employee-management communication.
- Work well with all team members and ensure that your actions support the hospital, the doctors, and the practice philosophy.
- Knowledge of hospital procedures for assembling patient records in their required order and sequence and for recording a variety of veterinary practitioners’ orders for patient activities, diet, tests, and treatments to maintain an accurate and permanent report of patient information.
- Knowledge of spelling and meaning of commonly used veterinary terminology (e.g., terms of anatomy, physiology, diseases, tests, etc.) to accurately enter specific information into patient records.
- Requires skill in obtaining information from owners to complete records, in giving instructions for scheduling appointments and therapeutic activities and in relaying the practitioners’ orders concerning animal care and treatment.




- Ensuring that pet owners' complaints are promptly addressed and resolved.
- Solid client service skills.
- Preparing employee work schedules and managing the office staff.
- Strong leadership, communication, and motivational skills. Has the ability to direct, guide and assist a group of individuals.
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Ability to show unbiased judgment when managing people and make fair and just recommendations regarding personnel issues and/or disciplinary action.
- Answering telephone calls in a polite and professional manner.
- Establish inventory control systems to assure adequate stocks of supplies are available. Review best prices for all products purchased. Maintain inventory control, including controlled drugs, by monitoring product quantities, qualities, and price points. This includes equipment and dealing with returns.
- Ensure payroll is completed and submitted accurately and in a timely manner.
- Establish good relationships with vendors to receive the best support that the vendor has to offer the hospital.
- Promptly notifying the appropriate veterinary staff of emergency cases.
- Interviewing suitable office staff candidates and providing training to office employees as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned

The position comes with flexibility to change hours based on the hospital’s needs. Job Types: Permanent, Part-time, Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

Expected hours: No more than 40.0 per week

Benefits

- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Extended health care
- Store discount

Ability to commute/relocate:
- London, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Practice Manager (London)
🏢 Hyde Park Veterinary Hospital
📍 London