Director of Nursing

The role

The Director of Nursing sets nursing standards, leads the Clinical Nurse Trainer program, and manages the nursing career ladder. This senior leadership role involves refining protocols, overseeing quality audits, and building talent pipelines across practices.

What you will do

• Refine and expand nursing standards and protocols with the CMO and clinical quality leadership.
• Own nursing quality audits and skills benchmarks.
• Close gaps through action plans with Practice Managers and regional leadership.
• Lead nursing convergence for new openings and integrating practices.
• Own the Clinical Nurse Trainer program end to end.
• Create the operating structure for training including scheduling and accountability reporting.
• Deploy trainers for onboarding, practice openings, and integrations.
• Update and own a single Small Door nursing ladder with titles and levels.
• Own level definitions and clinical skills screen used in recruiting.
• Grow credentialing pathways for assistants and in-house advanced skills training.

Required qualifications

• Credentialed veterinary nurse or technician (LVT, CVT, or RVT) in good standing.
• 7+ years of veterinary nursing experience.
• 3+ years leading nursing across multiple practices or at a regional, program, or director level.
• Operations experience creating, executing, and scaling programs, and leading through influence.
• Experience designing career ladders, competency frameworks, or skills-based promotion processes.
• A track record in nursing training, recruitment, and retention.
• Strong command of clinical nursing standards across general practice, including surgery and anesthesia.

Nice to have

• Experience standardizing nursing care across practices or markets, including through openings or integrations.
• Experience designing competency-based anesthesia training.
• VTS certification

Benefits

• Health, dental + vision insurance
• 401K (plus 4% company match)
• Generous paid-time off
• Parental leave
• Company wide holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Monthly Health & Wellness stipend
• Discounted veterinary care for your loved ones
• Growth opportunities

Before you apply

• By submitting an application, you agree to receive SMS messages regarding your application and interview process.
• Employment with Bond Vet is contingent upon the Company's completion of a satisfactory investigation of your background.

About the company

Bond Vet is on a mission to strengthen the human-animal bond through better pet care. The organization provides primary and urgent care across more than 55 clinics in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest markets.