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About the Role

The Medical Director provides medical leadership and oversight for the shelter’s veterinary program, ensuring all animals receive timely, humane, and evidence-based medical care. This role supports the department’s mission to protect animal health and welfare by implementing and upholding medical standards, protocols, and systems that promote high-quality individual patient care and effective population health management within an open-admission shelter environment. The position requires strong clinical judgment, leadership skills, knowledge of shelter medicine, and the ability to balance individual animal needs with the health and welfare of the overall shelter population.

Responsibilities

Direct supervision of shelter veterinarians, to include scheduling, payroll, feedback and corrective actions.
Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, and ongoing professional development to team veterinarians.
Participate in recruitment and onboarding.
Provide guidance and escalation support for complex medical, surgical, behavioral, and quality-of-life cases.
Promote consistency in clinical decision-making and adherence to ACC medical standards and protocols.
Monitor medical conditions, infectious disease, population health and emerging health concerns.
Lead shelter response to infectious disease outbreaks.
Ensure efficient and proficient surgical processes.
Provide guidance in end of life, quality of life decision making.
Participate and/or lead shelter medical rounds.
Participate in group euthanasia decision making.
Collaborate with other departments and cultivate positive working relationships.
Clinical work required.
Complete other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

NYS Licensed DVM, or license eligible with 5 years of shelter medicine practice.
Demonstrated competency in managing high performing veterinary teams.
Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs.
Fear Free certification within 30 days of hire.

Skills

Clinical judgment
Leadership skills
Shelter medicine knowledge
Collaboration
Team building
Communication
Advanced surgical skills

Location

Bronx, NY

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

5 years of shelter medicine practice

Education Level

NYS Licensed DVM

Benefits

Generous paid-time-off (PTO) package
Vacation time
Birthdays off
40 hours of paid CE time with a small stipend
Personal days
Sick pay
Open access Cigna medical, dental and vision insurance at a low premium
401K
Pension
Life Insurance
On-the-job training for 2-4 weeks
Periodic all staff training (safety, DEI, cross training, growth opportunities)
Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
No contract or non-compete clause

About the Company

ACC is one of the nation’s largest open-admission animal shelters, whose mission is to End Animal Homelessness in NYC.
We touch the lives of nearly 20,000 animals each year.
ACC is more than an animal shelter; we are a resource to the community, always seeking ways to keep the human-animal bond intact.
With a 90% placement rate, our progressive, life-saving initiatives contribute to the successful placement of our animals.
We strive to find loving homes for homeless and abandoned cats, dogs, guinea pigs and rabbits, both by adopting animals directly to the public and by partnering with more than 200 dedicated animal placement organizations (our New Hope partners).
We also help keep NYC communities safe and rescue animals in need, responding to emergencies that involve animals as well as keeping our doors open 24/7 for people and animals in need.
Animal Care Centers of NYC is the only open-admission shelter in the city with an annual intake of 25,000 animals of all species.
Currently we operate 3, brick and mortar shelters in Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens.
In spring of 2027, ACC will open a state-of-the-art, 50,000 sq. ft shelter in Bronx, and our Brooklyn rebuild is slated to open in Fall of 2027.
We are growing and need forward thinking talent that can help guide strategic initiatives and impart vision and wisdom to sculpt the future of sheltering in NYC.
ACC offers many low-cost services to pets and people in need.
This includes compassionate end-of-life services for people who cannot afford to go to a private veterinary office but still want to provide a professional and peaceful transition for their beloved pet.