Clinical Veterinarian Support

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

As an integral member of both the Professional Services and Pharmacy Growth Departments, you will collaborate cross-functionally to provide veterinary clinical support and research towards strategic initiative planning while striving to ensure that the highest standards of pharmaceutical care is delivered to patients across 9,000+ community pharmacy locations. In this role, you will provide veterinary expertise to support clinical services that differentiate our business from our competitors and help ensure the patient care programs/initiatives offered are evidence-based, remain current, and promote patient safety while driving incremental growth. Due to the specialized nature of the initiatives, the ideal candidate for this role is a licensed professional in Veterinary Medicine, who will be able to provide specific guidance around building programs and initiatives related to prescribing common pet medications with a focus on veterinary pharmacology and clinical considerations.

Primary roles & responsibilities

• Provide relevant clinical guidance in the design and implementation of veterinary pharmacy programs, products, and services; manage and execute various creating, editing, reviewing, and research activities in collaboration with other business teams
• Manage & support relationships with external vendor(s) that provide clinical or continuing educational needs for our 9,000+ retail pharmacy locations
• Leverage primary literature, tertiary-resources, clinical trial data and published guidelines to create and/or engage in veterinary clinical recommendations for the Enterprise, largely the retail business
• Support business teams for veterinary clinical topics and ensure recommendations remain accurate, consistent, and current. This clinician shall remain acutely aware of pertinent veterinary pharmacology/product updates and announcements and implement changes in a timely manner to ensure CVS Health can continue to be a healthcare entity that patients and payers can rely upon.
• Collaborate with clinical pharmacists on the Retail Clinical team to ensure efforts/reviews are coordinated and remain consistent year over year.
• Drive regulatory insights, market intelligence, and strategic partnerships to strengthen CVS’s position in animal health.
• Develop and lead the strategic approach for the organization’s presence at industry conferences and events, including providing recommendations to optimize visibility, engagement, and influence

The ideal candidate should exhibit strong veterinary clinical and collaboration skills as well as analytical and communication skills. The individual must be able to locate and interpret adequate veterinary clinical resources and references and format them into clinically responsible and accurate recommendations leveraged throughout the Enterprise.

Required Qualifications

• DVM required
• 5+ years experience demonstrating strong veterinary clinical knowledge and ability to make evidence-based recommendations.
• 5+ years experience demonstrating ability for independent judgment, initiative, and confidence to share expert opinions.
• 5+ years experience engaging and inspiring teams to achieve both short-term, and long-term goals
• Travel requirements – up to 10% travel expected, and as required by the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization & influencing without authority
• Knowledge of change management techniques
• Experience in retail and/or corporate environment
• Knowledge of retail business operations & retail pharmacy processes

Education

DVM required

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

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