Veterinary Hospital Compliance Manager

Veterinary Hospital Compliance Manager (remote)
Company: Associated Veterinary Partners

Position Overview:

The Veterinary Hospital Compliance Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining compliance programs across all hospitals to ensure adherence to federal, state, and local regulations. This role focuses on regulatory areas including OSHA, DEA/controlled substances, radiation safety, scope of practice, professional licensing, and day care/boarding compliance. The Compliance Manager partners closely with hospital leadership, operations, and medical teams to mitigate risk, close compliance gaps, and standardize processes across the organization.

This role requires approximately 50% travel to hospitals to conduct audits, support training, and ensure consistent execution of compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities: 

Regulatory Compliance Oversight 

• Lead compliance efforts across OSHA, DEA (controlled substances), radiation safety, scope of practice, day care/boarding, and state/local regulatory requirements 

• Ensure all hospitals maintain current licenses, permits, and registrations 

• Monitor regulatory changes and proactively update policies, SOPs, and workflows 

Controlled Substance (DEA) Compliance 

• Oversee controlled substance policies, storage, logging, and auditing processes 

• Conduct routine and random audits 

• Investigate discrepancies and implement corrective actions 

OSHA & Workplace Safety 

• Maintain OSHA-compliant programs 

• Track required safety training 

• Lead incident reporting and prevention 

Radiation Safety 

• Ensure compliance with radiation safety standards 

• Partner with vendors and regulatory bodies 

Licensing, Credentialing & Scope of Practice 

• Track all licenses and renewals 

• Monitor scope-of-practice requirements 

• Ensure workflows remain compliant 

Day Care & Boarding Compliance 

• Maintain knowledge of state/local regulations 

• Ensure compliance with staffing, vaccination, sanitation, and safety standards 

• Develop SOPs and conduct audits 

Auditing, Field Enablement & Risk Management 

• Conduct audits across hospitals 

• Develop OSHA, DEA, and boarding checklists 

• Train ROMs to conduct audits 

• Establish audit cadence and track resolution 

Training & Education 

• Deliver compliance training 

• Create SOPs and toolkits 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner with Operations, Medical Leadership, and HR 

• Support M&A integrations 

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong attention to detail 

• Ability to translate regulations into operations 

• Strong auditing and coaching skills 

• Effective communicator 

• Ability to work independently 

Success Metrics:

• 100% licensing compliance 

• No scope-of-practice or boarding compliance gaps 

• Consistent ROM audit execution 

• New hire training compliance