Lead Veterinary Receptionist

Your Impact as a Lead Customer Service Representative

As a Lead Customer Service Representative (Lead CSR), you are a working leader who sets the tone for the hospital's first impression. You support daily front desk operations while providing essential guidance, coaching, and support to the CSR team. In this role, you are responsible for maintaining exceptional client experiences, reinforcing service standards, and serving as the primary point of escalation for client and workflow issues. You partner closely with hospital leadership to ensure smooth operations, team alignment, and a positive, collaborative culture.

Your Impact Will Include:

• Leading by Example: You will serve as a role model for service excellence, professionalism, and teamwork, performing all core CSR duties including scheduling, check-ins, and financial transactions.
• Mentoring the Team: You will support the onboarding and training of new CSRs, providing real-time coaching, feedback, and development planning to help your teammates succeed.
• Solving Problems: You will act as the first point of escalation for client concerns and service recovery, using sound judgment to resolve issues and identifying workflow gaps to suggest improvements.
• Driving Communication: You will build strong relationships across departments (technicians, veterinarians, leadership) and handle sensitive or escalated client conversations with confidence and care.
• Managing Operations: You will support daily front desk coverage, monitor client experience, and ensure the accuracy of scheduling, records, and reporting.
• Championing Culture: You will lead with integrity and empathy, maintaining a calm, supportive presence during high-volume situations and reinforcing hospital values.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 2 years of customer service experience is required.
• Strong computer skills, including experience with scheduling systems and POS platforms.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly, empathetically, and professionally.
• Prior lead, senior, or mentoring experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience in veterinary, healthcare, or multi-location service environments is preferred.

How You're Supported

As part of the Mission Pet Health family, you get the stability of a local practice backed by the comprehensive benefits and resources of a larger network. The focus is on investing in you, so you can focus on what you love.

Note: Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you at every stage. Eligibility for specific benefits varies based on your role and hours worked.

About Mission Pet Health

Mission Pet Health was founded by veterinarians on the belief that local practices thrive with clinical autonomy, collaboration, and medical excellence. The organization provides world-class support to its 850+ hospital teams on a hyper-local basis so they can focus on what matters most: the medicine, their patients, and their team culture. Learn more at missionpethealth.com.

Driving the award-winning culture are the WAG values – Work Together, Amaze, and Grow. Mission Pet Health is veterinarian-led, people-focused, and on a mission to be the best place to work in veterinary medicine. We are proud to be recognized as a 2025 "Most Loved Workplace," ranked #2 in America's Top 100 and #1 in veterinary care.