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Banfield Pet Hospital · 7 hours ago

Paralegal, Veterinary Operations - Mars Veterinary Health

Tampa, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$33.46/hr - $60.13/hr

5+ years exp

Banfield Pet Hospital is part of Mars Veterinary Health, a globally-connected pet healthcare network with a mission of creating seamless access to quality care for pets. The Paralegal, Veterinary Operations will support the legal function's regional Veterinary Operations Center of Excellence & Deployment by providing regulatory and operational legal support to veterinary hospital operations across multiple jurisdictions.

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Responsibilities

Support the Senior Counsel and broader legal team on legal and regulatory issues affecting veterinary hospitals and clinical operations

Conduct legal and regulatory research on veterinary practice acts, licensure rules, controlled substances compliance (DEA, Health Canada), and other clinical regulations across U.S. states and Canadian provinces

Track and maintain regulatory requirements for veterinary licensure, facility registrations, controlled substance certificates, and other compliance obligations

Prepare, review, and maintain memoranda, guidance documents, SOPs, and regulatory filings under attorney supervision

Assist in managing and responding to state/provincial veterinary board inquiries, audits, or investigations

Support legal intake processes, triaging field and corporate requests and routing them appropriately

Assist in preparing materials for internal legal education sessions, including slide decks and compliance toolkits

Maintain internal databases, calendars, and documentation related to hospital compliance activities, board matters, and legal inquiries

Collaborate with Compliance, Clinical, Risk, and Field Operations teams to support issue resolution, documentation, and project tracking

Contribute to knowledge management initiatives by organizing legal guidance materials and maintaining an internal legal resource library

Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team

Other job duties as assigned

Qualification

Legal researchRegulatory complianceDocument preparationVeterinary regulatory frameworksMicrosoft Office SuiteOrganizational skillsTime managementCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or Paralegal certificate preferred

5 years of paralegal or legal assistant experience, preferably in a healthcare, veterinary, regulatory, or multi-unit environment

Familiarity with veterinary regulatory frameworks, or willingness to learn (e.g., AVMA guidelines, DEA rules, VCPR requirements, provincial veterinary acts)

Strong legal research and writing skills with the ability to translate complex regulatory issues into practical summaries

Excellent organizational and time management skills with a high degree of attention to detail

Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, remote-friendly legal environment

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint, Excel); experience with legal operations platforms a plus

Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time

Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job

Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently

Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables

Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds

Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment

The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate

Environment where pets are present