Veterinarian

Veterinary Practice Partners • Cottleville, MO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Cottleville Animal Hospital is seeking a full-time Medical Director/co-owner Veterinarian to provide comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care to small animals. This role offers the unique opportunity to help guide the hospital's direction, build a practice that reflects your standards and vision, and share in its success through a structured co-ownership model with meaningful equity and defined participation in performance and growth. While you will lead the medical aspects, VPP provides operational, financial, HR, recruiting, and marketing support, allowing you to focus on clinical excellence and team development. The hospital is committed to providing personalized, compassionate care to pets and their families, and supports its team members with flexible scheduling, no on-call or late-night expectations, an excellent staff-to-doctor ratio, and generous benefits.

Requirements

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or VMD degree from an accredited institution.
• Valid veterinary license in the state of Missouri.

Nice To Haves

• AAHA-accredited and Fear Free experience is a plus, as the hospital holds these accreditations.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care to small animals.
• Help guide the hospital's direction.
• Lead the medicine and clinical excellence.
• Focus on team development.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus production.
• Medical Director stipend.
• Monthly profit distributions.
• Long-term equity value creation.
• Structured co-ownership model with meaningful equity.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Retirement benefits.
• Generous CE allowances.
• 401(k).
• Growth opportunities.
• All licenses and dues covered.
• Paid holidays.
• Generous PTO packages.
• Flexible scheduling options.
• No on-call or late-night expectations.
• Excellent staff to doctor ratio.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree