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Veterinary Practice Partners
Charleston, South Carolina

Veterinarian - Co-Owner

VeterinarianFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Veterinarian – Co-Owner

The Opportunity

Are you ready to take the next step in your veterinary career—not just as a clinician, but as a practice co-owner? We're looking for a full-time DVM who wants to be a co-owner, not just an employee. Our Cainhoy practice is growing steadily with a loyal client base, and we're adding a doctor who can step into real equity ownership alongside a team that already knows how to run a great hospital.

This is a partnership model, not a corporate roll-up. You buy in, you own a meaningful stake, and you share in the practice's growth and value. Your name is on the door — and on the balance sheet.

You Run the Medicine

No mandated protocols. No corporate formulary telling you what to prescribe. No production quotas dictating how long you spend in an exam room.

You decide the workup. You decide the treatment plan. You decide how you practice medicine, because you're the one accountable for the outcome — and the one who benefits when patients and clients stay with you for a decade.

  • What you'd own and operate
  • An established caseload with room to grow — you're not building from zero
  • Leadership in medical decision making and clinic culture
  • A support team of 2 credentialed techs and 5 support staff
  • A voice in equipment, hiring and scheduling decisions
  • Compensation & equity
  • Competitive base salary + production
  • Distributions based on hospital performance and your equity share
  • Leadership training and mentorship from experienced partners
  • Full benefits: medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k), CE
  • VPP-facilitated partner financing (loan support available)

We'll walk you through the full economics — buy-in amount, financing options, historical distributions — early in the conversation. No surprises at the offer stage.

What We're Looking For

  • DVM/VMD from an AVMA-accredited school, licensed or license-eligible in South Carolina
  • Small animal general practice experience; comfortable with routine surgery and dentistry
  • Genuine interest in ownership — you want to build something, not just work a shift
  • The judgment and communication skills to be trusted with autonomy
  • New grads with a clear ownership ambition are welcome to apply; we'll build a runway to partnership

Location

Cainhoy sits in one of the fastest-growing corridors in the Charleston metro — Berkeley County, minutes from Daniel Island and Mount Pleasant, 25 minutes from downtown Charleston. Beaches, boating, no state tax on Social Security, and a pet-owning population that keeps expanding (7th happiest place to live per WalletHub’s study ranking 182 US cities).

Key Responsibilities

The co-owner veterinarian will lead medical decision-making and clinic culture while managing an established caseload. You will be responsible for performing surgeries, dentistry, and overseeing the support staff in a partnership model.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a DVM/VMD degree from an AVMA-accredited school and be licensed or license-eligible in South Carolina. Experience in small animal general practice is required, along with the ability to handle routine surgery and dentistry.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Veterinary MedicineSmall Animal SurgeryPractice ManagementClinical LeadershipClient CommunicationTeam Leadership

Small Animal General Practice Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 78% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Veterinarian by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedVeterinarian median $138k (middle half $123k–$155k)459 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingSouth Carolina index 93.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Veterinarian listings in South Carolina97 active4,640 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 78% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings: 46% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 10% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Veterinarian pay trend+1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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About Veterinary Practice Partners

Veterinary Services
Centreville, Virginia
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive base salary + production
Distributions based on hospital performance and equity share
Leadership training and mentorship
Medical, dental, vision
PTO
401(k)
CE
VPP-facilitated partner financing (loan support available)

Living in Charleston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$530k
Typical market rent
$2,288/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.0
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.