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Veterinary Practice Partners
Cottleville, Missouri

Owner & Medical Director Veterinarian

Veterinarian Top 25% in VeterinaryFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Owner Opportunity

Salary: Competitive base salary plus production, Medical Director stipend,
monthly profit distributions, and long-term equity value creation

Address: 5287 State Rte. N, Cottleville, MO 63304

Cottleville Animal Hospital is hiring a full-time Medical Director/ co-owner
Veterinarian to provide comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care to
small animals. You will have the opportunity to help guide the hospital’s
direction, build something that reflects your standards and vision, and share in
its success. This is leadership with real partnership behind it. You will not
just practice in the hospital. You will help shape it and share its success.

What to Expect

* As Medical Director, you participate in a structured co-ownership model with
meaningful equity and defined participation in performance and growth.
* You lead the medicine. VPP provides operational, financial, HR, recruiting,
and marketing support so you can focus on clinical excellence and team
development.
* As you join our mission to provide personalized, compassionate care to pets
and their families, expect to be supported in your work and personal life

with

* A schedule that respects your time. We offer flexible scheduling options
tailored to your availability, and you can count on leaving on time with no
on-call or late-night expectations!
* With an excellent staff to doctor ratio, you’ll have the support—and
respect—you need to be excellent for our patients.
* All the benefits you deserve—health, dental, vision, retirement—plus:
generous CE allowances, 401(k), growth opportunities and all of your licenses
and dues covered!
* Paid time off. Catch your breath with paid holidays, generous PTO packages-
giving you plenty of time to recharge!

Requirements

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or VMD degree from an accredited
institution.

Valid veterinary license in the state of Missouri

About Us: Cottleville Animal Hospital is an AAHA-accredited and Fear Free.
Cottleville Animal Hospital provides the very best care for your best friends.
We’re more than just a vet clinic – we’re your trusted partners in pet care,
committed to your pet’s health and happiness through every stage of life. Since
opening our doors in 2021, we’ve welcomed every client and patient as part of
our family. This small animal hospital has proudly served the Cottleville
community and the surrounding areas. Our commitment to providing personalized,
high-quality care in a state-of-the-art facility is at the heart of everything
we do.  At Cottleville Animal Hospital, we focus on creating a comfortable,
state-of-the-art environment for our patients and their owners.

Life in Cottleville, Missouri: Is a historic city in St. Charles County known
for its charming, walkable downtown with shops, restaurants, and parks, and its
"golf cart community" atmosphere. It's a growing suburb of St. Louis, praised
for its community events, highly rated schools, and a blend of historic
preservation and modern amenities, with significant streetscape improvements in
its Old Town area. Historic Downtown: Features shops, restaurants, pubs, and
City Hall, with ongoing streetscape projects to enhance walkability. Golf Cart
Friendly: Many residents use golf carts to get around, with designated parking
at businesses. Community Focus: Hosts numerous events like concerts, festivals,
and farmers' markets, often centered around Legacy Park. Parks & Recreation:
Includes parks, trails, and event spaces like Frank Martin's Garden turf area.
Location: A suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Charles County.

We are dedicated to establishing a culture that celebrates all forms of
diversity and allows us to be an inclusive serv

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care to small animals as the Medical Director. Lead the clinical direction of the hospital and participate in a structured co-ownership model to shape the practice's success.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical CareSurgical CareClinical LeadershipPractice ManagementSmall Animal MedicinePatient Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Owner & Medical Director Veterinarian at Veterinary Practice Partners a 7.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Veterinary — ranked against 4,224 active Veterinary listings on WeekdayDoc.

General Practice Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 82% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is down 18.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

7.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Veterinary

  • Includes call

Living in Cottleville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$436k
Median resident rent
$1,624/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Veterinary Practice Partners

Veterinary Services
Centreville, Virginia
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Retirement Plan
CE Allowance
401(k)
Licenses and Dues Covered
Paid Time Off