Build the schedule around dependencies
A hiring plan is more useful when each stage has an owner and a dependency. Identify delays the employer can resolve without promising an outcome outside its control.
- Reserve interview availability before candidate introductions.
- Assign credential and reference-check responsibilities.
- Allow for candidate notice periods, relocation and start-date agreement.
Prepare the role brief
Write down the information a candidate needs to evaluate the position before the search begins.
- List the hospitals and travel expectations within the role.
- Define authority across clinical quality, people and operational decisions.
- Agree reporting relationships and how hospital leaders will be supported.
Plan the work location in Louisville.
Name the street address, municipality and county, and keep Louisville neighborhoods separate from the small cities around them. Prospect appears in both Jefferson and Oldham counties in the Census file, so a Prospect address needs its county. Fern Creek, Okolona, Pleasure Ridge Park and Valley Station are communities that LOJIC lists as 2000 Census Designated Places and that the 2020 Census file does not list as places. Coverage on this site is limited to Kentucky; a hospital in Indiana falls under a different licensing authority.
Give the hiring team one brief for each facility, with clinical work, technician tasks, weekend duties and location commitments stated together. Kentucky asks veterinarians for 30 hours of continuing education every two years, at least 15 of them live, so state the support the practice provides. O*NET OnLine, using Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, lists a higher median annual wage for veterinarians in the Louisville/Jefferson County area, which includes Indiana counties, than in Kentucky overall and a lower one than in the United States, which is context candidates may bring to an offer. Auburn University states that it reserves 38 seats in each class of 130 for Kentucky residents, and Kentucky regulation accepts a veterinary degree from a program accredited by the AVMA Council on Education. This site describes employer hiring coverage without claiming a Louisville recruiting office.
Review Louisville-area recruiting coverage →Local context for this role
Louisville hospitals sit in several local governments: the Census Bureau lists the Louisville Metro balance and 83 incorporated cities in Jefferson County, and Oldham, Bullitt, Shelby and Spencer counties each have their own cities and county offices. The City of St. Matthews states that Louisville Metro Animal Services provides animal control across Jefferson County, while Oldham County Animal Services runs its own shelter and dog licensing. A Louisville regional lead should be told which hospitals each veterinarian manager covers, because 201 KAR 16:767 requires a manager to be present at the facility with enough frequency to control compliance. A group adding a hospital in the Louisville area must also wait for Board acceptance of the facility registration before the hospital opens.
Plan Kentucky credential checks before the start date.
Kentucky licenses veterinarians and veterinary technicians through the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners under KRS Chapter 321. Assign a person to verify license status and the expiration date, record the verification date and resolve questions with the Board. Check any additional specialty credentials required by the employer with the issuing organization.
Kentucky Office of Occupations and Professions license verification · Kentucky veterinary licensure application regulation (201 KAR 16:540)
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Scope regional veterinary director and multi-site leadership searches serving Louisville-area practice groups.
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