Compare the complete engagement cost
Use the employer pricing form for an estimate. The signed engagement determines the actual obligations, including billable work that may remain payable without a completed hire.
- Ask which milestones trigger invoices and when payment is due.
- Confirm the fee basis and what work is included.
- Read replacement conditions, exclusions and any additional terms.
Prepare the role brief
Write down the information a candidate needs to evaluate the position before the search begins.
- Separate clinical sessions from protected leadership time.
- Define authority over standards, mentoring and clinical decisions.
- Explain reporting lines, budget input and measures of success.
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
Kentucky’s 201 KAR 16:762 and 16:767 require each veterinary facility to hold a Board registration that names a registered responsible party and a veterinarian manager, and the manager must hold a Kentucky license, know the facility’s daily operations, drugs and supplies, and be present often enough to control compliance. A Louisville medical director brief should say whether the director is the veterinarian manager, since a change of manager must be reported to the Board within ten days. Of the 30 continuing education hours Kentucky requires every two years, no more than ten may cover practice management and similar topics, so a Louisville director’s leadership training does not replace clinical hours. The Louisville medical director brief should also state the clinical share of the week and the reporting line.
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)
Confirm the service and terms with BEGHR.
Recruit a veterinary medical director with a clear balance of clinical care, team development and hospital leadership responsibilities.
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