BEGHR sources and screens candidates against your clinical and employment requirements. Receive a shortlist of 3–5 candidates, with billing against agreed search milestones and a 45-day replacement provision under the agreed terms. BEGHR handles client invoices and account questions. Your practice makes the hiring decision.
Define the Aurora work location
Aurora spans Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. A south Aurora workplace and a hospital in the separate City of Centennial need their own addresses and site schedules. This site focuses on Aurora appointments rather than using Denver as the default location.
Recruit for the work, not just the job title
A permanent associate search should begin with the appointments and procedures the veterinarian will own. A predominantly wellness caseload requires a different brief from a role with urgent appointments, dentistry or a heavy surgical schedule. Explain what the practice needs on day one and what the team can help a new associate develop.
Make the offer understandable before outreach starts
Describe the compensation model, schedule, paid time off, continuing education support and any partnership path in plain language. State how production is measured if the role includes a production component. A clearly defined offer helps a recruiter have useful conversations and lets both sides identify a mismatch earlier.
- Experience level and available mentorship
- Appointment lengths, surgery days and weekend rotation
- Technician and assistant coverage
- Clinic location and required in-person schedule
Plan a consistent interview and working-visit process
Choose the clinical and operational people who will assess candidates. Decide which evidence matters, how a working visit will be handled and who can approve an offer. Your hiring team should make credential and reference requirements clear. Keep the evaluation focused on the role and provide a realistic picture of the practice.
What associate veterinarians compare before accepting
Associate veterinarians, including recent graduates and experienced general practitioners, weigh the whole practice, not only the salary. Be specific about compensation (base, production or a hybrid with a guaranteed base), benefits (health, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, continuing education allowance and days, license and DEA fees, professional liability coverage, retirement plan) and any sign-on bonus. Describe the patient mix in small animal or mixed practice, the wellness and preventive care share, surgery and dentistry expectations, and the support from credentialed veterinary technicians and assistants. For new graduates, outline the mentorship plan, appointment length during onboarding and who reviews cases. Candidates also ask about culture, client communication standards, schedule (full-time days per week, weekends, on-call) and growth toward medical director or ownership.
- Compensation model and how production is calculated
- Benefits package and CE support
- Mentorship for early-career doctors
- Caseload, appointment length and surgical expectations
- Technician and assistant support per doctor
- Schedule, weekends and emergency coverage
Practice types a Aurora search can cover
Veterinary employers in and around Aurora range from single-doctor clinics to large animal hospitals and multi-site groups. The brief changes with the type of practice, so the search starts by naming which of these the opening belongs to.
- General practice and wellness: small animal (companion animal) hospitals focused on preventive care, vaccines, dentistry and routine surgery
- Emergency and urgent care: 24-hour emergency hospitals, overnight ER teams and extended-hours urgent care for pets
- Specialty and referral: surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, neurology, dermatology, and diagnostic imaging and critical care services
- Mixed and large animal: practices that treat livestock and equine patients alongside small animals, often with ambulatory calls
- Exotics, shelter and community medicine: avian and exotic pet practices, shelter medicine and nonprofit clinics
- Practice leadership: medical director, chief of staff and regional roles in private, partnership and corporate veterinary groups
How a recruiting partner helps a Aurora practice hire
Many of the veterinarians who would be the right fit for a Aurora practice are not actively looking. They are employed, busy with patients and only open to a move when someone explains why the opportunity is better than their current role. A recruiting partner helps by reaching those people directly, presenting the practice honestly and screening each candidate against the brief before the hospital spends time on interviews. Working with BEGHR on a Aurora search means agreeing the role, the work location and the decision process first, then sourcing and screening against that brief. The practice gets access to candidates it would not otherwise reach, a consistent record of why each person was presented, and support through interviews and the offer. The hospital hires the veterinarian directly; this is permanent placement, not staffing or relief coverage.
Aurora context for this search
An Aurora associate brief should include the street address and county, actual doctor overlap and technician delegation. Distinguish the job from a generic Denver opening and identify any Centennial cover.
Aurora veterinary hiring context for employers
Aurora’s city government identifies territory in three counties, and its South District description covers the city south of East Jewell Avenue. These are location references, not evidence of a particular caseload or commute. Colorado’s State Board regulates veterinary licensing and publishes application and continuing-education guidance. A permanent role should spell out technician delegation, doctor overlap and clinical resources at the actual Aurora hospital, with separate terms for any Centennial assignment. The same state rules apply to every Aurora employer, so confirm them before the Aurora search starts. Sources are listed on each Aurora service-area page.
- Record the hospital’s county and street address within Aurora.
- Separate the home appointment from any Centennial or Denver cover.
- State who supervises delegated work and how clinical support changes by shift.
For the wider engagement, review our veterinary recruiting services and the employer search process.