💼 About This Role

You'll gain hands-on experience in emergency medicine alongside credentialed veterinary technicians, performing triage, diagnostics, and inpatient care. This unpaid externship offers real-time mentoring and the chance to explore emergency care in a fast-paced environment.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Learn from emergency veterinary professionals in real-time
• Shadow and assist with triage, diagnostics, and inpatient care
• Practice skills from your school's proficiency checklist
• Experience teamwork and pace of emergency care

📋 Requirements

• Enrolled in an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology or nursing program
• Course requires externship hours or skills
• Able to start program within six months of application
• Current rabies vaccination or titer required

✨ Nice to Have

• Empathetic and people-centric approach
• Sense of humility and team focus
• Curiosity and willingness to learn

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🏥 Choose your externship length based on program requirements
• 📍 Pick your preferred VEG hospital location
• 👩‍⚕️ One-on-one mentorship from a credentialed technician
• 🌟 Hands-on immersion in emergency medicine
• 🚀 Future hiring opportunities as former externs

📨 Hiring Process

You choose the externship length and location based on availability; application must be started within six months.

🚩 Heads Up

• Unpaid externship with no compensation
• Requires rabies vaccination/titer which may be a barrier