💼 About This Role

You'll gain hands-on experience in emergency medicine alongside credentialed veterinary technicians. You'll shadow triage, diagnostics, and inpatient care while exploring if ER work is your future. This immersive externship program lets you practice skills from your school's proficiency checklist with mentorship.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Learn from top emergency veterinary professionals.
• Pair with a credentialed veterinary technician for real-time mentoring.
• Shadow and assist with triage, outpatient visits, diagnostics, anesthesia, and inpatient care.
• Practice skills required by your school's proficiency checklist.

📋 Requirements

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

✨ Nice to Have

• Empathetic people-centric approach.
• Sense of humility and ownership.
• Curious and eager to learn.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• ⏰ Flexible externship length based on program requirements.
• 📍 Choose your VEG hospital location (based on availability).
• 💡 Mentorship from a credentialed veterinary technician.
• 🎯 Fully immersed in fast-paced emergency medicine.
• 🚀 Future opportunities to convert to a paid role.

📨 Hiring Process

You choose the length and location of your externship based on your program requirements and hospital availability.

🚩 Heads Up

• Unpaid externship
• Requires rabies vaccination or titer
• Must work in noisy environment with strong or unpleasant odors