Veterinary Extern - General Practice

Star Valley Veterinary Clinic; Cape May (NJ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel stipend

Job summary

Cape May Veterinary Hospital is offering a veterinary externship experience designed to provide hands-on exposure to clinical practice. Students will work with supervising Associate Veterinarians to learn patient histories, exams, treatment planning, diagnostics, dentistry, and surgeries, while developing communication with the team and clients.

The program typically lasts two to eight weeks, with stipends available to travel and living expenses for eligible veterinary students.

Qualifications

• Externship experience at an NVA hospital will give students the opportunity to understand day-to-day operations.
• Environment that is supportive, committed to excellent medicine, and provides exceptional service to animals and their people.

Responsibilities

• Gaining experience in gathering patient histories and performing physical exams.
• Creating treatment plans and performing diagnostics.
• Providing dentistry services and observing/assisting or performing surgical procedures.
• Medical management of patients and practicing communication with the medical team, staff, and clients.

Job description

Hospital Name: Cape May Veterinary Hospital

Job Type: Veterinary Extern

Description & Requirements

An externship experience at an NVA hospital will give students the unique opportunity to understand the day-to-day operations of the practice, and to gain valuable hands‑on clinical experience. Although every NVA hospital is unique, we all have some things in common: an environment that is supportive, committed to excellent medicine, and provides exceptional service to animals and the people who love them.

Students will work closely with the supervising Associate Veterinarians to gain experience in gathering patient histories, performing physical exams, creation of treatment plans, diagnostics, dentistry services, observing/assisting or performing surgical procedures, and medical management of patients. In addition to practicing their clinical skills, student externs will have the opportunity to practice their communication skills with the medical team, support staff, and clients.

Most externship experiences at Cape May Veterinary Hospital range from two to eight weeks depending on student and hospital schedules. All veterinary students (regardless of class year) are encouraged to participate in NVA externships.

Veterinary students who are in the clinical portion of their education are eligible for a travel/living expense stipend. The stipend amount forCape May Veterinary Hospital is $1,000.