Veterinary Extern - General Practice

National Veterinary Associates; West Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 5,100 - 6,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Board-certified collaboration

Advanced diagnostic department access

On-site training and education

Stipend for travel and living expenses

Job summary

Southview Animal Hospital, part of the National Veterinary Associates network, offers an externship for veterinary students to gain hands-on clinical experience and observe day-to-day practice operations.

Externs work with a supervising veterinarian to collect histories, perform exams, create treatment plans, and participate in diagnostics, dentistry, and surgeries, while developing communication skills with the medical team and clients.

Responsibilities

• Gaining patient histories and performing physical exams under supervision.
• Assisting or performing surgical procedures and managing medical plans.
• Communicating with the medical team, staff and clients to support care.

Job description

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 veterinarian 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.

What we offer at our facility:

Mentorship – A large management team to provide support to team leaders and support staff.

Collaboration – Join a diverse team of 15 veterinarians with a broad range of interests, opportunity to work with board-certified surgeons and cardiologist, and a dedicated advanced diagnostic department.

Strong Support Staff – Abundance of Certified and Experienced Veterinary Technicians Leadership team members on all shifts

Empowered Leadership Team – Leadership Team that encourages new ideas and feedback, daily team huddles, monthly team meetings, and continuing education highly encouraged

Hospital management that are active in the daily practice operations.

Opportunities to Learn and Grow – Scrub in with our Board-Certified Surgeon weekly and Cardiologist on-site monthly

Emergency and urgent care, state of the art facility and equipment

Diagnostics Include: full in-house lab suite, C.T., multiple ultrasound machines, therapeutics, surgical laser, full dental and surgical suites equipped with 60-inch monitor for viewing of radiographs during procedures, physical therapy equipment and supplies, endoscope with retrieval tools for a less invasive approach to foreign body retrieval, laser therapy and more. 24 Hour In-house hospitalization with around the clock care.

Most externship experiences range from two to eight weeks depending on student and hospital schedules. Externships at Southview Animal Hospital are designed for 3rd and 4th year students.

Veterinary students who are in the clinical portion of their education are eligible for a travel/living expense stipend. The stipend amount for Southview Animal Hospitalis $500.