Veterinary Internship

Austin Pets Alive!; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

95% subsidy on employer-sponsored medical coverage

10 paid holidays

10 days paid time off

401(k) retirement plan matching up to 2%

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A leading animal welfare organization in Austin, Texas, is seeking a full-time Veterinary Intern to provide medical care, assist in surgeries, and learn lifesaving techniques. The ideal candidate will have a Texas veterinary license and a strong commitment to animal welfare. This one-year internship offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, focusing on saving lives and providing quality care for shelter animals. Competitive salary of $80,000 and comprehensive benefits included.

Qualifications

• Must embody APA!'s core values: innovation, respect, drive, resourcefulness, and inclusion.
• Commitment to APA!'s customer experience expectations.
• Willing to work well with volunteers and staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist multiple Associate Veterinarians in providing medical care.
• Perform various types of surgeries and medical observations.
• Research cases and present during weekly rounds.

Skills

License to practice veterinary medicine in Texas

High interest in learning how to save lives

Comfortable with a high volume medical caseload

Ability to make decisions based on physical examination

Education

Veterinary Medicine Degree

Job description

Veterinary Intern

Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is one of Austin’s most dynamic and best-loved nonprofits. The organization is the leader in the no‑kill movement nationally and is considered a national thought leader in animal welfare. APA! locally rescues, treats, and adopts out 10,000 homeless dogs and cats each year, providing the safety net for Austin’s most at‑risk shelter pets, which helps Austin to be a no‑kill city, while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. The organization is distinguished by the scrappiness of its grassroots, non‑traditional community‑based animal rescue work.

The organization continues to innovate best practices to save lives and teaches its renowned lifesaving model through American Pets Alive!, APA!’s national division. In 2020, AmPA! began the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project, a collaborative movement of more than 10,000 animal welfare professionals working in nearly 1,900 organizations. HASS is the first‑of‑its‑kind collective of shelters and animal welfare professionals coming together to build community‑focused animal services that better meet the needs of people and pets by keeping human‑animal families together and keeping pets unnecessarily out of shelters.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Veterinary Internship consists of one year working under the mentorship of multiple Associate Veterinarians. Candidates would get excellent hands‑on experience in challenging medical cases and various types of surgeries. APA! performs surgeries each day ranging from routine high‑quality/high‑volume spay/neuter, routine soft‑tissue surgeries, emergency surgeries, to on‑site orthopedic surgery with a board specialist. The internship position will work closely with technicians and support staff/volunteers in providing the most effective medical care to our rescue animals. This position will receive training in veterinary life‑saving techniques on the basis of low‑cost treatment and quick yet efficient exams with the goal of providing quality of life and finding forever homes, thus maximizing the number of lives saved by providing quality medical care in a cost and time‑effective manner. The Veterinary Intern would also research cases and present cases weekly during weekly round sessions.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, & EXPECTATIONS

• License to practice veterinary medicine in Texas
• High interest in learning how to save as many lives as possible and be comfortable with triage, using systems and protocols, as well as a high volume medical caseload
• Excited by the challenge of making decisions based on physical examination/carefully chosen diagnostics/history without all the bells and whistles of a full lab/referral hospitals
• Must embody APA!'s core values of innovation, respect, drive, resourcefulness, and inclusion
• Commitment to APA!'s customer experience expectations
• Willing and committed to working well with volunteers and staff in all roles

SALARY

$80,000

TIME COMMITMENT

This is a full‑time, exempt position, for a period of one year. Scheduling would need to be flexible as work weeks would be 5 days a week, consisting of 8–12 hour days depending on the number of patients seen each day. The Veterinary Intern will also be on call every other week, initially under the mentorship of senior veterinarians.

BENEFITS

Austin Pets Alive! is proud to offer a competitive benefits package for full‑time employees, including up to 95% subsidy on employer‑sponsored medical coverage, subsidized and voluntary life insurance, voluntary dental, vision and short‑term disability options, all effective the first day of employment. We also offer voluntary wellness and emergency sick plans, up to 2% match on 401(k) retirement plan, supplemental benefits, subsidized pet insurance, flexible spending accounts and additional life coverage. Full‑time employees receive 10 paid holidays and accrue 10 days paid time off during the first year of employment, with an additional 5 days of PTO accrual upon completion of 12 months of employment. Employees will also receive professional development opportunities through APA!’s ongoing mission to advance our animal welfare professionals in our lifesaving work.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT

Austin Pets Alive! is an equal employment opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we engage on. We especially encourage people of color, LGBTQ people, women, transgender and gender non‑conforming people, and people with disabilities to apply.

Austin Pets Alive! does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Austin Pets Alive! is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, community focus, and innovation.