Veterinary Student Externship

AzVMA; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 5,600 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipends for travel

Job summary

United Veterinary Care hosts externships across a network of over 100 hospital locations in more than 20 states, offering clinical-year students hands-on experience in GP, ER, and specialty settings.

Externships provide case discussions, supervised surgeries, and patient care with stipends to offset travel and lodging costs. Applicants must be AVMA-accredited students and provide liability insurance.

Qualifications

• Must be a current veterinary student at an AVMA-accredited veterinary school.
• Priority scheduling for clinical years on official externship blocks for school credit.
• Must provide proof of professional liability insurance; SAVMA members may obtain insurance at the linked resource.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in case discussions and hands-on patient care in GP, ER, and specialty settings.
• Be supervised by an experienced veterinarian; participate in surgeries, dental procedures, emergencies, and routine exams.

Skills

Veterinary student

Clinical year

Education

AVMA-accredited veterinary school

Job description

Overview:

United Veterinary Care is delighted to host veterinary students for externships across our network of over 100 hospital locations in more than 20 states. This clinical experience allows you to apply your classroom knowledge in a real-world hospital setting of your choice.

Our hands-on externships are designed for clinical-year students at AVMA-accredited schools, typically in their 3rd or 4th year. You will share your goals at the start of your rotation and be quickly integrated into the team through participating in case discussions, collaborative problem-solving, and hands‑on patient care in GP, ER, and specialty settings.

With opportunities across a wide variety of partner hospitals, you will gain diverse experience, mentorship, and confidence in your clinical skills. Students often describe their externships as transformative and highly supportive.

To help make these opportunities accessible, stipends are available to offset travel and lodging costs (unless prohibited by your veterinary school).

Eligibility requirements:

• Must be a current veterinary student at an AVMA-accredited veterinary school
• Priority scheduling is given to students in their clinical years on official externship blocks for school credit
• Must provide proof of professional liability insurance. SAVMA members qualify for no cost insurance by applying at the following link: SAVMA Member Benefit and Resources | AVMA PLIT

Hospital information:

*Central Texas Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Hospital Round Rock welcomes 3rd and 4th year veterinary medical students.

Central Texas Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital Round Rock is excited to offer externships to veterinary students. Our Round Rock specialty and emergency referral hospital is located in the greater Austin area. We offer the high standard of care that you would expect from a specialty hospital with a vision of collaborative care and meeting the needs of our team. We emphasize a collective approach where respect for each other, our clients, and our patients is key. Other specialty services that support our ER service include critical care, internal medicine, dermatology, oncology, rehabilitation, neurology, ophthalmology, and surgery.

CTVSEH is a leader in pet specialty and emergency care, and we live our core values of excellence, integrity, commitment, communication, and compassion in all we do. We opened our doors in 1995 as the first multi-service specialty hospital in Central Texas. Our team of 250+ employees and 30+ specialty and emergency care veterinarians collaborate to provide medical assistance 24-hours a day. Our doctors and outstanding support staff have created a unique environment emphasizing high caliber, compassionate, and ethical service to our patients, clients, and referring veterinarians, as well as a continued commitment to the growth and welfare of everyone involved in our organization.

Species treated:

Dogs; Cats

Services offered:

Emergency care; Critical care; Internal Medicine, Neurology/Neurosurgery; Soft Tissue Surgery; Orthopedic Surgery; Oncology; Ophthalmology; Rehabilitation and Integrated Medicine; Dermatology

What to expect from your externship:

During your externship, you can expect to actively participate in cases and further your development towards becoming a veterinarian. Throughout your time with us, you will always be supervised by an experienced veterinarian and skilled support staff. Expect to be included in surgical cases, dental procedures, emergencies, sick patient workups, and routine medical appointments. You will discuss these cases with your supervising veterinarian and have them confirm your exam findings to verify whether you are on the right track with your plans before moving forward with the case as a team. We truly enjoy hosting externs and having new graduates join our teams since with new team members comes new shared knowledge!