Veterinary Internship
Veterinary Internship
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Austin Pets Alive! (APA! is one of Austins most dynamic and bestloved nonprofits. The organization is the leader in the no movement nationally and is considered a national thought leader in animal welfare. APA! locally rescues treats and adopts out 10000 homeless dogs and cats each year providing the safety net for Austins most atrisk shelter pets which helps Austin to be a nokill city while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. The organization is distinguished by the spiness of its grassroots nontraditional communitybased 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 10000 animal welfare professionals working in nearly 1900 organizations. HASS is the firstofitskind collective of shelters and animal welfare professionals coming together to build communityfocused animal services that better meet the needs of people and pets by keeping humananimal 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 handson 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 onsite 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 lifesaving techniques on the basis of lowcost 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 timeeffective 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: $80000
BENEFITS
Austin Pets Alive! is proud to offer a competitive benefits package for fulltime 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. Fulltime 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 life saving 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 nonconforming 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.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
