Equine Veterinary Intern - Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital
Equine Veterinary Intern - Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital
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Rotating equine internship between hospital and ambulatory work. Mentorship comes from boarded surgeons internist and veterinarians that have extensive experience in working closely with interns for case management onsite and ambulatory.
Our internship program aims to provide knowledge and confidence for our interns to join private practice or a residency program. Interns will be fully competent to address aspects of patient care in a primary role or with indirect supervision. A clinician is always available to provide assistance.
Our hospital facility has 24/7 onsite trained technical staff to provide added support allowing interns to focus on patient care clinical skills and diagnostics. The caseload consists mostly of equine patients with occasional small ruminants and camelids. The afterhours oncall schedule is split among interns with predetermined weekend time off and protected weekday time off.
The PVH equine referral hospital is the only facility with multiple boarded specialists in the area. The facility includes two full surgical suites with pillow recovery systems a standing procedure/surgery room a referencequality laboratory a covered lameness evaluation arena and several treatment areas.
The main barn has stall space for 15 inpatients with additional 3climatecontrolled ICU stalls and a 4stall isolation facility. Stalls can be converted into a fully operational NICU. The hospital is well equipped with two SurgiVet anesthesia machines with ventilators complete anesthesia monitoring equipment extracorporeal shock wave digital radiology digital ultrasound 600 mA conventional radiology arthroscopy laparoscopy ASIF bone plating instruments PRP IRAP ProStride and a 0.3 Tesla MRI.
Clients also have access to acupuncture chiropractic and Chinese herbal medicine through our integrative medicine and rehabilitation center. We offer the services of clinical pathology cardiology ophthalmology dermatology and radiology on a consultation basis with boardcertified specialists.
Internship Duties:
Interns have primary case responsibility under the supervision of a senior clinician for the duration of the internship. The interns perform daily assessments of their cases complete medical records present cases in daily rounds perform diagnostics administer anesthesia assist in surgery and medicine procedures and participate in monthly journal club.
Interns on ambulatory service are under the direction of our doctors on all cases such as dentals lameness exams reproductive work podiatry etc.
Afterhours/weekend oncall rotation is for referral emergencies and the intern will see all cases alongside a senior clinician.
Interns rotate between primary receiving (with a senior clinician) being on anesthesia/backup call and off call. During the week the intern is responsible for the care of their hospitalized cases and cases are transferred to the doctor on call for the interns weekend off.
Afterhours treatments and monitoring are primarily carried out by overnight technicians and hospital staff with support provided by the primary clinician.
Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital as part of Thrive Pet Healthcare supports our house officers with a comprehensive benefits package including:
$57K base salary with ER Fee when applicable
Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
Continuing Education Opportunities
PTO
Relocation support $1000
CE Time
Professional Liability Coverage
Thrive U for unlimited nocost CE
Eligibility for Life and LongTerm Disability Insurance
Eligibility to Participate in 401(k) retirement savings plan
Paid Parental Leave & Purrental Leave
Pet Care Discounts and More
At Thrive Pet Healthcare we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all our team members pet parents and pets. We strive to create a diverse equitable and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
