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DVM Student Externship - Animal Emergency Center - Yorktown

Yorktown, VAOnsiteInternshipPosted 2 months ago

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Required skills

  • Veterinary Student
  • AVMA Accredited Institution
  • Emergency
  • Urgent Care

Nice to have

  • Compassionate
  • Team Player
  • Real world experiences
  • Latest medical techniques
  • Supportive culture
  • Learning

Role summary

Animal Emergency Center of Yorktown is seeking 1st through 4th year veterinary students for a paid externship. This opportunity offers flexible scheduling, mentorship from a DVM network, and future employment preferences. The ideal candidate is a compassionate, team-oriented, and communicative student from an AVMA-accredited institution looking to gain real-world experience in emergency and urgent care veterinary medicine. The hospital utilizes the latest medical techniques and equipment and fosters a supportive, learning-oriented culture.

We’re looking for:

  • 1st through 4th Year Veterinary Students
  • Compassionate, Team Player and Strong Communicator
  • Students looking to enhance their education through real world experiences

We offer our Veterinary Student Externs:

  • Flexible Scheduling
  • Paid Externship Hours
  • Future Employment Opportunity Preferences
  • DVM Mentor Network
  • 1:1 Mentorship and Guidance 
  • Must be an Active Veterinary Student from an AVMA Accredited Institution. 

WE ARE A DRUG-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Company Policy & Federal & State Laws Forbid Discrimination Because of Age, Color, Race, Religion, Sex, Disability, Sexual Orientation or National Origin

Animal Emergency Center of Yorktown is an emergency / urgent care hospital in Yorktown, VA. Our technician and support team are tenured and highly capable of supporting our veterinarians with any patient needs that come through our doors! Our practice remains innovative in offering the latest medical techniques and equipment available. Best of all, our hospital culture! We support one another, love to keep learning (and mentoring others), enjoy a challenge and live for the moments where we make each other laugh.

We offer care to most emergency situations, and are equipped to treat many emergency cases. 

Yorktown is popular as a destination for heritage tourism. Yorktown has distinct areas. Yorktown Village or Historic Yorktown is located close to the York River, near the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge that spans the river to Gloucester Point. Historic Yorktown is comprised first of Water Street, a small strip along the beach of the river; it contains several small restaurants, a park, a hotel, a pier, and an antiques shop. In May 2005 a building was constructed with more shops and restaurants, enhancing what is known as the "Riverwalk" section on the waterfront.

If you enjoy beautiful scenery, historic monuments and visiting areas, and fun activities, Yorktown, Virginia is definitely for you

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