Veterinary Technician Student Externship - Beaverton

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VEG's Veterinary Technician Student Externship Program gives vet tech students hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working alongside our credentialed, emergency veterinary technicians. Students will focus on honing their emergency skills including obtaining patient vitals, processing laboratory samples, caring for hospitalized patients, triaging emerging cases, and collaborating in a fast-paced environment.

Note: This is an unpaid externship and rabies vaccinations are required unless your school's rabies mitigation policy allows you to be unvaccinated and still handle unvaccinated pets.

• Obtain patient vitals in emergency settings
• Process laboratory samples
• Care for hospitalized patients
• Assist with triage of emerging cases
• Collaborate in a fast-paced emergency environment

• Currently enrolled in an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology or veterinary nursing program (or actively seeking accreditation) and will be in a class that requires externship hours and/or skills. This application is not for veterinary students or veterinary assistant students - only veterinary technology or veterinary nursing students.
• Your externship must begin within 6 months of application.
• You must be vaccinated for rabies unless your school's rabies mitigation policy allows unvaccinated students to handle unvaccinated animals.