Veterinary Technician Student Externship

Job overview

The Veterinary Technician Student Externship is onsite in Grand Prairie, TX, and is unpaid. The program offers hands-on emergency veterinary medicine experience alongside credentialed emergency veterinary technicians at a VEG hospital, subject to availability. The externship gives enrolled veterinary technology or nursing students supervised exposure to emergency care, including triage, diagnostics, outpatient visits, anesthesia, and inpatient care. Through mentoring and practice with school-required skills, participants can build a foundation in emergency veterinary medicine and explore the field as a career path.

What you'll do

• Learn from emergency veterinary professionals
• receive real-time mentoring from a credentialed veterinary technician
• shadow and assist with triage, outpatient visits, diagnostics, anesthesia, and inpatient care
• practice skills on the student’s school proficiency checklist with guidance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

veterinary technician student externship

grand prairie tx

veterinary emergency group

unpaid externship

veterinary technology students

emergency medicine

triage

diagnostics

anesthesia

inpatient care

mentorship

hands-on learning

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible externship length based on program requirements
• hospital selection based on availability
• mentorship from a credentialed veterinary technician
• hands-on emergency medicine experience.

Why this role

The posting describes a flexible externship length based on program requirements, hands-on emergency medicine learning, and mentorship from a credentialed veterinary technician.

About the employer

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is hiring for this role. Industry: Veterinary Services. Sector: 54.