Veterinary Technician Student Externship — Chelsea

Job overview

The Veterinary Technician Student Externship — Chelsea role is onsite in New York, NY. The posting states that this is an unpaid externship. Veterinary Emergency Group’s program provides hands-on emergency veterinary medicine experience alongside credentialed emergency veterinary technicians. The externship helps enrolled veterinary technology or nursing students build practical skills and explore emergency medicine through mentored exposure to patient triage, diagnostics, anesthesia, outpatient visits, and inpatient care.

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

chelsea

new york ny

veterinary emergency group

veg

emergency veterinary medicine

veterinary technology

student program

mentorship

triage

diagnostics

inpatient care

unpaid externship

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
• future employment opportunities may be available.

Why this role

For students enrolled in an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology or nursing program, or a program actively seeking accreditation, with required externship hours or skills. Students must be able to start within six months of applying and have a current rabies vaccination or titer. Externship length is flexible based on program requirements; hospital choice depends on availability.

About the employer

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