Veterinary Technician Student Externship

Job overview

The Veterinary Technician Student Externship is onsite in San Ramon, CA. This is an unpaid externship opportunity. Veterinary Emergency Group’s program provides hands-on learning in emergency veterinary medicine alongside credentialed emergency veterinary technicians. The externship helps enrolled veterinary technology or nursing students build practical skills and explore emergency care through mentored exposure to patient triage, diagnostics, anesthesia, outpatient visits, and inpatient care. Students practice skills required by their school’s proficiency checklist with guidance from a credentialed technician.

What you'll do

• Learn alongside emergency veterinary professionals and receive real-time mentoring from a credentialed veterinary technician.
• Shadow and assist with triage, outpatient visits, diagnostics, anesthesia, inpatient care, and other emergency-medicine activities.
• Practice skills required by the student’s school proficiency checklist under mentorship and guidance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

veterinary technician student

externship

san ramon ca

veterinary emergency group

veg

emergency veterinary medicine

veterinary technology

mentorship

patient triage

inpatient care

unpaid opportunity

onsite

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible externship length based on program requirements
• mentorship from a credentialed veterinary technician
• hands-on emergency-medicine experience
• possible future employment opportunities.

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. Current rabies vaccination or titer is required. Externship length is based on program requirements; hospital location depends on availability.

About the employer

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