Small animal GP/UC Externship Opportunity with Housing Provided
LVP is a 4 doctor practice (looking for a 5th!) Small Animal General Practice clinic in Maryland in the rural-suburbs of Washington, DC (think lots of horses and breweries, with easy metro access to the capital).
Our practice has been family owned and operated since 1988, and offers a mix of general practice, urgent care, surgery, dentistry, and some emergency / critical care – without the overnight shift. We have contracts with the local police K-9 unit, as well as several rescues. Our veterinarians are an equal mix of recent graduates and veteran practitioners, and we all work together in a collaborative environment.
Our staff is fun and friendly with a variety of experience levels. We have a 20-person technician team, who will work with you so that you can spend time engaging with cases alongside DVM mentors, rather than performing tech duties.
As part of your externship, you will have opportunities for:
- Experience in a wide variety of cases, ranging from routine wellness, to internal medicine, urgent care and emergency, dermatology, surgery, dentistry and more
- Spay / neuter on rescue animals
- Scrubbing in to assist during soft tissue surgeries
- Dental extractions and interpreting dental radiographs
- Preventative medicine
- Urgent and Emergency Care
- Daily use of modern digital imaging equipment, including ultrasound, and digital rads
- Working alongside doctors to research cases and create treatment plans
- Performing diagnostic checks in our fully outfitted Idexx lab
Career Opportunities:
The potential for an Associate Veterinarian position upon graduation is certainly an opportunity for the right candidate. This position offers schedule flexibility, competitive salary plus production, a comprehensive benefits package, mentorship and support.
Housing details:
Housing for the duration of externship may be provided at the practice owner’s house at no cost, in a private apartment with a separate entrance and parking pad. The basement apartment features plenty of light, a full kitchen and fully furnished bedroom, bathroom, spacious living room, laundry room, and study nook. Outside views overlook a wooded backyard and the practice owner’s horse field. Must love dogs!
Please contact our office manager Kate at lvpkate@gmail.com for additional information.
Technicians:
Our team of 20 trained technicians are able to perform all tech functions (triaging your cases, taking vitals, performing sample collections, venipuncture and monitoring anesthesia) - to allow you the focus to engage with cases as a doctor, rather than performing tech duties.
Tools:
Our hospital has the following diagnostic, surgical and treatment tools, which you can utilize on a daily basis:
- Surgical laser
- Low-radiation digital x-ray
- Mobile, high-quality ultrasound with convex and linear probes
- Idexx catalyst, procyte machines (CBC/Chemistry)
- Idexx CoagDx (PT/PTT in minutes)
- Idexx VetStat (for ionized Ca, respiratory blood gas analysis)
- Idexx digital cytology (for confirmation and diagnostic cytology with a 1-2 hour turnaround time)
- Digital dental x-ray units (x2)
- Endoscope
We can accommodate externship lengths of 2 - 6 weeks or more, with a full-time schedule (3-4 days per week), emulating a typical work week in our hospital.
Student housing is available at no cost to our DVM externs.
Details:
Housing for the duration of externship may be provided at the practice owner’s house at no cost, in a private apartment with a separate entrance and parking pad. The walk-out basement apartment features plenty of light, a full kitchen and fully furnished bedroom, bathroom, spacious living room, laundry room, and study nook. Outside views overlook a wooded backyard and the practice owner’s horse field. Must love dogs!