Description

Thrive Pet Healthcare offers ER Academy - a 1-Year, emergency medicine-focused internship designed for new graduates. Our goal is to provide training encompassing high-quality emergency care and client communication, in addition providing the tools needed for a long & successful career in emergency medicine. Candidates must be currently eligible to obtain a veterinary license in the United States.

Interns are scheduled with a senior veterinarian committed to your mentorship. This allows for the presentation of cases and feedback as you are seeing patients. You will also have primary case responsibility within the 1st month and will be cutting surgical cases as your experience develops. Thrive hospitals offering this Internship starting June 2026 include:

• South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care - Columbia, SC
• PETS Emergency Hospital + Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency Hospital - CO (filled for 2026)
• Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists San Antonio - TX
• All Locations (for 2026 and future years) - book an externship now for pre-Match consideration for 2026!.

The interns across all locations will join together for an in-person orientation, a RACE-certified Symposium in our hometown of Austin, TX, surgical training, and weekly didactic rounds. This collaboration allows for improved continuing education through journal clubs, grand rounds, case rounds as well as a larger community of interns.

By the end of the internship year, you will be well-versed in most emergency medicine presentations and be proficient in typical ER skills, procedures, and surgeries. At completion of the internship, you will be highly marketable and capable of comfortably going into any emergency veterinary facility with the tools needed to succeed

The ER Academy provides a structured program with diminishing oversight to develop competent emergency veterinary clinicians learning clinical and interpersonal skills.

Starting your first day on the clinic floor, ER Academy immerses you in emergency medicine as the primary clinician seeing a wide range of cases. Interns are integral to the hospital team and can expect to work most weekends and holidays to maximize their internship experience. You are scheduled on shift with a senior clinician dedicated to mentoring and ensuring your success while allowing you to be an independent doctor. The program features phased oversight, with no shifts working alone for at least the first six months.

You will be supervised in surgery with the goal of being competent in emergency soft tissue surgeries such as C-sections, pyometra, gastrotomies, enterotomies, R&As, GDV/gastropexies, splenectomies, cystotomies, and sometimes amputations.

Thrive Pet Healthcare supports our interns with a comprehensive package including:

• $75,000 annual salary
• Scheduled on shift no more than 50 hours/ week
• Orientation & Intern/Resident Symposium retreats in Austin, TX
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• VIN, AVMA and IVECCS Membership
• State and DEA Licenses reimbursement
• Continuing Education Opportunities
• 40 hrs PTO
• Professional Liability Coverage
• Thrive U for unlimited, no-cost CE
• FASTVet Emergency Ultrasound Training
• Resilience and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction training (MBSR)
• Basic and Advanced Life Support online CPR training through VECCS Recover CPR Initiative.
• Surgical and Endoscopy Training
• Eligibility for Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Eligibility to Participate in 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid Purr-ental Leave & Parental Leave (eligible after 1 year)
• Pet Care Discounts and More

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all team members belong and feel empowered.

Thank you for your interest, we look forward to connecting with you! If you have any difficulty with this application, please contact houseofficerprograms@thrivepet.com.