Description

Rotating equine internship between hospital and ambulatory work. Mentorship comes from boarded surgeons, internist, and veterinarians that have extensive experience in working closely with interns for case management - on-site and ambulatory.

Our internship program aims to provide knowledge and confidence for our interns to join private practice or a residency program. Interns will be fully competent to address aspects of patient care in a primary role or with indirect supervision. A clinician is always available to provide assistance.

Our hospital facility has 24/7 onsite trained technical staff to provide added support allowing interns to focus on patient care, clinical skills, and diagnostics. The caseload consists mostly of equine patients with occasional small ruminants and camelids. The after-hours on-call schedule is split among interns with pre-determined weekend time off and protected weekday time off.

The PVH equine referral hospital is the only facility with multiple boarded specialists in the area. The facility includes two full surgical suites with pillow recovery systems, a standing procedure/surgery room, a reference-quality laboratory, a covered lameness evaluation arena, and several treatment areas.

The main barn has stall space for 15 in-patients with additional 3-climate-controlled ICU stalls and a 4-stall isolation facility. Stalls can be converted into a fully operational NICU. The hospital is well equipped with two SurgiVet anesthesia machines with ventilators, complete anesthesia monitoring equipment, extracorporeal shock wave, digital radiology, digital ultrasound, 600 mA conventional radiology, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, ASIF bone plating instruments, PRP, IRAP, Pro-Stride, and a 0.3 Tesla MRI.

Clients also have access to acupuncture, chiropractic and Chinese herbal medicine through our integrative medicine and rehabilitation center. We offer the services of clinical pathology, cardiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, and radiology on a consultation basis with board-certified specialists.

Internship Duties:
Interns have primary case responsibility under the supervision of a senior clinician for the duration of the internship. The interns perform daily assessments of their cases, complete medical records, present cases in daily rounds, perform diagnostics, administer anesthesia, assist in surgery and medicine procedures and participate in monthly journal club.

Interns on ambulatory service are under the direction of our doctors on all cases, such as dentals, lameness exams, reproductive work, podiatry, etc.

After-hours/weekend on-call rotation is for referral emergencies, and the intern will see all cases alongside a senior clinician.

Interns rotate between primary receiving (with a senior clinician), being on anesthesia/backup call, and off call. During the week, the intern is responsible for the care of their hospitalized cases, and cases are transferred to the doctor on call for the intern's weekend off.

After-hours treatments and monitoring are primarily carried out by overnight technicians and hospital staff, with support provided by the primary clinician.

Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital, as part of Thrive Pet Healthcare supports our house officers with a comprehensive benefits package including:

-$57K base salary with ER Fee when applicable
-Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
-Continuing Education Opportunities
-PTO

-Relocation support - $1,000

-CE Time
-Professional Liability Coverage
-Thrive U for unlimited, no-cost CE
-Eligibility for Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
-Eligibility to Participate in 401(k) retirement savings plan
-Paid Parental Leave & Purr-ental Leave
-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.

Contact houseofficerprograms@thrivepet.com