Emergency Veterinary Training Program

About the Program

The Veritas ER Veterinary (VERVe) training program has been designed to provide new or recent veterinary graduates with superlative mentorship and training to prepare for a successful career in emergency medicine. Successful applicants to the program will be exposed to a well-rounded curriculum of strong clinical mentorship under senior Emergency and Critical Care clinicians on the floor and a well-developed continuing education curriculum including weekly structured didactic training. VERVe training will entail a minimum of 4-month training period of focused mentorship and case oversight and gradually progress to complete autonomy on the ER floor. A 2-year commitment (including training period) to a Veritas partner practice will be required of all candidates upon signing.

What You Will Learn

• Performing a multitude of ER procedures commonly encountered in a busy 24-hour referral facility
• Patient triage
• Interfacing with specialist clinicians and considerations for internal referral or transfer of cases for specialty care
• Balancing a large and varied caseload in a busy ER environment
• Developing interpersonal and client communication skills to support and foster the team dynamic of the hospital

Program Structure

• Our training location has identified a board-certified critical care specialists or highly trained/experienced ER doctors to oversee the training program locally
• Trainees will be paired with a mentor on each emergency receiving shift with a ratio of no more than 2 trainees to one mentor per shift
• Training period with intensive mentorship and CE
• All trainees will have the opportunity to attend an intense 2.5-day ER bootcamp that will consist of critical ER lecture topics as well as Wet Labs and hands-on training experiences for common ER procedures by experienced ER clinicians.

Qualifications

• In good standing with current university or employer
• Has successfully graduated from an AVMA-accredited school with a DVM or equivalent degree and passed their NAVLE exam
• Citizen of the United States, Canada, or Mexico or eligible to work in the United States

Schedule

• During the training period, trainees will work 5 days per week
• This will consist of four clinical ER receiving days and one didactic day
• Didactic days will combine structured didactics, assigned reading, reviews of cases and competencies, and some clinic responsibilities such as following up on cases admitted the previous day
• Trainees will typically have two days off consecutively. No on-call during the initial training period.
• There is a two-year commitment to Veritas Veterinary Partner practices (inclusive of the initial training period)
• During this time, work weeks will be tailored to match scheduling of other ER doctors at the local partner practice, typically 3-4 clinical days per week
• Based on competency assessed at reviews at the completion of training, employees will be scheduled for a variety of day, swing, and overnight shifts, again in line with scheduling norms of the local partner practice
• ER trainees will be required to share federal holiday coverage with senior ER clinicians throughout the training program and afterwards according to local ER scheduling norms

Benefits and Compensation

• Salary of $140,000 in your first year with production bonus after successful completion of initial training program.
• Salary increased to $150,000 in the second year.
• Sign On Bonus
• Relocation Bonus
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, with HSA option- some plans paid 100%
• Parental Leave
• 401k match
• Life Insurance
• Generous CE and PTO
• Reimbursement of all licensure fees
• Mental health support with Talkspace

Participating hospital: Garden State Veterinary Specialists (GSVS) - Eatontown, NJ

Apply today to learn how Veritas Veterinary Partners can be your next career home!