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!
