DVM Student Externship - [PriorityPet Urgent Care - Watkinsville]
Listed compensation
$15 per hour
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the work setting, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Company Description
Pet accidents, illnesses, and injuries are all unfortunate and seem to always happen at the worst of times when primary care veterinarians are either closed or too busy to see the pet. For these reasons, we are excited to announce that our new Priority Pet Urgent Care of Watkinsville is now open! We are available for urgent care pet needs 7 days a week, 4pm – 12am midnight.
Our new building and state of the art equipment will provide our teams the space and tools they’ll need to deliver the best in service and medicine for our community! With quality mentorship and a varied caseload, students will get to experience life in an active Urgent Care with real life application.
- This externship is paid at $15 per hour
- Check us out here: prioritypetwatkinsville.com!
- Take a peek into what life is like at PriorityPet Urgent Care - Watkinsville
Job Description
We’re Looking For
- 1st through 4th Year Veterinary Students
- Compassionate, Team Player and Strong Communicator
- Students looking to enhance their education through real world experiences
We Offer Our Veterinary Student Externs
- Flexible Scheduling
- Paid Externship Hours
- Future Employment Opportunity Preferences
- DVM Mentor Network
- 1:1 Mentorship and Guidance
Qualifications
- Must be an Active Veterinary Student from an AVMA Accredited Institution.
- Additional Information
We Are a DRUG-Free, Smoke-Free, Equal Opportunity Employer.
Company Policy & Federal & State Laws Forbid Discrimination Because of Age, Color, Race, Religion, Sex, Disability, Sexual Orientation or National Origin
Compensation: up to USD 15 - hourly
Key Responsibilities
Students will participate in an active urgent care environment to gain real-world experience with varied caseloads. They will work under the guidance of mentors to deliver high-quality veterinary medicine to the community.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Veterinary Urgent Care Career Context
Of the 50 active Veterinary Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 100% have no call, 100% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Veterinary Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 18.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates DVM Student Externship - [PriorityPet Urgent Care - Watkinsville] at Alliance Animal Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Veterinary Urgent Care healthcare professional listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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