| Enjoy your internship at our progressive equine practice, in a well balanced environment. West Wind Veterinary Hospital allows for hands on experience, growing at the rate that suits you best. Develop your independence in a great group setting. We are everything you are looking for as you bridge your transition to private practice. Our clinic sees equine appointments Monday-Friday and provides 24-hour emergency coverage. The intern will accompany our veterinarians during daytime appointments and after-hours emergencies. The intern will also assist with care of hospitalized cases. Once comfortable, the intern can begin taking primary on-call responsibilities with a senior veterinarian available as backup. Various ambulatory and in-clinic cases are seen daily on a diverse mix of English and Western equine disciplines, including lameness examination, wellness, dentistry, internal medicine examinations, herd health, and reproductive work for both mares and stallions. We offer a competitive intern salary, on site housing, use of clinic vehicles for emergency duties, paid AbVMA license and AAEP dues, generous CE allowance, 5 vacation days, clothing allowance, medical and dental benefits through Sunlife insurance and an accommodating work schedule. Also, we happen to be a great group of people to work with! To apply: Candidates must have obtained a DVM degree or equivalent, be eligible for licence in Alberta. Please submit current CV and letter of intent. ABOUT WWVH West Wind is an established veterinary practice just outside of Sherwood Park, AB, providing high quality care for equine and small animal patients. The practice features a 13-stall hospital barn including 2 mare-foal stalls and 2 isolation stalls equipped with camera monitoring. Individual outdoor sheltered pens are available for breeding mares or patients and a separate stallion housing area. There is a large treatment/outpatient exam area with stocks, indoor arena, reproduction area with stocks, radiology room and lab room. The surgical room is equipped with a padded induction/recovery stall. Equipment includes 2 portable digital radiography units, a portable ultrasound machine, video endoscopy, gastroscopy, video dental endoscopy, Powerfloats, shockwave, PRP, IRAP, and in-house lab. As medicine has changed, so has the practice. Many renovations are already complete with plans for an updated reception and treatment room currently underway. Our doors are always open to our community and we pride ourselves on being a facility our clientele can trust and reach out to. We offer annual client seminars and events directly in house to encourage this bond. |
