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Location: Raleigh, NC
Essential Job Duties:
The Clinical Veterinary Instructor in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) provides primary clinical service, patient management, and bedside teaching within the veterinary teaching hospital. Operating primarily during weekday swing and weekend shifts, this position delivers high-quality emergency care, oversees hospitalized and ICU patients, and provides clinical and didactic instruction to 4th-year veterinary students, house officers (HO), and rotating interns. The role works collaboratively across all clinical specialty services and actively contributes to administrative and educational committees.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Service & Patient Care
- Emergency Receiving: Direct, receive, and manage primary emergency admissions and complex referral cases from surrounding veterinary practices.
- Patient & ICU Management: Oversee and consult on hospitalized and ICU patients across the Emergency, Hospitalist, Intensive Care, and Extracorporeal Therapy services.
- Shift Coverage: Fulfill clinical duties primarily during weekday swing shifts and weekend shifts to maintain continuous specialty coverage.
- Inter-Service & Referring Communication:
- Communicate directly and effectively with referring veterinarians regarding case management and continuum of care.
- Practice collaborative medicine with hospital specialty services, including Surgery, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Oncology, Theriogenology, Dentistry, and Anesthesia.
- Clinical Supervision: Supervise and mentor small animal interns, ECC residents, and senior (4th-year) veterinary students receiving emergency and critical care patients.
- Clinical Rounds & Instruction:Participate/conduct didactic and clinical case teaching rounds for students (4th-Year Clinical Rotation in Emergency Medicine).
- House Officer & Pre-Clinical Training: Participate in formal didactic training for ECC house officers and rotating interns; engage in pre-clinical student instruction as opportunities arise.
- Student Evaluation: Participate in the formal evaluation and grading of 4th-year veterinary students completing the clinical rotation.
- Participate in departmental and hospital administrative tasks and committee assignments.
- Contribute to cross-departmental committees focused on enhancing communication workflows among reception, veterinary technicians, and clinicians.
- Support ongoing initiatives aimed at optimizing student learning environments and educational outcomes within the emergency clinical rotation (VMC 960).
- Primary Services Supported: Emergency Room (ER), Hospitalist Service, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Extracorporeal Therapy Service.
- Primary Work Schedule: Weekday swing shifts and weekend shifts.
- Target Audience for Teaching: 4th-year DVM students (VMC 960), ECC house officers, rotating interns, and pre-clinical veterinary students
Other Work/Responsibilities:
N/A
Minimum Experience/Education:
- DVM (or equivalent degree) and eligibility for veterinary licensure (or faculty licensure) in the State of NC required.
Required Qualifications:
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Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer a minimum of three years receiving emergency cases and/or a small animal rotating internship.
- Extensive experience in emergency/critical care medicine.
Required License or Certification:
- Eligibility for veterinary licensure (or faculty certificate) in the State of NC required.
AA/EEO Statement:
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