Clinical Veterinary Instructor, Equine Emergency

The NC State Veterinary Hospital is an integrated health care center for companion, equine and farm animals. We exist to further the teaching mission of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. More than 30,000 patients are diagnosed and treated annually by the Veterinary Hospital. Established in 1983, the Veterinary Hospital is one of the highest rated regional academic medical centers in the country, serving communities throughout North Carolina as well as many other states. The mission of the Veterinary Hospital is three-fold:

With over 20 clinical services staffed by board-certified specialists, many of whom are not only nationally but also internationally renowned, the Veterinary Hospital is on the cutting edge of veterinary medicine. Patients benefit from the combined expertise of multiple specialists utilizing a team approach to patient health care. For more information about the NC State Veterinary Hospital go to https://hospital.cvm.ncsu.edu/

The NC State Equine hospital provides state of the art, continuous care for elective, urgent (same day), and emergent cases, as well outpatients, through the hospital-based Equine Medicine, Equine Soft Tissue Surgery, Equine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Equine Emergency services.

The Equine Emergency service is overseen by specialists with board certification in Equine Surgery and Equine Critical Care. The ambulatory service is a new section within the Emergency Service that will see on-farm primary emergency cases from local subscribing practices on weekdays from 5 pm to 8 am Monday through Thursday, and on the weekends from 5pm Friday through 8 am Monday. Local practices are able to join this service, which will provide emergency services for the practice, through a monthly subscription fee. The service will employ two clinicians, who will split the on call hours. Emergency case load for this new service is projected to be 552 cases annually. Ambulatory Emergency clinicians will be supported by one after hours technician. The Ambulatory Emergency clinicians will have case consultation support from hospital criticalists as needed. The clinicians will be expected to utilize open, frequent communication via in-person, phone, and email interactions to develop strong collaborations with referring veterinarians of the subscribing practices. The Ambulatory Emergency Clinicians will train students and house officers while seeing emergency cases in the field.

The candidate will have primary case responsibility for ambulatory primary emergency cases, supported by consultation and referral options as needed for more intense or severe emergency cases. The successful candidate will provide emergency expertise, as well as effective and collegial communication and collaboration with internal services. They will be responsible for student and house officer training. They will be responsible for collaborating and communicating with referring veterinarians of the subscribing practices, including university and community outreach.

In addition to your application please submit a resume/cv and contact information for at least 3 professional references.

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