Allegheny Veterinary Service in Elkins, is a privately owned, premier facility complete with a pristine, well-equipped small animal and equine hospital located in the mountains of West Virginia. Our mission is to offer state-of-the-art point of care veterinary medicine, serving as an oasis of care in rural West Virginia. 

Facility is a 7000 sq ft small animal hospital, well-equipped equine haul-in facility, and busy large animal ambulatory service. Owner and senior veterinarian is internship trained, ABVP certified (Equine), and teaches in the equine/pre-vet program at West Virginia University.  We embrace teaching and mentorship as part of our culture. 

What to expect from us:

• One on one learning – We generally only take one student at a time to ensure that you get actual hands-on experience.
• Variety of cases – Caseload and type will depend on the time of year.
  • Small animal cases
    • Annual exams & preventative care
    • Advanced orthopedic procedures: Bone plating, CBLO and more.
    • Internal medicine, infectious disease, dermatology, ophthalmology and small amount of exotic patients.
    • Chemotherapy, hospice care.
  • Equine cases
    • Ambulatory and Haul-in
    • Preventative care and Referral level cases
    • Lameness, imaging and sport horse
    • Neonatal emergencies with Small amount of repro
    • Emergency: lacerations, colic workups, medical colic treatment
    • Ophthalmology: cyclosporine implants, uveitis management, enucleations
    • Surgery: Castration, cryptorchids, neurectomy, minor orthopedics
  • Food animal
    • Primarily 4H projects/goats/sheep/beef cattle
    • Pot-bellied pig surgery and care
    • Minor herd management (health plans, palpations, ultrasound for pregnancy)
  • Excellent medicine – We are well equipped with the right equipment to provide the best care for our patients including: ligasure, surgical laser, endoscopy, in house labs, ultrasound and more.
    • Extensive laboratory experience – Learn how to read fecals, urinalyses, skin cytologies, FNAs, uterine cytologies and more. Learn how to process and package samples for outside diagnostic labs.
    • Surgical experience – Depending on the level of experience and time of year, we work with our local humane society to get surgical experience for our students. Senior externs can expect to have some excellent hands-on surgical time.
  • Fun and Inspiring working with a GREAT staff in a fantastic atmosphere.
    • Tenured staff with one RVT and two other advanced assistants who are RVT board eligible. All staff are willing to teach and enjoy having students. 
  • Housing – Several options are available provided by us.

What we expect from you:

• Engagement – Research about ongoing cases. Look up drugs that you are unfamiliar with. Formulate questions about medications and treatments.  We do not expect you to know everything! But, the more you engage with us, the more we will engage with you and the better your experience!
• Professionalism – Our clients LOVE our students. Practicing your professionalism and communication (both verbal and nonverbal) will develop soft skills that are essential to success in  the veterinary profession. 
• Teamwork – Our team loves to teach. Stay busy, chip in, ask where you can help, and you will reap benefits from the entire staff!

To Apply: 

Please send a current CV/Resume with cover letter to the practice manager.  In your cover letter, include

1. Dates requested
2. Required hours
3. Other School specific requirements
4. Goals (ie, equine ambulatory, small animal etc)
5. Housing requests (please indicate whether housing will be needed or whether you will be staying locally with family etc.)

About Allegheny Equine Veterinary Services / Allegheny Veterinary Services

The practice started in 2005 as an ambulatory only service and in 2015 opened a 5000 square foot hospital complete with recovery stall, stocks, ICU stalls, heated treatment area and paddocks. An additional barn under is construction. We are very vested in the community and active with local horse associations and 4-H. The practice sees primarily pleasure and trail horses with some western performance, endurance, and small breeding operations. Large animal patient load is primarily equine with occasional beef cattle and small ruminants. Practice is equipped with digital x-ray, digital ultrasound, electronic medical records, Abaxis lab, tonometry, and advanced dentistry equipment. The practice is located just off of a new interstate with easy access for trailers. We pride ourselves on combining high quality medicine with concierge level service. Annual exams are a standard and help us build long lasting relationships with our clients. The practice currently draws from a two-hour radius and the nearest referral center is four hours. Since expanding with a new location, the practice has also developed a busy small animal practice that includes services from preventative c...are and elective surgery to orthopedic surgery. Appointments for both the large and small animal patients are Monday – Friday. Emergency service is offered to our regular clients. Doctors receive large production bonuses for emergencies that are seen. Emergency call is split among the doctors. Support staff includes, a large animal coordinator and practice manager (with the practice 11 years), two receptionists, and a large animal technician. Small animal technicians are available to assist with in-clinic cases. Large animal technician will be provided during orientation period and as needed depending on case load. We are a growing practice and have established excellent training programs and hospital protocols for both the large animal and small animal staff. All staff members have required continuing education. AreaElkins is located adjacent to the million acre Monongahela National Forest. Canaan Valley, Timberline and Snowshoe mountain ski resorts are within our regular practice area. The area is rural and an outdoor mecca with abundant native streams, hiking and skiing. A small liberal arts college is located here and hosts a heritage arts festival for ten weeks every summer. Cost of living is low in this area.

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