Intern DVM

If you are looking for a position in a busy, ever-changing environment and enjoy working with a supportive and collaborative team, we are looking for you!
Delaney Veterinary Services (DVS) is offering internship positions, one each in general practice and surgery/ lameness.  We are a large, full service, equine hospital that offers primary care to the greater Edmonton area (Alberta, Canada) and serves as a referral center for veterinarians from Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Yukon.  At DVS we offer the opportunity to practice high quality medicine with the luxury of a Board-Certified Surgeon (DACVS) and several other highly regarded general practitioners.

Our practice boasts a fully equipped surgery suite with two recovery boxes. We perform both elective and emergency surgeries including exploratory laparotomy, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, fracture repair, and C-section. For lameness we offer a lameness locator and both indoor and outdoor arenas for performing lameness exams. We have several tools for equine rehabilitation and also fully supplied farrier shop. We also commonly perform advanced dentistry, general health exams, spinal adjustment, acupuncture, rehabilitation, and advanced imaging. The hospital also carries a complete in-house laboratory.

The goal of this internship program will allow you to pursue equine practice in an intense case load environment under the direct guidance of experienced equine veterinarians.
1. Duties of the general practice internship will include in-clinic patient care, assistance with surgery, and/or anesthesia, all aspects of ambulatory practice including lameness work-ups, castrations, dental, herd health, imaging, ultrasonography and rehabilitation. The goal of this internship position is to gain advanced skills in general equine practice so that the candidate completes the internship as a experienced equine practitioner.
2. Duties of the surgery/lameness internship will be to shadow surgeons on cases. This role will focus on scrubbing into surgery and performing lameness exams in tandem with a supervising surgeon. Competency in anesthesia is a requirement but it is not the main focus of this position, as technicians at the practice perform the majority of anesthesia.  Lameness exams will offer multiple opportunities for the interns to hone their skills with nerve/joint blocks and perfect imaging technique. Interns will also become proficient with post-operative care and rehabilitation of surgical cases. Surgical residency may be offered to the ‘fitting’ candidate.

At DVS on-call emergencies are divided amongst the clinicians and interns at the hospital. We have full time support staff as well as many part-time staff, students, externs and volunteers. Interns will be directly supervised on all emergencies until they are proficient and confident to perform afterhours duties unassisted. Throughout the internship all interns will continue to be shadowed by a senior veterinarian/ specialist who are always available by phone or to come in and provide assistance if needed. To facilitate after hours duties, we also have stall cameras for closed system monitoring of ICU cases.  At the option of the intern, the hospital has a newly built (2020), premier on-site residence for interns, free of charge.