The Hope center is regularly looking for new faces to join our team. We offer a happy, relaxed work environment, flexible scheduling, excellent in-house training and top pay. Our employee benefits include health, dental, life, long-term disability, 401(k), Continuing Education and total career satisfaction.
Licensed Veterinary Technicians
The Hope Center provides the Licensed Veterinary Technician with a wide range of options and responsibility choices. The clinic sees a wide-variety of critical and interesting cases and offers advanced technologies and procedures. Opportunities for advancement within the clinic are widely available.
Assistants
If you are looking to move into the veterinary field, The Hope Center is the place to be. Motivated, qualified assistants will find unparalleled opportunity for learning and growth within the clinic. Once settled, if you feel that you wish to advance, we offer full scholarships toward the LVT program at Northern Virginia Community College.
If you are interested in finding out more about employment opportunities at the Hope Center, please email the Hospital Manager or call 703-281-5121.
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Externships
The Hope Center maintains a close relationship with VMRCVM. We regularly host 4th year veterinary students for 3-week rotations at our hospital for hands-on training and experience in the field of emergency veterinary medicine. If you are a VMRCVM student and would like to set up a rotation, please contact our Assistant Chief-of-Staff Dr. Michele Angel.
The Hope Center Internship Program
The Hope Center participates in the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians’ Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program. The Matching program facilitates a pairing between newly graduated veterinarians and hospitals nationwide.
A leader in veterinary emergency medicine for more than 30 years, The Hope Center for Advanced Veterinary Medicine is the first choice of more than 60 area veterinarians for emergency-care referrals in the Northern Virginia area. They rely on the training and experience of The Hope Center staff and our fully state-of-the-art facility to meet the needs of their patients. In addition to nine emergency clinicians, our center houses full time specialists in Internal Medicine, Surgery (VSC), and Cardiology (CVCA).
We boast a warm, friendly, team atmosphere with a moderately busy caseload conducive to learning thorough diagnostics and treatments. Primary case responsibility and many opportunities to learn specialized surgeries and emergency procedures is given to interns and mentorship from the emergency clinicians and specialists is always on hand. Interns will rotate through Emergency, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Surgery. Mentorship is always available and unlike many internships, overnight emergency shifts are always staffed with two overnight veterinarians. The internship is ideal for those seeking practical experience and in-depth training their first year as a veterinarian whether interested in pursuing a residency or going on to private practice. The Hope Center is dedicated to making the internship as valuable to the interns as they are to us. We encourage those individuals with the motivation to enrich their knowledge and acquire valuable skills in a welcoming
atmosphere to visit the staff and the hospital. Included in the learning experience will be teaching rounds, journal club rounds, and morbidity and mortality rounds.
We are looking for enthusiastic, team-oriented individuals who take initiative to learn and practice the highest quality medicine and thrive in a fast paced environment.
Interns will have full access to the following:
- Fully computerized medical records
- Ultrasound
- Doppler/Cardell NIBP
- Pulse Oximetry
- EKG
- Endoscopy
- Fluoroscopy
- State of the art surgical suites
- Isolation ward
- Echocardiography
- MRI off site
- Surgical equipment
Our staff is composed of veterinarians and licensed veterinary technicians/assistants who bring to our patients and their families the finest in medical training and unparalleled experience in veterinary medicine. The Hope Center even has a veterinary technician internship program aimed at training the highest skilled veterinary technicians crucial to a high volume ICU.
Among the benefits package, we will offer coverage of liability insurance, veterinary licensure and a health insurance/LT disability package.
The Hope Center for Advanced Veterinary Medicine is located in thriving Vienna less than 15 miles from Washington, D.C., a city of national history, culture, parks/outdoor recreation, and exciting nightlife. A visit to the Hope Center prior to match is highly recommended and Virginia licensure will be required of all interns.
To participate or find out more information on the matching program, visit the AAVC Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program Website
or
Contact the internship program director for The Hope Center, Karena Joung, VMD.
Technician Internships
The Hope Center also offers an internship to veterinary technician students. Technician Interns will be rotated through the Internal Medicine, Emergency, Oncology and Ophthalmology departments where they will receive hands-on training from experienced LVT's. Scheduling is flexible to accommodate previous job commitments. Additionally, the hospital offers Continuing Education opportunities. All inquiries should be sent to our Tech Internship