Clinical Educator

The role

The Clinical Educator focuses on mentorship, curriculum development, lecturing, and implementing a continuing education program. This person works in an LVT capacity approximately 60% of the time and oversees onboarding, assessment, and clinical education for staff.

What you will do

• Teach clinical skills necessary for patient care
• Teach, mentor, and support LVTs in clinical application of academic knowledge
• Train LVTs in hospital protocols, treatments, and technical duties
• Train veterinary support staff in requested areas
• Devise rotation schedules for VTIs and VTEs
• Collaborate with Clinical Educators and Director of Clinical Education
• Devise curriculum and lesson plans for lectures and labs
• Provide onboarding for orientation of new hires
• Ensure mandatory annual CE completed per AMC and AAHA requirements
• Maintain organized records

Required qualifications

• NYS Veterinary Technician license
• Minimum 5 years specialty nursing experience in a clinical environment
• Demonstrated 2 years’ experience mentoring and training veterinary technicians, student externs and interns
• Must be able to collaborate with all team members
• Ability to remain composed in stressful and emergency situations
• Must be flexible about working additional hours when necessary
• Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and communication skills
• Must be able to follow detailed protocols
• Must neatly and correctly fill out paperwork as necessary
• Associate or bachelor’s degree from an AVMA accredited Veterinary Technology school
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as an LVT
• Advanced knowledge of surgical equipment necessary

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in teaching
• Veterinary Technician specialty (VTS)
• Master’s degree in education

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous sign-on bonus
• Four-day work week, rotating weekend day TBD
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance with medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Very generous paid time off
• Paid continuing education time-off and stipend
• 403-b retirement plan with employer contribution
• School loan debt forgiveness opportunity as a non-profit hospital
• Non-corporate practice with no pressure for percentage pay
• Collegial work with colleagues in a non-competitive structure
• Strong teaching and mentoring opportunities
• Opportunities for research

About the company

Founded in 1910, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center is the world’s largest veterinary teaching hospital. It is a non-corporate practice located in Manhattan.