South Shore Equine Clinic is a full service equine hospital and offers full farm call capabilities. The practice sees horses of all ages and disciplines throughout eastern MA, Cape Cod and the islands, and Rhode Island. The hospital has a standing MRI machine, surgical suite, 14 stall for hospitalized and ICU patients. Typical things seen include: routine wellness care, performance horse evaluations and lameness issues, reproduction, farriery/podiatry, surgery, advanced imaging, dentistry, and senior horse issues. In house haul in appointments are seen 3 days each week. Farm calls are seen 6 days a week. Emergencies and urgent calls happen as well throughout the day.
In this position you will work directly with one of the associates or interns to travel to farms or help with haul-in appointments. Some days can be long with unusual cases or emergencies, but a four day work week with a share of weekends is typical.