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The Veterinary Clinical Extern Program Coordinator serves as primary support for veterinary students, ensuring timely scheduling of externships and effective communication between students and hospitals. They also maintain an up-to-date database of hospital contacts and act as a liaison with the extern software development team.
A Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience is required, along with at least 3 years of relevant experience. The role demands strong communication skills and the ability to manage scheduling and database tasks effectively.
BluePearl Pet Hospital is currently looking to add a Veterinary Clinical Extern Program Coordinator to join our team. Serves as a primary support, communicates directly with veterinary students, determines hospital(s) with programs best fitting individual interests, and connects students to hospital contacts as appropriate. As a Veterinary Clinical Extern Program Coordinator you will: Ensures that students submitting application requests have provided all the required information prior to scheduling externships. Provides a timely experience for veterinary students submitting requests with a goal of getting all externs scheduled within 2 business days or less. Keeps track of student requests and elevates unusual or unexpected delays to line managers as appropriate. Identifies opportunities to improve expectation-setting and communication between the hospitals and the students. Serves as subject matter expert on the extern scheduling software, assists hospitals with booking and maintaining the calendar, and identifies students interested in EmERge or rotating internships. Provides training and updates using a multi-channel, multi-media, results-oriented approach that involves but is not limited to maintaining a Viva Engage channel, leading Teams meetings, creating videos or email. Maintains an up-to-date database of hospital extern coordinators, practice managers and hospital leaders, including notes regarding any special circumstances (i.e. limits to number of externs, pausing programs, etc.). Acts as the primary contact with the extern software development team for all questions and requests. Answers and assists with extern questions and directs other inquiries as needed. Coordinates with all members of the BP Campus Connect team. Addresses scheduling changes in a proactive and timely manner. Responsible for distributing and collating extern feedback responses to stakeholders. Reviews and reports on other companies' extern processes, capturing best practices and implementing or advocating for them as appropriate. Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required. 3+ years relevant experience required. Why BluePearl? Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food. We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career. To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals. We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options. Parental leave benefits Flexible work schedules 401k and retirement planning Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets. BluePearl is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.
This job posting was last updated on 9/28/2025