Reporting relationship
Reports directly to Hospital Staff.
Job Summary
The Hospital Internship at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) is open to students (undergraduates or recent graduates) with a focused interest in animal care or veterinary medicine. Students will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of sea turtle rehabilitation through hands-on experience while working directly with Loggerhead Marinelife Center hospital staff. The internship is unpaid and housing is not provided. Interns are responsible for locating their own living situations and transportation for the duration of the internship.
Core Responsibilities
- Daily diet preparation and feeding of sea turtle patients
- Aid hospital staff with daily operations of the hospital
- Assist hospital staff with sea turtle restraint during treatments and procedures
- Maintain cleanliness in indoor and outdoor hospital (cleaning/disinfection of tanks and equipment, water quality, stocking hospital supplies, etc.)
- Accurately record patient data in LMC’s electronic medical record system
- Prepare oral medications for administration
- Assist in sea turtle strandings and releases as needed
- Interpret patient cases for visiting public
- Assist in sea turtle necropsy.
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- College undergraduate student or recent graduate
- Desire to pursue a career in animal care or veterinary medicine
- 3 month (12 week) commitment
- Education and/or experience in environmental or biological science
- Computer and data entry skills
- Ability to swim
- Excellent communication and organization skills
- Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Positive attitude with a desire to learn
- Flexible schedule
- Possess a valid driver’s license but not required
- A personal laptop/tablet is highly recommended but not required
Physical Demands + Work Environment
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this internship. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this internship, the intern is regularly required to work long hours in the sun and at night in extreme conditions. This internship requires frequent sitting, squatting, standing, lifting, kneeling, bending, and stooping for long periods of time. The intern must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close-up vision, long-distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an intern encounters while performing the essential functions of this internship. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this internship, the intern is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
This internship description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this intern. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his, her, or their supervisor.
Application Deadlines
September Internship – August 31
January Internship – December 1
Summer Internship – April 1
Start and end dates are variable based on hospital needs
