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Alliance Animal Health
Swansboro, North Carolina

DVM Student Externship - Swansboro Animal Hospital

VeterinarianIncludes callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$18/hour

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about the work setting, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Company Description

Swansboro Animal Hospital Emergency and Trauma Center is a company in Swansboro, NC 28584. We are rewarding, collaborative, engaging and our goal is to provide high quality medicine to treat pets with the best care possible.

We are a busy Emergency Medicine private practice and looking for our next star vet student to continue helping us save lives. Our goal in the near future is to expand into a 24-hour emergency facility. We are located on the beautiful coast of NC. We have been open for 2 years and continuing to grow exponentially. VECCS certification is also in motion as well.

We practice progressive, high quality medicine with owners dedicated to keeping up with advancing medicine.

We have all the toys (high resolution DR rads, ultrasound, endoscope, Ligasure, full in house blood machines (including blood gas, blood typing, cortisol, bile acids, clotting times,) digital cytology, fecal/urine analyzers, oxygen kennels, extensive monitoring equipment, large surgery suite, central lines, full pharmacy-whatever you want to stock to practice at your best, we support!).

We currently have 5 licensed technicians on staff who are vital to our daily operation, as well as numerous awesome assistants and receptionists. The dedicated staff work their butts off and truly care about saving pets.

We do not pass up the opportunity to hire dedicated, skilled vet techs or assistants to continue our mission of saving lives.

Finally, the beach! There's so much to do here if you love the outdoors. Kayaking, paddle boarding, boating, hiking, trail walking, shark tooth searching, historical sites, and even more! Wilmington and Raleigh are a short dive if you crave more city life adventures.

Check out our day to day life here!

Job Description

We’re Looking For

  • 1st through 4th Year Veterinary Students
  • Compassionate, Team Player and Strong Communicator
  • Students looking to enhance their education through real world experiences

We Offer Our Veterinary Student Externs

  • Flexible Scheduling
  • Paid Externship Hours
  • Future Employment Opportunity Preferences
  • DVM Mentor Network
  • 1:1 Mentorship and Guidance

Qualifications

  • Must be an Active Veterinary Student from an AVMA Accredited Institution.
  • Additional Information

We Are a DRUG-Free, Smoke-Free, Equal Opportunity Employer.

Company Policy & Federal & State Laws Forbid Discrimination Because of Age, Color, Race, Religion, Sex, Disability, Sexual Orientation or National Origin

Compensation: up to USD 18 - hourly

Key Responsibilities

The extern will participate in real-world emergency medicine experiences to enhance their veterinary education. They will work alongside a dedicated team to provide high-quality care and support the hospital's mission of saving lives.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Trauma careVeterinary medicineCommunicationTeamworkSurgical assistanceDiagnostic imagingPatient monitoringPharmacology

Healthcare Professional Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinarian listings this role was benchmarked against, 100% have no call, 100% require no weekends.

Veterinarian pay on WeekdayDoc is down 6.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

2.8/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Swansboro

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$355k
Typical market rent
$1,913/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.1
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Jacksonville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Alliance Animal Health

Veterinary Services
Rye Brook, New York
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Scheduling
Paid Externship Hours
Future Employment Opportunity Preferences
DVM Mentor Network
1:1 Mentorship and Guidance