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Alliance Animal Health
New York, New York

DVM Student Externship - Lefferts Animal Hospital

VeterinarianIncludes callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$17 per hour

The week · per this posting

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Posted 2mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Company Description

Your Future as a Veterinarian Starts Here!

At Lefferts Animal Hospital, we’re proud to have served our community for over 50 years, providing exceptional veterinary care with warmth, compassion, and expertise. We treat every pet as a member of our own family and believe in building lasting relationships with our clients. Our team is dedicated to making every visit comfortable and welcoming, so you and your pet always feel at home with us.

Our friendly and knowledgeable veterinary team offers a wide range of services for our patients. These include Wellness & Preventative Care, Dentistry, Routine and Advanced Surgery, Digital X-rays, Nutritional Counseling, Behavior Management, Ultrasound, a fully equipped diagnostic lab, a fully stocked pharmacy, therapeutic laser treatments, acupuncture, blood transfusions, daytime emergency and critical care, and much more.

Richmond Hill, New York, is a vibrant, culturally diverse neighborhood near Queens. This diversity is what makes Richmond Hill so unique, and it’s a wonderful place to live and work.

Not only will you experience many different cultures in one place, but you’ll also discover a collection of businesses that you won’t find anywhere else. Richmond Hill’s history dates back to the late 1600s, making it a fascinating place for anyone interested in American history.

It’s even believed that a Revolutionary War battle was fought at one of the town’s most historic landmarks. But perhaps most notably, Richmond Hill is known for its beautiful parks. The area is filled with recreational spaces, each just as lovely and peaceful as the last.

This makes Richmond Hill a perfect place to call home for anyone looking for a welcoming community and a relaxing escape from the crowds of the big city.

Learn More About Our Hospital Here!

Job Description

We’re Looking For

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

We Offer Our Veterinary Student Externs

  • Paid Externship Hours
  • 1:1 Mentorship and Guidance
  • Future Veterinary Opportunity Preferences
  • Future Ownership Opportunities through our Partner Track Program
  • DVM Mentor Network
  • Flexible Scheduling
  • This Externship is paid at $17 per hour

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 17 - hourly

Key Responsibilities

The extern will participate in clinical veterinary services including wellness care, surgery, and diagnostics under the guidance of a mentor. They will assist the veterinary team in providing compassionate care to patients while gaining real-world experience.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Veterinary medicineAnimal careDiagnostic imagingEmergency careCommunicationTeamwork

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 98% have no call, 96% require no weekends.

What does the Veterinary Medicine market look like in New York?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedVeterinary Medicine median $131k (middle half $85k–$144k)18 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingNew York index 107.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Veterinary Medicine listings in New York198 active3,147 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 98% no call · 96% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York healthcare professional listings: 37% state a sign-on bonus (median $88k) · 15% offer loan repayment267 active listings, Nov 2026
New Veterinary Medicine listings996 in the last 30 days502 the 30 days before (+98%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Veterinary Medicine pay trend+3.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-Life Balance Distribution

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 2.8
Better work-life than 20% of Veterinary Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,130 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
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About Alliance Animal Health

Veterinary Services
Rye Brook, New York
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid Externship Hours
1:1 Mentorship and Guidance
Future Veterinary Opportunity Preferences
Future Ownership Opportunities through Partner Track Program
DVM Mentor Network
Flexible Scheduling

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$875k
Typical market rent
$4,089/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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