DVM Student Externship - Emergency Veterinary & Specialty Services of Roanoke
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.
Job Description
Company Description
Emergency Veterinary & Specialty Services of Roanoke Virginia is a rewarding, collaborative, engaging emergency pet hospital with our goal 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 emergency veterinarian students to train. We are a 7 day a week, 24-hour emergency and specialty hospital located in the northwestern part of Roanoke, Virginia!
We currently have 6 Emergency Veterinarians, 12 veterinary assistants (some are licensed/working on completion of certification) and we practice progressive, high quality medicine with owners dedicated to keeping up with advancing medicine.
Roanoke is a city in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. It’s known for the Roanoke Star, also known as the Mill Mountain Star, a neon landmark overlooking the city from the summit of Mill Mountain. The surrounding park area is home to trails, picnic areas and the Mill Mountain Zoo.
Downtown, the Taubman Museum of Art highlights work by American artists like Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent. Whether you enjoy basking and exploring in nature, sightseeing the arts, you will certainly have much to do while you are here in Roanoke, Virginia!
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Job Description
We’re Looking For
- 3rd or 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 under the guidance of a DVM mentor. They will assist in providing high-quality medical care to pets within a 24-hour emergency and specialty hospital setting.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Veterinary Medicine Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 100% have no call, 100% require no weekends.
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- Includes call
Living in Roanoke
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $265k
- Typical market rent
- $1,413/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.6
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Roanoke, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.