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Alliance Animal Health
Springdale, Arkansas

DVM Student Externship - Animal Emergency & Specialty Center of NW Ar

VeterinarianNo callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$18/hour

The week · per this posting

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Company Description

The Animal Emergency and Specialty Center of NWA is a well-established and growing emergency and critical care practice. We are the only after hour facility in the Northwest Arkansas area and have a large pool of supportive referring veterinarians.

Our practice is fully equipped with digital radiography, large touch screen monitors in all client rooms, Ultrasound, Idexx laboratories in house, and a ForceTriad electrosurgical system. Just as important, we have a friendly, highly skilled, motivated, and fun-loving staff.

Our practice is remarkably busy, so it is important for our doctors and students to be able to handle high-stress situations, multi-task well, and have good communication skills.

Northwest Arkansas is home to Crystal Bridges-a world class art museum, the state’s largest live-music amphitheater, and a multitude of distinctive historic downtowns. It is also the home to four state parks, making it a prime destination for hiking, biking, and anything outdoors.

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Job Description

We’re Looking For

  • Open to 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 DVM 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 a busy emergency and critical care practice to enhance their education through real-world clinical experiences. They are expected to handle high-stress situations, multi-task effectively, and maintain strong communication with staff and clients.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Veterinary MedicineEmergency CareMulti-taskingTeamworkElectrosurgery

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates DVM Student Externship - Animal Emergency & Specialty Center of NW Ar at Alliance Animal Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all healthcare professional listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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 Arkansas is 86.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Arkansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

6.4/ 10
Listing-based score
  • No call

Living in Springdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$317k
Typical market rent
$1,426/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.4
State income tax
Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 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