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DVM Focus
Buffalo, New York

Veterinary Hospitalist – Emergency & Critical Care | Buffalo Area, NY

Hospital MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$150k-$200k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 31m ago · Verified live

Job Description

DVM Focus is representing a full-time Veterinary Hospitalist opportunity with a well-established emergency and specialty hospital in the Buffalo, New York area.

This position is designed for an experienced veterinarian who enjoys managing hospitalized patients, complex medical cases, and continuity of care in a collaborative emergency and critical-care environment.

The Role

The Veterinary Hospitalist will oversee and coordinate care for hospitalized patients while working closely with emergency clinicians, specialists, technicians, and support staff.

Responsibilities Include

  • Managing hospitalized emergency and critical-care patients
  • Monitoring patient progress and adjusting treatment plans
  • Coordinating diagnostic testing and treatment
  • Providing continuity of care between clinical teams and shifts
  • Communicating with pet owners regarding patient status and treatment plans
  • Collaborating with emergency veterinarians and specialists
  • Supporting patient stabilization and ongoing case management
  • Maintaining thorough and accurate medical records
  • Participating in clinical protocols and standards of care

The Practice

The hospital provides emergency, critical-care, specialty, and advanced medical services for companion animals.

Veterinarians work in a collaborative environment with access to advanced diagnostic, medical, surgical, and critical-care resources. The hospitalist role provides the opportunity to focus heavily on inpatient medicine and complex case management while working alongside a multidisciplinary veterinary team.

  • What This Opportunity Offers
  • Full-time hospitalist position
  • Emergency and critical-care environment
  • Collaborative specialty and emergency team
  • Advanced diagnostic and treatment resources
  • Complex and varied caseload
  • Competitive compensation
  • Professional development and continuing education support
  • Paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Professional dues and licensing support
  • Professional liability coverage

Qualifications

  • DVM or equivalent veterinary degree from an accredited university
  • Active New York veterinary license or ability to obtain one
  • Clinical experience with emergency, critical-care, urgent-care, or complex hospitalized patients
  • Strong diagnostic and case-management skills
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary clinical team
  • Commitment to high-quality patient care and continuity of treatment
  • Refer to DF-7405 when contacting DVM Focus.

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About DVM Focus

DVM Focus provides confidential, consultative career search and placement support for veterinary professionals. Our services are free to DVM candidates. We work directly with veterinary practices and organizations nationwide to identify opportunities based on your individual priorities, goals, and career direction.

To protect the confidentiality of our client relationships, identifying practice information may be shared with qualified candidates after an initial conversation with DVM Focus.

Your career. Your priorities. Your search.

If this sounds like it could be a fit — or even close to what you’re looking for — connect with DVM Focus. We represent veterinary opportunities nationwide, and your search doesn’t have to be limited to the positions you happen to see posted. Tell us what matters to you, and we’ll help you explore the opportunities that align with it.

Know a colleague who’s looking? Introduce them to DVM Focus. If your referral results in a successful placement, we’ll pay you a referral fee following completion of the applicable placement guarantee period.

Don’t see what you want here? We can search anywhere in the United States — tell us what you’re looking for.

About DVM Focus

DVM Focus provides confidential, consultative career search and placement support for veterinary professionals. Our services are free to DVM candidates. We work directly with veterinary practices and organizations nationwide to identify opportunities based on your individual priorities, goals, and career direction.

To protect the confidentiality of our client relationships, identifying practice information may be shared with qualified candidates after an initial conversation with DVM Focus.

Your career. Your priorities. Your search.

If this sounds like it could be a fit — or even close to what you’re looking for — connect with DVM Focus. We represent veterinary opportunities nationwide, and your search doesn’t have to be limited to the positions you happen to see posted. Tell us what matters to you, and we’ll help you explore the opportunities that align with it.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate care for hospitalized emergency and critical-care patients, including monitoring progress, arranging diagnostics, adjusting treatment plans, and supporting stabilization. Maintain continuity across teams and shifts, communicate with pet owners, collaborate with clinicians and specialists, and keep accurate records while following clinical standards.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Inpatient Veterinary MedicineEmergency CarePatient MonitoringTreatment PlanningDiagnostic Testing CoordinationClient CommunicationMedical RecordkeepingDiagnostic SkillsInterpersonal CommunicationMultidisciplinary Collaboration

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 47 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 79% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

In New York, the Hospital Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$248k (69 salary observations; 158 listings), vs ~$305k nationally (587 salary observations; 3,336 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Hospital Medicine market look like in New York?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$150k–$200kHospital Medicine median $145k (middle half $135k–$158k)38 comparable listings, Oct 2026
New York vs national$248k median in New York$305k nationally (−19%)69 state / 587 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$162k in purchasing powerNew York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in New York61 active1,232 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 79% no call · 62% no weekends47 benchmarked listings
Hospital Medicine pay trend+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

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Salary Distribution

31 jobs · 9 employers
25
<$315k
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$345k-360k
2
$360k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 9 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
PSLF eligible
10%
Sign-on bonus
7%
Relocation assistance
7%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,215 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Professional development and continuing education support
Paid time off
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)
Professional dues and licensing support
Professional liability coverage

Living in Buffalo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$246k≈ 1.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,421/mo≈ 11% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.8
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.

BEA 2024 · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.