Veterinary Voices
Veterinary Voices is for veterinary clinic owners who want to hire Their Kind of People—and want vets and nurses to recognise them as Their Kind of Clinic.
For years, hiring gave vet clinics two options: run a job ad or don’t. Veterinary Voices is about the third: sharing culture stories consistently, so the right vets and nurses can get to know your clinic before you’re recruiting.
Hosted by Julie South, founder of VetClinicJobs, each episode explores the Decision Gap: the space between a job advert and a job application, where vets and nurses research your clinic and decide for themselves whether it could be Their Kind of Clinic.
You’ll hear REAL culture stories from vets and nurses, along with practical guidance for recognising the everyday experiences that reveal how a clinic genuinely operates—how people support each other, respond under pressure, make decisions and live the values displayed on the clinic wall.
You’ll learn which stories to share, how to turn those experiences into credible recruitment evidence, and how to remain recognised by vets and nurses who may be keeping an eye out for their next career move.
If you want your “great culture” to be something vets and nurses recognise instead of something you claim, this is your show.
Veterinary Voices
021 - Dr Rose Unsworth - what it's like working in New Zealand as an overseas qualified veterinarian
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What's it like working in New Zealand as an overseas-qualified veterinarian?
This episode is the first in the library collection about what it’s like for an overseas-qualified veterinarian to work in New Zealand as a veterinarian. Because, as I’m sure you know, not all overseas qualified veterinarians can actually work here as a veterinarian without re-qualifying first.
Dr Rose Unsworth and I talked about all sorts of things:
- the differences in pet insurance uptake and how that manifests in-clinic,
- different induction processes for locums at different clinics,
- and the varying health & safety rules and regs in different parts of the world.
If you’re listening to this show and you’d like to work as a veterinarian in New Zealand please get in touch with me - I’ll put all of my contact details on the show notes page for this episode – but if you have pen and paper handy right now, you can email me at julie@vetstaff.co.nz.
Likewise, if you’re an overseas qualified veterinarian working Downunder and would like to share your experiences as a guest, please get in touch, because I’d love to have you on the show.
Topics covered:
- 35, 40, 45 & longer working weeks
- working with pet insurance and working without pet insurance
- going on call outs by yourself
- health & safety - limits to how much you can lift
- paperwork - who does what
- is there a vet nurse shortage in New Zealand
- how providing excellent mentorship requires more experienced veterinarians
- job satisfaction - what it is and what it isn't
To get in touch with Julie South:
Email: julie@vetstaff.co.nz
WhatsApp: +6427 282 4155
Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?
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