Veterinary Voices
Veterinary Voices celebrates all that's great about working in the veterinary industry via clinics that put their people first.
Julie South (Veterinary Recruitment Marketing Strategist) catches up with industry professionals who join her in celebrating life as a veterinary professional because they work in great clinics that put their people first.
Together with her guests, Julie South is on a mission to celebrate positive, dynamic and healthy workplaces where everyone loves going to work on Monday mornings.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 244
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
024 - Covid-19 Vaccination Roll Out - what to do and not to do - how to be a Good Faith Employer
This episode is to help veterinary clinic employers AND employees navigate the troubled waters of Covid-19 vaccination rollouts
Given there’s been a bit of talk in the media lately about…
023 - Dr Alejandra Arbe-Montoya - Veterinarian Moral Distress, Moral Conflict & Conscientious Objection
Dr Alejandra Arbe-Montoya a PhD candidate from the University of Adelaide and Julie South discuss:
- Why veterinarians are leaving clinical practice,
- Moral Distress – what it is and why it …
022 - Negotiating Like A Pro - Never Split the Difference - Chris Voss - book introduction
Does the thought of negotiating have you breaking out into a sweat or in hives?
Would you rather do anything but negotiate?
Many veterinary recruitment deals are lost - the dream candidat…
021 - Dr Rose Unsworth - what it's like working in New Zealand as an overseas qualified veterinarian
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 veterinari…
020 - Hnry App | James Fuller | accounting service especially for self-employed locums | contractors
Today’s show is especially helpful for existing locums of any kind: veterinarians, nurses and vet techs as well as the clinics that hire them.
If you’re a locum, you’ll seriously want…
019 - 6 ways veterinary clinics can improve the ROI on their job advertisements
In today's episode:
My thoughts on whether I think we have a veterinary shortage (or not).
The shift I've noticed in the last nine months or so - since we've come out of AL4 Lockdown in 2…
018 - Dr Jasmin Klocker | Open Letter CVE & AVA | veterinary shortage | some solutions
This week I want to start a conversation, a discussion – with YOU. I want to know what YOUR thoughts, opinions and ideas are on a letter I received over the weekend.
It’s an Open Lette…
017 – Compassionomics - the revolutionary scientific evidence that caring makes a difference - book review
At the beginning of this year, I had the opportunity of catching up with a VetStaff locum for lunch.
We solved all the problems currently facing the veterinary sector and the world.
Ove…
016 - for Veterinary Professionals - the $1,500 Virbac Rural Women New Zealand Animal Health Graduate Grant
If you're a new veterinary graduate - veterinarian, veterinary nurse or veterinary technician thinking about, or already living in, rural New Zealand then this podcast is for you becaus…
015 - new Covid-19 subsidies & payments + border crossing requirements - February 2021
Given that Covid-19 has been brought front-and-centre back into our lives and our businesses this week, I thought it might be a good idea to have a chat about the latest business subsid…
014 - Covid-19 vaccine rollout - can employers mandate - the jab or my job?
Now that there’s talk the Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out in Godzone Aotearoa New Zealand – and with a bit more of a concrete timeline than we’ve had before, can your employer give yo…
013 - Reference Checks - 9 questions to ask | what you can and cannot do - or ask | NZ law
Reference (and background) checking - why you absolutely must see it as an investment rather than a cost
- why you should do it – even when you think you can’t spare the time,
- what questi…
012 - Dr Vanessa Johnson | imposter syndrome | handling stress | attitude journal | mental health
As you’ll hear from Vanessa’s accent – she’s not a kiwi - she left her family and friends in Canada to come to New Zealand 8 years ago to fulfil her dreams of studying in NZ to become a…
011 - mindsets: how to recognise, maximise & materialise the growth (vs fixed) mindset to grow your veterinary clinic
Today’s episode is about the importance of having a GROWTH MINDSET vs a FIXED MINDSET and how to use take that approach to bring about positive change in your life and veterinary clinic…
010 - Veterinary profession compassion fatigue | tips and strategies to cope | positive psychology | mindfulness
This is the fourth episode (004) in the series supporting the parliamentary petition at GetVets.NZ.
Today we look at some strategies to help you counter compassion fatigue – both as an i…
009 - Dr Rose Unsworth - locum stresses in clinic and in life pre- and during border closures
This is the fourth episode in the series supporting WHY I’m launching a parliamentary petition requesting the government to designate veterinarians as critical workers to let more into …
008 - veterinary superpowers + NZVC Workforce Survey + MPI + veterinary shortages - part 3
This is the third podcast in the series giving the background info as to why I’m supporting NZs veterinary sector by petitioning NZs parliament to change the classification of veterinar…
007 - Compassion Fatigue - what you can do to help your favourite veterinary professionals alleviate this condition - veterinarian shortage - part 2
This week we look at some of the mental stresses that your favourite veterinary professionals are under so you can get a better understanding of what it’s like to walk a few kms in thei…
006 - Veterinarian shortage in NZ - some causes and some effects - part 1
The first of a multi-part series looking at the dire veterinarian shortage New Zealand faces.
This shortage impacts the humans doing the caregiving - the veterinarians, their colleagues …
005 - how to calculate Christmas & New Year Statutory Holidays - watch out for the fish hook this year
If your clinic is open 6 or 7 days a week, then this episode is for you because calculating public holidays isn’t as straight forward for 6 and 7-day clinics as it is for Monday-Friday …