Veterinary Voices

This is a bonus episode because Immigration New Zealand recently announced that, effective 1 November 2021, employers who have migrant workers (visa holders) on their staff will now require to be accredited under the new Immigration New Zealand requirements.

In this episode Richard Howard - Licensed Immigration Consultant - of Pathways New Zealand (based in Hamilton and Wellington) answers questions and helps allay fears some clinics may have.

Richard recommends making sure you've got all your immigration-worker I's dotted and T's crossed well before the new rules come into effect.

SHOW LINKS:
Richard Howard - Pathways NZ

Register of Licensed Immigration Consultants in New Zealand

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

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Dr Megan Alderson of The Strand Veterinarian in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, talks about implementing various wellness progs into her veterinary clinic - her trials and tribulations.

Dr Megan is very open and forthcoming with the information she shares:

• what's worked and didn't work
• her clinic's budgets and 
• how much she budgets for staff wellness and wellbeing

She also shares how her personality style worked against her, until she realised she needed to change her approach (which she did).

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

Part 2 (of 2) with Dr Francesa Brown on how to have a healthy vet clinic and a healthy bottom line.

Dr Brown covers:

• What KPIs to measure
• Where to start in supporting your team to be / get / stay healthy
• What questions to ask
• How to implement and how not to implement
• Johari Windows
• The real and true cost of staff turnover

She also asks for input / support / information as she gets ready to start her next research project.

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

This week is part 1 of a two-part series with Dr Francesca Brown of Otago Polytechnic.

If you don’t know Dr Francesca, she’s a veterinarian who graduated from Massey University’s class of ’98.  

After graduating and gaining experience in clinical practice Francesca moved to education and then into leadership in Allied Veterinary professional education, at both Otago Polytechnic, as the Head of the School of Veterinary Nursing and nationally as the Chair of the Educational Standards Committee for Allied Veterinary Professionals. 

Over her career Dr Francesca has seen first-hand and through her network of colleagues in the industry - both vets and allied veterinary professionals - the significant challenges personnel face.

If you’re attending the combined Vet Nurse and Vet Conference this year in Christchurch – coming up in June 2021 – be sure to register for Dr Francesca’s presentation as part of the business track.  

Today – and next week – Dr Francesca shares her research findings from her recent study into whether it’s actually possible to have healthy staff and healthy bottom lines in New Zealand veterinary clinics.   

Listen as Dr Francesca shares how her research was different to the many papers and books already written on this subject.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S SHOW

Dr Francesca's research
Find out about Julie's Veterinarian Mastermind Group

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

The veterinary practice management software company ezyVet launched MindfulMay as a way to give back to the global veterinary sector.

Starting in May 2021 with two webinars, ezyVet wants to create a worthwhile resources (veterinarian to veterinarian) that helps make a positive difference.

In this episode Julie South catches up with Pip and Lance from the marketing department of ezyVet in Auckland, New Zealand.

Mentioned in this episode:

ezyVet Mindful May's resource page:  https://www.ezyvet.com/mindfulmay

Dr Sarah Hoggan - webinar presenter:  https://californiaveterinaryspecialists.com/staff/sarah-hoggan/

Dr Megan Alderson - webinar presenter:  https://www.thestrandvet.co.nz/about/

Dr Shalsee Vigeant - webinar presenter:  http://www.animalemergency.co.nz/

Episode 25 - Dr Steve Merchant of IndieVets:  https://pawsclawswetnoses.fm/episode/025-dr-steve-merchant-indievets-q-and-a/

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

Did you know there are questions you just can’t ask your coworkers … your colleagues... at work …?  

I’m not talking being PC-on-steroids type subjects, I’m talking Privacy Act breaches – and that’s what this episode of PCWN is all about.  

If you’re tasked with hiring OR you’re a job-seeker who’s considering your next career move OR you’re someone, like me, who often has to open their mouth to change feet, then this episode is definitely for you.

Check out episode 013

Email for you to request copy of Qs Matrix Julie referenced:  [email protected]

NZ Acts of Parliament referenced:

·       The Employment Relations Act 2000
·       The Human Rights Act 1993, and
·       The Privacy Act 2020

Check out episode 025 & free lunch competition.

Upcoming shows:

Dr Francesca Brown, BVSc, Otago Polytech
Dr Bryan Gregor,  The Vet Podcast.

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

IndieVets - the collaborative and expanding group of independently owned and operated kiwi veterinary clinics - opened its doors early in 2021.

Its ethos is "local vets for local pets".

Julie asks Steve:

1. What does he say to those people who think he sold out on the whole local thing because he created, then sold, Pet Doctors to an Aussie ASX corporate?
2. Will he sell IndieVets?  How can he guarantee that?
3. Why should independently owned and operated clinics join IndieVets - what's in it for them?
4. How much does it cost to join?

FREE LUNCH LUCKY DIP GIVEAWAY CONTEST - for NZ Veterinary Clinics

To honour World Veterinary Day - which got a bit overshadowed in New Zealand with Anzac Day commemorations, VetStaff is giving away a free lunch to one lucky kiwi veterinary clinic.

To enter simply answer two questions correctly and email your answers to [email protected]:

Question #1

What did Steve say was on first page of the IndieVets agreement?

Question #2

What idea did Steve suggest ex business owners could do once they’ve sold their independent practices?  

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

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 vaccinations and testing – or lack thereof - and the government’s commitment to get Godzone Aotearoa New Zealand’s population vaccinated this year, today’s episode is all about the Covid-19 vaccination rollout and how to manage it in your clinic.

In this episode:

• can someone decline to give "vaccination" information to their employer?
  • What to do if they do - what are your options?
• As a kiwi veterinary clinic - what do you need to do to ensure you've done everything right and you don't end up with some kind of employment law or privacy law case being taken against you?
• Do you have to have the jab?

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

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 needs to be included as part of the curriculum at vet school,
• How setting personal boundaries can help when you find yourself morally distressed,
• What types of communication you need to practice,
• How to handle Moral Conflict, and
• What being a Conscientious Objector means in the veterinary context.

When Dr Ale's not doing her PhD research, she works as an emergency and critical care companion animal veterinarian in Adelaide, Australia. 

A few years back, Ale was close to calling it quits on her veterinary career.  She’d had enough and wanted out.   Not any more - today she's a staunch advocate in improving veterinary wellbeing in-clinic!

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

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 candidate, the dream job - because the veterinary clinic or the candidate - didn't know how to make the job happen.

There are many cases for using a professional recruitment agency in your veterinary clinic's hiring process.   

For me - Julie South - one of the really important aspects of when a recruitment agency comes into its own (and very definitely earns its fees) is in the times when negotiation is required.

Imagine losing your prime dream candidate because you didn't know how to get the deal across the line?

Imagine feeling that your dream job isn't worth negotiating for - that you're not worth the effort - how sad is that?

In this episode Julie South introduces some of the negotiation tactics and strategies she uses and she backs them up with expert negotiator Chris Voss - author of "Never Split the Difference" and real case examples with various clips of Voss's.

This is a must-listen-to episode if you'd like to have a few inside tips on how to improve your negotiation skills.

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics