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
Veterinarian Dr Helen Beattie - Conflict, Tension and Veterinary Moral Distress - part 2 of 3
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Veterinarian Dr Helen Beattie on:
- Conflict, Tension & Moral Distress
- Books Helen's reading and recommends
- Inspiration & aspirational parenting
- + a bit of philosophical discussion
Part 2 of a multi-part series getting to know Dr Helen Beattie before she became known to New Zealand's veterinarians in her role as Chief Veterinary Officer at the New Zealand Veterinary Association.
Part 1 - episode 069 - some career highs and lows
Books Dr Helen Beattie is reading or has just finished reading:
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52741293-shuggie-bain
Roar - How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life by Dr Stacy Sims
https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/roar-9781623366865
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given: https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/product/women-dont-owe-you-pretty-6548712
Top level topics Helen talks about:
- Some of “team” & “people” highlights vs things she’s achieved.
- The privilege of having “thinking time” that you don’t get in clinical practice.
- The opportunity to be exposed to amazing minds and people that vets in clinic don’t get.
- What would “Old Helen” say to “Young Helen” – I asked Helen what tips she’d give to herself today as a freshly graduated vet.
- Her personal principles
- Tension and conflict
- Communication
- Human behaviour change
- Bipolar language
- The power of language
- Helen talks about how cycling gives her thinking space and time: her clearinghouse
- Working as a locum in the UK
- The prevalence of specialists just around the corner.
- Her desire for kiwi fur baby parents to invest in pet insurance for comfort and security.
- Moral distress – a lowlight for most vets in their veterinary career.
Julie and Dr Beattie skirt on the fringes around the topic of rape. If you are sensitive to this you might find this episode a bit sensitive.
Although the topic isn't discussed in any detail whatsoever please be aware the word is raised!
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