Category: Blog
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Focus on Flexible Working in Veterinary Practice
Flexible working means different things to different people but there is no doubt that it is a hot topic in the veterinary profession at the moment. As all levels of the profession strive to find solutions to the workforce shortages, embracing flexible working features high up the agenda. Why do we want flexible working? In… Read more
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Have You Given Yourself Space To Reflect?
This year is swiftly heading to an end, and for many people this becomes a time of reflection. We’ve been taught that new years are for new beginning, right? We don’t have to wait for January 1st to start thinking about what’s important to us. With the coaching work that we do at Vet Empowered,… Read more
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Where could we ditch the “S” word in our veterinary careers and beyond?
Which “S” word? SHOULD. I should-ed my way through life for a long time. Should stay in my first veterinary job for at least a year, even though I knew deep down it wasn’t the right one for me after the first eight months. Should get a certificate, even though I barely left work as… Read more
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Beating burnout in veterinary practice: focus on wellbeing
Most veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses enter the profession to care for the health and wellbeing of animals. A career that revolves around helping others, albeit of the four-legged variety, requires significant emotional input. Add to that long working hours, busy on-call rotas and packed diaries, and the job can soon start to take its… Read more
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What does self-care have to do with imposterism?
If you’ve followed the JHP Blog for a while, you’ll know that I regularly create content around feeling like an imposter. This one is a little different. I’m going to share some of my own experiences, see if any of it resonates with you. So what do these two things have in common? Self-relationship and… Read more
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The Power of Positivity in the Face of a Veterinary Recruitment Crisis
The veterinary profession has long been the dream career of many. Varied, interesting and rewarding, is it any wonder that there is no shortage of applicants to vet schools in the UK. So why is there a vet shortage and a well-documented veterinary recruitment crisis? The cause of the current challenges facing the veterinary profession,… Read more
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The pros and cons of veterinary locum life
Working in veterinary practice can be immensely rewarding, but there is no doubt that there are some challenges facing the profession at the moment, not least when it comes to veterinary recruitment. With full diaries and permanent staff at full capacity, veterinary locums are in high demand. In fact there is no better time to… Read more
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Last minute veterinary vacancies: how to fill those rota gaps
The veterinary profession is facing a recruitment crisis like never before and the whole veterinary team is being stretched to breaking point. Veterinary job vacancies are at an all-time high, rota gaps mean that receptionists are trying to magic appointments out of nowhere and practice managers are losing sleep over staff shortages and rota gaps.… Read more