Living and Working at CareVets Gisborne with Alice Dawson - Regional Manager - ep.1023

CareVets Gisborne | REAL+STORYWhen vets and nurses think about changing clinics, they’re not just choosing a role.They’re choosing the people they’ll work with — and the support around them when things get busy or unpredictable.In this episode of Veterinary Voices, Julie South continues the CareVets Gisborne REAL+STORY series with a different perspective — stepping back from day-to-day clinical roles to hear from the Regional Manager who supports the clinic.Julie is joined by Alice Dawson, Regional Manager at CareVets, who looks after Gisborne alongside Wellington and Napier. Alice has been with CareVets for ten years and worked as a veterinary nurse for seventeen, so what she shares here comes from long-term, lived experience.They talk about what makes CareVets Gisborne work as a team — the family feel, the support behind the clinic, professional development, equipment, and the kind of vet who tends to fit best.This isn’t a recruitment pitch. It’s an honest conversation about what working at CareVets Gisborne is really like — and whether it feels like your kind of clinic, with your kind of people.In This Episode00:00 – Introduction and where this episode fits in the CareVets Gisborne REAL+STORY series 01:04 – Alice’s background: ten years with CareVets and seventeen years as a veterinary nurse 02:17 – The “family feel” and growing people from within 02:59 – Why CareVets isn’t a corporate in the way people assume 03:43 – Staying connected to Gisborne despite its geographic remoteness 04:03 – What stands out about the CareVets Gisborne team 04:40 – The impact of degree-qualified veterinary nurses in the clinic 05:18 – How CPD is used across nursing and veterinary teams 05:49 – The kind of vet who fits best at CareVets Gisborne 06:20 – Investing in equipment and diagnostics to support the team 07:04 – Gisborne as a place to live and work 07:31 – Case variety and why no two days are the same 07:54 – Closing reflections and recruitment invitationIf you’re an experienced small animal veterinarian considering your next move, CareVets Gisborne is currently recruiting.You can find out more at vetclinicjobs.com/CareVetsGisborne.About Julie SouthJulie South is the founder of VetClinicJobs and host of Veterinary Voices.She works with veterinary clinics that want to show what working there is really like — not just list job requirements. Through VetClinicJobs, Julie helps clinics tell their culture stories so vets and nurses can recognise their kind of people and their kind of clinic before a vacancy appears.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