Dr Loren Cribb has been calling Gisborne home since 2014. She started as a nervous new grad from the South Island and stayed for the trauma cases, the hunting dogs, and a nursing team that's always "one step ahead."

This is what it's actually like to work at CareVets Gisborne.

The variety: "If you're only wanting to do vaccinations and dentals, it's not the clinic for you. If you like a little bit of a challenge and excitement, then you can definitely get it."

The team: "You go to ask for something and someone's already done it. Someone's already setting something up. You really just get to focus on what's happening with your patient."

The roster: Currently 1-in-4 after hours (shared with another clinic), about to become 1-in-6 when they hire their next vet.

The opportunity: "There is a lot of underutilised orthopaedic equipment in the clinic because we currently don't have anyone doing orthopaedics."

The location: "I like to be not on the way to anywhere. It's a perfect balance between semi-rural and still accessible."

I'm Julie South. I run VetClinicJobs and help vet clinics across Australia, New Zealand and beyond build Culture Centres through Culture Storytelling. This episode is part of CareVets Gisborne's REAL+STORY series - showing what working there genuinely looks like through real veterinary voices.

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