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In today’s episode of The Veterinary Business Success Show, we’re joined by locum RVT Julie Kerr. 

Julie Kerr is a Registered Veterinary Technologist based in Whitehorse Yukon, licensed with British Columbia and Alberta VTA’s. She is an alumnus of Saskatchewan Polytechnic where she graduated in 2012 having successfully taken a two-year veterinary technology program. 

In this episode, Julie speaks about her career as an RVT and why she decided to become a locum practitioner. She describes the challenges she experienced during her early years of practice. 

If you are interested in learning the strengths associated with being a veterinarian on locum terms, then this episode is for you. 

Episode Outline

• [00:00] Intro
• [01:04] Brendan starts the episode by asking Julie Kerr why she became a vet tech. 
• [1:52] Did you always love animals?
• [03:03] Brendan asks Julie whether she is an RVT or LVT.
• [03:17] Julie explains how and why she decided to join SaaS.
• [04:08] Julie responds to Brendan’s question on what she likes about Yukon.
• [05:21] Julie describes Saskatchewan, the area she grew up in. 
• [05:59] Julie describes her program in school.
• [06:48] How did the client-patient mix differ from that of the work you do now in the Yukon?
• [07:28] Are Yukon clients different from those in Saskatchewan?
• [08:45] Julie explains how one gets a job as a Technician in the Yukon.
• [10:02] Julie Kerr describes how she figured out who would pay her on locum.
• [11:18] What does burnout feel like to you?
• [15:11] Was there a period of time where you said where you got out of veterinary practice and so you weren’t working as a technician?
• [18:27] Ad break. Click here to learn more about our leadership program.
• [19:43] Julie explains what happened after she set her working standards in her new role.
• [26:53] Julie and Brendan discuss the experience of Julie working for six months in a musician-tour-like manner.
• [27:53] Julie discusses the difficulty of being a locum RVT.
• [29:49] Julie and Brendan discuss the networking strength of locum and customizing a website as her online resume.
• [34:11] Julie gives advice to other RVTs who wish to follow her path.
• [38:06] Outro.
• [38:45] The episode wraps up.

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Resources Mentioned

• http://juliekerrrvt.com/ 
• https://juliekerrrvt.com/post/648193165971587072/locum-adventures-the-beginning 
• https://yukonwildlife.ca/news/bald-eagle-right-carpal-infection/ 
• https://cdn.sanity.io/files/0vv8moc6/dvm360/ee278bfa82e0744dbad18c63bad3fab8a8980168.pdf/0322_dvm360_ezine_March_2022.pdf 

Connect with Julie Kerr

• LinkedIn
• Website