b'EMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, ACHIEVE AND LEAD TOGETHEREMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, ACHIEVE AND LEAD TOGETHEREMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, ACHIEVE AND LEAD TOGETHEREMPOWERED TO INSPIRE,VETERINARY WOMAN CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGEACHIEVE & LEAD TOGETHERIam very invested in camelid medicine, and obtained a Certificate in Advanced Camelid Practice.I think being misunderstood or underestimated My career is around 50% clinical and 50%is a good motivator for wanting to change. Im a focused on leadership and management. I am currently completing a Masters indetermined person, so if something isnt working Marketing.for me, or others, like it should, I naturally want I m enjoying pursuing my diverse intereststo have a go at forging other paths.within my career in farm practice. I want others to be able to do the same, so I joined the board at SPVS to help others realise their goals. I am the current JuniorThe main thing that I want to emphasise is that being inclusive Vice President, and really enjoying myand focused on the needs of our colleagues is not to the varied roles in day-to-day life. detriment of people who have already benefited from the old system. If we had difficulty getting somewhere, we should be making it simpler for those who come after usnot making the struggle a rite of passage. The proof of this work is in the improved retention and satisfaction scores in teams that have adopted this way of working.As for my clinical focus, I see the benefit in sharing knowledge in a relatable and accessible way. BCVA have been great in putting Camelids for Cattle Vets into their programme to enable reach of vets that might not get to camelid focused CPD otherwise. Feedback has been positive, so thats some progressits always ongoing.What motivated you to want to change things? Another obligatory camelid photo I think realising that moving around for a better work life wasnt serving me (and was costing me more money than I had).If I wanted an ideal job and career, I needed to findalways work out, and you definitely need support along the somewhere that was open to changing for the better, where Iway, but I think gradually I just started believing the people could fulfil various ambitions in one place. Luckily, Westpointthat suggested I was capable of it. That wasnt easy and it in Chelmsford gave me that space, flexibility and support. Nowwasnt sudden. And the jobs not done yet.I am fulfilled in practice, I felt sure footed enough to try toHow have you encouraged other people to get on board make that happen for other people. with your ideas?I think being misunderstood or underestimated is a goodBeing persistently irritating? I dont know. I dont have a motivator for wanting to change. Im a determined person,lived experience other than my own to talk aboutI have to so if something isnt working for me, or others, like it should,recognise that where I might have sailed through things, others An obligatory camelid photoI naturally want to have a go at forging other paths. It doesntmight not have had the same support systems. www.veterinarywoman.co.uk 57'