When I left school I went to Kingston Maurward College and studied Animal Care and made my way to the L3 National Diploma in Animal Management. Close to finishing the course in 2010 I got a job in a small animal vets, but unfortunately this wasn’t a training practice. Knowing I wanted to go down the diploma route to nursing rather than a degree, I knew it was tough to get a placement in a trainee practice, but I was very persistent.
So, I took a job as a veterinary receptionist in a trainee practice knowing it would be a step in the right direction. I was right – a year later in 2012 they took me on as a vet nurse student. After blood (courtesy of the frightened cats) sweat and lots of tears I qualified in 2015 (Yay me!).
I’ve since worked in small animal practice as well as having the experience of working in an ‘out of hours’ emergency practice.
Joining the Vetsmiths’ team has been the best thing to happen to me in my career and I love meeting our clients and their gorgeous pets.
When I was growing up I wanted to be … a Veterinary Nurse. Having always had animals around me I was fortunate to know what I wanted to do since a very young age and here I am a registered veterinary nurse. I couldn’t imagine life as anything different.
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