Veterinary nurses

Head Nurse

Laura joined Ambivet in 2008 at our Heanor surgery and is now head nurse at our Ilkeston surgery. She started her veterinary nurse training at Rodbaston College in 2009 and gained her qualification in 2011. Laura has two cats, Luna and Dexter, and a Labrador called Ruby.

Head Nurse

Sophie joined Ambivet in 2011 at our Aspley surgery and is now head nurse at this surgery. She started her veterinary nurse training at Bottle Green Training in 2012 and gained her qualification in 2015.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Jaime is a Student Veterinary Nurse currently in her first year at Bottle Green Training. She has been working at our Ilkeston surgery full time since January 2016 but previously did a Kennel Assistant role for six months at Ambivet, Heanor. Jaime underwent work experience and voluntary work with us whilst studying Animal Care at Broomfield College in 2014. At home she has four dogs, Rusty and Freddie the Cocker Spaniels, Barney the Springer Spaniel and then her own dog, Desmond the dachshund. Jaime enjoys all aspects of nursing and finds it very rewarding.

Tracy joined our Ilkeston team in May 2018 after graduating from Nottingham Trent University. She has a keen interest in exotic and avian nursing and would like to do further studying in the future. At home she has two horses called Pop-pop and Skye, two French Bulldogs called Fifi and Louie, four cats that go by the names of Kippers, Creamy-dude, Cookie-monster and Leo, two rabbits called Billy and Joey, a parrot called Jazz and a royal python.

Head Nurse

Cathryn is one of our head nurses and is based at our Ripley branch. Cathryn joined Ambivet in 2003 where she started out as one of our receptionists on Saturday mornings. She then was given the opportunity to start training as a nurse. Cathryn started her nurse training at Mysercough College in 2008, and gained her veterinary nursing qualification in 2010. Cathryn was our head nurse at our Wollaton branch for five years before recently moving back to Ripley. Cathryn loves spending time with her dog Milla, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

Patient Care Assistant

Katie joined the Wollaton branch as a Patient Care Assistant at the start of 2019. She graduated in 2017 with a degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology. She has two cats, Anubis and Nephthys, both of which were rescued from Cats Protection. Outside of work, her time is occupied with keeping Nephthys from harassing Anubis. She also enjoys reading horror novels, decorating and gardening and playing video games.

Head Nurse

Rebecca is a Head Registered Veterinary Nurse at our Wollaton branch and also works at our Hospital, the Heanor branch. Rebecca, who graduated from Nottingham Trent in 2015 has also completed a postgraduate certificate in Emergency and Critical Care with Vets Now. Rebecca joined the Ambivet team in December 2017 and is generally interested in advanced and referral nursing. Rebecca has a Welsh Springer Spaniel called Sammy and two naughty cats, Dolly and Reina. Outside of work Rebecca enjoys spending time with friends and family, cooking, travelling and an equal ratio of intellectual documentaries and, admittedly, less intellectual reality TV.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Sarah is a second year student veterinary nurse currently studying at Bottle Green Training to become a Registered Veterinary Nurse. Prior to this she studied at Myerscough College in Preston and completed a long-distance nursing course to gain her Animal Nursing Assistant qualification. Sarah started at Ambivet in November 2014 and finds nursing incredibly rewarding. Sarah enjoys all aspects of nursing, in particular emergency and critical care. She has a Dachshund called Ruby and two cats called Elmo and Marley

Alison has been a qualified veterinary nurse since 2002. She completed her training in south Wales where she worked in practice for 10 years, then she came to Ambivet in 2008. Outside of work Alison loves spending time with her three dogs; Maggie the Beagle, Paige the Pekingese cross and Jake the Border Terrier.

Georgia started with us at Ambivet in 2012 and started her veterinary nurse training in 2013 at Bottle Green Training. She qualified in 2016 and finds her work very rewarding. At home she has a rescue cat called Pea and a German Shepherd called Rio. Georgia enjoys all aspects of nursing, in particular a strong focus on exceptional patient care, theatre and pharmaceuticals, with Georgia being head of dispensary at our Ripley surgery.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Alice joined Ambivet in February 2014. She is now a third year student at Bottle Green Training and is hoping to become an RVN during 2018. She has a particular interest in surgical nursing and anaesthesia. Alice has two pets of her own, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Sadie and a horse called Bella.

Patient Care Assistant

Lorena started working at the Ripley branch in October 2018, working as a patient care assistant. She hopes to start training as a student veterinary nurse in September 2019. Her pets include various fish, a guinea pig called Cooper, Chase the cat, Ecko the leopard gecko and a gerbil called Rodney. Lorena’s interests are wildlife, animal biology and sightseeing abroad.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Amiee is in her first year studying veterinary nursing at Bottle Green. Prior to this she had been in practice for three years and started at Ambivet in 2016. She enjoys all aspects of nursing but has a keen interest in medicine. She has one dog, Lily a Yorkshire Terrier.

Taryn qualified with Ambivet as a RVN in 1995 after training at Myerscough college. She had a break from small animal practice to work in equine practice in Australia and America. She then returned to small animal practice in 2007 and is now part of the nursing team at the Ripley surgery. Taryn enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing and has a dog called Tahlia and a horse called Gem.

Amy is one of our qualified nurses and works over at our Ilkeston surgery. She joined Ambivet back in 2005 and commenced her training at Myerscough College in 2007, gaining her veterinary nursing qualification in 2009. Amy then went on to study a certificate in exotic veterinary nursing in 2015 and passed the final exams in 2016. Amy has four dogs at home, three Cavaliers, Dylan, Bree and Crumble and a Cocker cross Poodle called Mable. She also shares her home with four rabbits and two pet hamsters. Amy has an interest in exotic nursing and emergency and critical care and is aiming to further her studies in the near future.

Samantha is one of our qualified nurses and works at our Ilkeston surgery. Samantha joined Ambivet in 2005 and started her training at Myerscough College in 2007 and gained her veterinary nursing qualification in 2009. Samantha has also undertaken a certificate in exotic veterinary nursing in 2015 and passed the final exams in 2016. Samantha has many pets, including two dogs, a cat, a ferret and three lizards.

Amy graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2017. She completed all of her training at Ambivet, where she now continues to work at the Heanor branch as a full-time qualified nurse. She has a particular interest in hospital nursing, and would like to progress her career with training in behavioural studies. At home she has a Whippet called Wesley and a black cat called Penny.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Chloe is a student veterinary nurse at Heanor and has been working at Ambivet Veterinary Practice since January 2016. Chloe is currently in her first year studying veterinary nursing at Bottle Green College. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing but has a particular interest in surgical nursing and inpatient care. She has a domestic short haired black and white cat named Blue.

Isabel is one of our RVNs at our Ripley branch who started working at Ambivet in August 2010 when she was just 16 years old. She carried out her veterinary nurse training at Myerscough College, qualified in 2014 and is now a clinical coach to new trainee nurses. Isabel has a Toy Poodle named Moose and a moggy cat named Sydney who was brought in as a stray. Isabel is also a registered photographer who has a special interest in pet photography.

Amanda joined Ambivet in 2003 as a trainee veterinary nurse, and qualified in 2007. She is the proud owner of Humphrey the cat (whom she re-homed after his litter was abandoned at the practice) and Bertie the Labrador. Amanda particular interests are theatre and post-operative recovery, as well as a spot of laboratory work thrown in for good measure. In her free time (not that she gets much of that with small children running around), Amanda enjoys reading, walking, and various crafts.

Head Nurse

Fern splits her time as a Head Nurse at our Wollaton branch and a registered nurse at our Aspley branch. She has been working at Ambivet since summer 2014 and completed her studies in veterinary nursing during the spring of 2018. She has a special interest in exotic animals and is always keen to learn about different species and their specialist requirements. She is currently undertaking a certificate in Animal Behaviour and is hoping to put this into practice when completed. At home, she has 2 cats, a naughty torti named Pirate and a ginger cat named Dexter, a rescue German Shepherd cross called Wilson, and 2 rabbits named Jack and Beans.

Marie joined Ambivet in 1983 while still at school, working Saturdays and occasional evenings. Marie then joined the practice full-time in 1985 and qualified in 1989 from Hutton Agricultural College in Preston. Marie left the practice in 1991, but decided to return ten years later. Marie has two dogs Poppy and Maisy and a rabbit called Peter.

Erin studied veterinary nursing at Bottle Green College and qualified in summer 2016, she now works at our hospital branch at Heanor. She enjoys all aspects of nursing but has a particular interest in surgical nursing, inpatient care and all things feline! She is currently completing her ISFM (international feline society of medicine) certificate in feline nursing and once completed she would like to complete a feline nursing advanced diploma. Erin has a Chihuahua called Cecil as well as two Axolotls called Juniper and Neil. As you have probably already guessed, Erin is a big fan of cats and has a large number of them - seven to be precise! Denis, Eva, Jari, Milo, Scarface, Tily and Enid. Most of Erin's cats were adopted from our surgery as they were strays but she hand reared Enid from birth! Enid was born with a life threatening deformity and if it wasn't for Erin, Enid wouldn't be with us today. Enid even has her own Instagram page! When Erin isn't running administration for Enid's Instagram page, she enjoys going to concerts, festivals (especially Glastonbury) and travelling.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Isobel started working at our Ripley branch in 2016 as a trainee nurse after completing her A Levels in maths, chemistry and biology. She attends Bottle Green College once a week and enjoys spending the rest of the week learning about all the aspects of nursing in practice. She has a Cockerpoo called Billy and enjoys long walks with him in her spare time.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Molly is current studying at Bottle Green training and aims to be qualified in 2019. She started working here December 2014. She enjoys all aspects of nursing and likes spending time looking after all her animals at home. Her pets include three dogs, two cats, two rabbits and a tortoise.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Natasha is in her first year studying veterinary nursing at Bottle Green Training. She has been working at our Aspley surgery since August 2015. Natasha enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing but especially enjoys inpatient care. She has a French Mastiff called Sam and a cat called Oscar.

Laura started working at the Heanor branch of Ambivet in 2011 before moving to the Ripley branch in 2012 and qualifying as an RVN in 2016 at Bottle Green College. You will now find Laura between both our Heanor and Ripley surgeries as she endeavours to expand her experience and knowledge of small animal anaesthesia; her particular area of interest. When not at work Laura can usually be found with her three horses, Finn, Lulu and Star or her cats Vinnie and violet – both rescued as stray kittens through Ambivet.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Lydia started at Ambivet Aspley in October 2017 and will be starting college in September. She studied at Derby College - Broomfield Hall to complete her Level 3 Animal Management Diploma. Lydia enjoys seeing all the different animals that come in to practice and is starting to learn the roles she will be partaking to become a veterinary nurse. In her spare time she loves to play with her Boxer dog called Hallie.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Hannah started at Ambivet in 2016 and is currently in her second year studying Veterinary Nursing at Bottle Green Training. Prior to working at Ambivet she had been in practice for three years. She enjoys all aspects of nursing, especially inpatient care and nursing clinics. Hannah has a Whippet called Olive and two guinea pigs called Nina and Spud.

Student Veterinary Nurse

Charlotte is in her second year studying veterinary nursing at Bottle Green Training. She has been working at our Ripley Surgery since 2016. Charlotte enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing but especially enjoys surgical nursing. She has two dogs at home, Bailey and Chloe who are both Lhasa Apso’s. Charlottes’ favourite breed of dog are Yorkshire Terriers and she aims to have one in the future.

Patient Care Assistant

Charlotte joined the Ambivet team in September 2017 after completing her Level 3 Diploma in Animal Management at Broomfield Hall. She initially started working at our Heanor hospital and is now currently based at our Ilkeston practice. She finds her work very rewarding and enjoys all aspects of her role, but she particularly enjoys providing exceptional post-operative patient care. She loves all animals we see in practice, her favourite being guinea pigs. At home she has a much-loved guinea pig named Blondie and plans to rescue more guinea pigs in the future.