Veterinary nurses

Rebecca originally joined HHG Vets in 2006 as a Saturday assistant. She began her nurse training in 2012, after graduating with a BsC (Hons) in Animal Science and Management. Rebecca qualified in 2016 as a veterinary nurse, she has a keen interest in reptiles and inpatient care.

Outside work, Rebecca is busy looking after her two young children, she enjoys weekends away and seeing family and friends. At home she has a bearded dragon called Eddie Lizard and a Californian king snake called Lilo.

After graduating at Hartpury University in 2017, as a Veterinary Nurse, Rosie travelled to Australia, Fiji and Indonesia and volunteered with local marine life and wildlife. Rosie has a keen interest in exotics and medical nursing and can often be found on wards looking after our inpatients. Rosie is also a qualified Marine Mammal Medic.

Rosie plays the important role of our wellbeing champion and mental health first aider.

Stephanie has worked in animal care since she finished school, starting in rescue. She joined the HHG Veterinary Group in 2019 and qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in February 2020. She maintains an interest in exotic animal care and has recently completed the certificate for the Advanced Programme in Veterinary Nursing of Small Mammals.

Stephanie has a Border Terrier called Tommy and two Budgies called Percy and Jackson and a Cockatiel called Noah. Outside of work Steph enjoys reading or catching up on anime.

Petra joined the HHG Vets team in 2012 as a veterinary nurse. She enjoys assisting with operations and looking after the in-patients, especially when it comes to elderly pets, as they will always have a special place in her heart.

Outside of work Petra has two young children to look after as well as Rocky the family dog, two male cats called Jo Black and Jimmy Snaps, and a gang of four guinea pigs. Both Petra and Rocky love going to obedience and agility classes.

Larni joined HHG Vets in October 2018. She became a qualified nurse in 2010, Larni loves all aspects of her nursing duties but in particular likes caring for the hospitalised patients - she derives great pleasure from nursing an animal back to good health and seeing them return home looking well. She enjoys meeting clients with their pets during nurse clinics and providing them with a great standard of service and care.

Outside of work Larni is busy looking after her young child and trying to maintain a social life. At home she also has a rescue cat called Wentworth.

Shelly originally joined HHG Vets as a receptionist/animal nursing assistant before completing her nurse training and qualifying as a registered veterinary nurse in 2009. She left the practice in 2010 before returning in September 2017 to join the Warminster team. Shelly enjoys all aspects of nursing, especially in-patient care and post anaesthesia care. She also especially enjoys seeing our patients during their recovery period.

Outside of work Shelly likes to spend time with her family and friends. She has two cats, Molly and Ernie.

Lara joined HHG Vets as a locum nurse in 2012 and liked it so much she stayed on permanently at the Warminster branch. She qualified as a nurse at a busy hospital in Brighton in 2008, before working in various locations around the country and abroad as a locum.

Now settled and happy in Somerset she spends much of her time cavorting in the countryside with her young son and helping animal welfare charities in their campaigns.

Rebecca joined HHG Veterinary Group in 2014 as a work experience student. She is now a qualified veterinary nurse and works mostly at the Trowbridge branch.

At home Bex has two cats called Pixie and Charlie. Outside of work she spends her days at the yard with her horse named Ginge, as well as enjoying spending time with her friends and family.

Sammi has worked in the veterinary industry since 2008, starting as a kennel assistant and working her way up to qualifying as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2017. Sammi enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing, from anaesthetics to nurse clinics.

Outside of work Sammi enjoys spending time with her husband and children.

Amy joined our MiNightVet team in September 2019. Amy qualified as a registered veterinary nurse from the University of Bristol in 2009 and after qualifying she stayed on at her foster practice where she remained for ten years.

She became a night nurse about five years ago and has a keen interest in medical nursing and emergency and critical care nursing. Currently she is studying for her Vets Now Emergency and critical care nursing certificate.

Outside of work Amy loves to spend time with her two dogs Bear and Sasha, going on adventures altogether or relaxing on the sofa after spending all day at the stables. She also has four horses, one of which she bred herself which keep her busy. She likes to compete her younger horses in dressage and eventing.

Emilea originally joined the HHG team in 2011 as an animal nursing assistant before qualifying as a veterinary nurse at the beginning of 2017. In 2018 she became our dedicated orthopaedic nurse, assisting with our ever expanding complex surgery cases. She is currently completing an advance qualification in surgical nursing.

Emilea then progressed to senior nurse of the Trowbridge practice for a couple of years before becoming our deputy head nurse and helping to oversee the running of all 4 sites.

Outside of work, Emilea is kept busy with her hundreds of animals that she has at home but her dogs will always have a special place in her heart.

Caroline joined Harris, Hill and Gibbons in August 2021 as a student Nurse. Previously, she went to college to gain a veterinary care assistant diploma, and started her nurse training shortly after. Caroline has a real soft spot when it comes to cats.

At home she has two cats. Maddie, who is almost 18, and Lola who is a big fluff ball. At work Caroline enjoys in-patient care, and client communication. In her spare time, she enjoys socialising with friends, and having beauty treatments.

Charlotte completed a Veterinary Care Assistant course in June 2019 before starting at HHG Veterinary Group in September 2019. Since a young age she has had a passion for animals and she wants to progress onto becoming a veterinary nurse.

She has two cats at home called Smudge and Penny who she loves to snuggle up with in front of the TV. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her friends and family and playing the piano.

Laura graduated from university in 2019 with a BsC (Hons) in Animal Behaviour. She has always had a keen interest in animals from a young age and has always been keen to work in the industry. Her previous animal experience was from working with exotic species at Bristol Zoo including lemurs, spider monkeys and warty pigs.

She has a Dalmatian at home called Ralph who is always up to no good. In her spare time she likes to travel home to Liverpool to see her family and friends as well as exploring new places for dog walks.

April joined as a volunteer in July 2021. She became a permanent member of Harris, Hill & Gibbons as a night time patient care assistant in October. April has spent her life being bought up around animals in Australia where her parents had a farm. April has mainly worked with animals in her career and after a short 2 year career as an administrator, she has decided to go back to working with animals as a PCA with the hopes of becoming a vet nurse.

Outside of work April spends her time gardening and gaming on her PC. She has two spoilt King Charles Cavaliers called Wilfred & Margot.

Abby joined the team as a patient care assistant in September 2018. It was Abby’s dream to work with animals and since joining HHG Vets she loves the fact that she looks forward to coming to work. Abby loves the variety of the job role and being able to give animals in need love and care.

At home she has a Beagle called Miley, who her life revolves around. Outside of work she likes to spend time with family and friends and going on countryside and seaside walks with Miley and her husband.

Kaylee Joined the HHG Vetrinary Group in September 2019, having previously studied Animal Management Level 3 at college. Kaylee is developing a keen interest in emergency and critical care and has always had a passion for animals, especially Border Collies.

Outside of work she enjoys sewing making dog collars and accessories and spending time with her family pets.