Veterinary nurses

Becci is our newly appointed Head Nurse. She used to work at Melbourne whilst she was doing her training. She had left to work in a busy 24-hour hospital practice where she has gained a whole level of new skills over the last five years and became Head Nurse there. Becci has now come back to Melbourne to show off these skills and hopefully lead our nursing team to the best of their ability! Being a clinical coach she will be able to train some of our students. Becci’s interests as a Veterinary nurse are medicine and emergency and critical care. She also has a keen interest in wound management – the gorier the better!

At home she has two dogs; a rescued blind elderly Border Collie and a working Labrador, a cat that she rescued from Melbourne last time here and three horses that keep her pretty busy. She horse rides and enjoys clay pigeon shooting.

Keeley has been with the practice since 2011. She is very passionate about animal care and maintaining high welfare standards. Her main passion areas at work are anaesthetics, oral hygiene/dentistry and canine behaviour. Keeley is mainly based at our sister practice, Mercia Veterinary Surgery.

Hollie recently joined Melbourne in May 2021. Hollie qualified as a Veterinary Care Assistant back in July 2020 and is starting her Veterinary Nursing in September. She has a very keen interest in impatient care and nurse consults. At home Hollie has a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Honey and a hamster called Pip! In her spare time she enjoys the gym and spending time with friends and family.

Sian started working as a receptionist in January 2017 and after transferring to Melbourne Vets in 2018 she is now based at this surgery. She is Bronze level trained in the BVRA Accredited Veterinary Receptionist Award. After working as a receptionist for four years Sian took the step to start her Veterinary Nursing training, gaining her Veterinary Care assistant qualification in May 2021 and is starting her Veterinary Nursing in September 2021. She has two Staffordshire Bull Terriers called Finch and Tawny. In her spare time she enjoys walking the dogs and photographing them in the countryside.

Natalie joined Melbourne in June 2017, qualified as a veterinary care assistant in August 2017 and Qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in December 2020. Her favourite part of the job is inpatient care, theatre and anaesthesia. At home she has two dogs, Honey, the Shih-tzu and Pam, the Jack Russell. Natalie also has a guinea pig named Biscuit. In her spare time she enjoys taking her dogs walking, cooking and spending time with her friends and family. Natalie's favourite animals are dogs - she loves all their individual looks and characters!

Becci joined us in April 2014 as one of our two head nurses. She has a keen interest in medical nursing and enjoys taking care of our hospitalised patients. Becci is also one of our clinical coaches and oversees the training of our student nurses. Outside of work she enjoys baking and will occasionally bring in treats for all the staff and has contributed to the bake sales we have had on our open days. She lives with her husband Craig and her two children.

Kate is a Registered Veterinary Nurse who joined the team at Melbourne in June 2021. Previously, Kate worked for a PDSA charity hospital, busy private veterinary centre and emergency ‘out of hours’ clinic. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing, including anaesthesia, medical nursing and client education. She is a self-confessed 'swot' and enjoys building on her veterinary knowledge so she can provide the best possible care for her patients. Outside of work she spends much of her time walking her two Flat coated Retrievers Flint and Fern on Cannock Chase, and takes regular mountain walking trips to the Lake District.

Jayne qualified as a registered veterinary nurse in 1991 and is Practice Manager for Melbourne Veterinary Centre, Mercia Veterinary Surgery and firstvets West Midlands. Jayne has previously worked in both small animal and emergency veterinary clinics so has a wide range of experience in the veterinary industry. She has two rescue dogs; Brassy from The Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand and Bear from Romania.

In her spare time she likes walking, travelling and spending time with family and friends.