Veterinary nurses

Jayne joined Pet Doctors in 2002 as a student veterinary nurse and worked across all of the Pet Doctors island sites before taking on the clinical director role in September 2016. She enjoys all aspects of her job and has a special interest in diagnostic imaging. Outside of work Jayne enjoys travelling and sunny beaches.

Maria joined us in 2016 as a receptionist and qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2020. She previously worked for the NHS for 16 years as a graduate paramedic and resuscitation officer. Her special area of interest is cardiology. She has two dogs called Poppy and Peanut who she likes to walk with her husband and two children.

Jess joined Pet Doctors in 2018 as a Patient Care Assistant. Since then she has begun studying at Sparsholt College to follow her dream and become a qualified veterinary nurse. Jess has a particular interest in animal behaviour and loves the range of different personalities that she meets on a day-to-day basis. Outside of work she shares her home with two troublesome ginger cats, Lily and T.

Lauren joined Pet Doctors in December 2017 after completing five months work experience at the Newport surgery. She will be enrolled on the veterinary nursing training program with Sparsholt College in September 2018. Lauren has enjoyed her time in the Lake clinic so far and is looking forward to starting her training. She has two dogs, a Shih Tzu called Lyla and a Yorkshire Terrier called Alfie, and in her free time she enjoys exploring the island with them.

Laura joined Pet Doctors in 2017 after previously studying zoology at Aberystwyth University. She has a keen interest in British wildlife and outside of work enjoys swimming and travelling.

Karen started out on the animal care route in 1998 after leaving school but after college followed environmental work and for the last 17 years I have been working on environmental outdoor education working with schools and families which brought her to the Isle of Wight initially. However, she missed the direct work with animals and jumped at the opportunity to work with Pet Doctors to start her Veterinary Nursing training. She is mostly based at our Newport practice but can be found at any of our branches. At home, Karen has two rabbits, an 11 year old daughter (going on 15!) and loves cake. They enjoy family walks, spending time at the beach in the summer heading out on their kayak, rock pooling.