Our centre currently has more than 30 nurses and kennel assistants. Our nurses are led by Head Nurse, Emma Johnson and our Head of Training, Josey Killner. The nursing team is specifically trained for caring for severely ill, traumatised and debilitated patients and giving them all the surgical and medical care they require prior to, during and after clinical investigations and surgery.
Nursing Team
Emma joined Fitzpatrick referrals in 2006 as Head Surgical Nurse and has recently passed her diploma in medical nursing. She is now working towards her surgical diploma.
Emma works tirelessly assisting the vets, nurses and kennel staff with... more»
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Josey qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1988. She continued to work in primary care practice for 22 years gaining the advanced diploma in surgical nursing (DipAVNsurg) and NVQ Assessor qualification in 2001. She then achieved the advanced diploma... more»
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I trained at The Royal Veterinary College, qualified in 2008, and then started at Fitzpatrick Referrals.
Working with animals has always been in the family. My dad’s a vet and my mum’s a veterinary nurse.
I’ve grown up around lots of animals.... more»
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I was nursing in primary care practices in Leicestershire for five years before coming here in January 2010. Previously I groomed horses, but then I wanted to do something more serious to help animals.
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I trained for six years at a primary care practice in West Sussex before coming here in August 2009.
I went to a school with a farm and grew to love animals at an early age, and this was always what I wanted to do.
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I trained at Portsmouth University and qualified in 2006. I’ve been at Fitzpatrick Referrals since June 2009.
I do this job for the same reason as my colleagues - I adore animals and I want to help them. They enrich human lives no end and I want to... more»
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I started as a Kennels Assistant in 2005, and am now training to be a nurse.
I’ve always loved animals and loved caring for them. I grew up with every animal imaginable as pets, and also helped look after cattle, sheep, and pigs on my grandparents’... more»
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I’ve been nursing for eight years, and have been fully qualified since 2005.
I love animals (I have a cat called Baz) and I’d always wanted to work in science and medicine, so this job is a good mix of all of that. I joined Fitzpatrick Referrals... more»
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I worked and trained in primary care nursing in Windsor for six years before joining Fitzpatrick Referrals in September 2009.
Working in primary care didn’t challenge me enough, but here I have a lot of responsibility and I get to do the things I... more»
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I trained at Bristol University, and qualified in 2005. I then worked in primary care before starting here in 2007.
I wanted to work with animals from a young age, specifically in nursing, because it’s so ‘hands-on’..
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