A Shift in the Life of...

This section is designed to give you a flavour of what’s it’s really like to work for Vets Now in the Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) area of veterinary medicine. Our vets and vet nurses describe the highlights of their shifts, discuss common ECC issues and share their most interesting cases direct from our vet clinics across the UK! You can read about a typical shift, or for more detail on ECC work check out our weekly vet and vet nurse blogs...

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A shift in the life of a senior vet surgeon

A Shift in the Life: Richard White, Senior Vet, Middlesbrough

After four years of working as a locum with Vets Now, Richard joined the company in 2007 and is now our Senior Vet in Vets Now Middlesbrough. One of Richard’s favourite elements of his job is getting to work as part of such a close and capable team, especially on surgical cases...

A shift in the life of a senior vet nurse

A Shift in the Life: Helen Clark, Senior Nurse, Edinburgh

Helen qualified in 2003 and soon decided she wanted to develop her interest in Emergency and Critical Care. Before joining Vets Now, Helen worked in a large small animal hospital. Helen loves the variety of cases she deals with as part of her very hands-on nursing role at Vets Now...

A shift in the life of a Receptionist

A Shift in the Life: Jill Halliday, Receptionist, Glasgow

Jill joined Vets Now in early 2008, and loves the buzz and friendly team atmosphere of the busy Glasgow clinic. Although she hadn’t worked Out Of Hours before, she is really enjoying all the free time her shift pattern allows her to spend time with her young family and her much loved pets...