{"id":16650,"date":"2024-03-22T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/?p=16650"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:48:37","slug":"amelias-advantedge-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/news\/2024\/03\/22\/amelias-advantedge-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"From mixed practice to ECC: Amelia&#8217;s AdvantEdge adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amelia Rashid&#8217;s veterinary career began with a solid foundation in mixed practice in Newcastle, fresh off her graduation from Liverpool in 2020. Her path took an adventurous turn towards locum work to fuel her travel passions, leading her unexpectedly into the fast-paced world of Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) with Vets Now.<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with Amelia to understand her ECC career development through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/edge\/advant-edge\/\">our AdvantEdge programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Tell us a little about your career so far.<\/h5>\n<p>I graduated from Liverpool in 2020, and then my first job was in a busy mixed practice in Newcastle. I did small animals and equine. Just over two years in, I decided to go travelling and started locum work to facilitate this. I did that for about a year, and then started the job at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/find-an-emergency-vet\/middlesbrough\/\">Vets Now Middlesborough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>What led you to become a vet?<\/h5>\n<p>Sadly, I was one of those clich\u00e9 people who always wanted to be a vet! Fortunately, science was what I was best at, so it made sense to go down that route.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>When did you develop an interest in emergency and critical care?<\/h5>\n<p>I first became interested in ECC at uni. In my third, fourth and fifth year I had a part-time job working at two practices nearby. I would be there overnight to help with triaging and inpatient care. 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