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Being a mum to four young children meant veterinary life took a backseat to family life for Victoria Lenthall for the past decade. And following her husband abroad saw intermittent clinic work become non-existent. Now, though, after going through a spell when she thought she might leave the profession altogether, Victoria is loving life as vet once again.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s working at Vets Now\u2019s Salisbury clinic<\/a>, not only having the satisfaction of using her hard-earned skills but seeing the benefits in home life, too. And she says it\u2019s only been made possible thanks to AdvantEdge, Vets Now\u2019s acclaimed programme that\u2019s helped countless experienced veterinary professionals make the transition into the exciting world of ECC medicine.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s taken some hard work, but that\u2019s something she\u2019s been used to from her earliest days at the University of Bristol .<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t quite get the A-Level grades I needed, so I did a biology degree first,\u201d said Victoria. \u201cI hated the studies, but I was stubborn and determined and put in a huge amount of work to make sure I got through it. I enjoyed it more as it went on and became more practical as I learn better doing rather than reading books\u201d<\/p>\n

Victoria qualified in 2011 and, having grown up on a Dorset dairy farm, she had initially thought she might do farm work. But she ended up going into small animal work with her first job in Harrogate, following her soon-to-be husband who had to move there due to his job.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a small James Herriot-style mixed practice with some on-call work, and I really loved that,\u201d said Victoria. \u201cI spent three years there and it was the best possible first job, with a lot of support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victoria then moved to Wiltshire with her husband, taking a general practice job, before the arrival of daughter, now 10, saw her stop working full-time. Her son, eight, daughter, five, and youngest daughter, three, c ame along, she took her full year\u2019s maternity leave each time and then just found occasional locum work when she could. Those sporadic shifts stopped altogether during lockdown and when another move took the family to Cyprus.<\/p>\n

It was only on their return last summer, after three years of not working at all, that the possibility of becoming a vet again was even considered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved being a vet and with Thea at an age where I could leave her, I needed something for me as I felt I\u2019d lost myself just intensively parenting,\u201d said Victoria. \u201cI\u2019d done a little bit of locum work with Vets Now in the past and I knew the hours could fit in with my lifestyle. But I would never have felt brave enough to do this without AdvantEdge. With my years away, I\u2019d lost all my confidence in being a vet.\u201d<\/p>\n

AdvantEdge is delivered twice a year, with vets receiving full salary and a mix of sessions at Vets Now\u2019s Dunfermline support office and online<\/a>. There is around 80 hours CPD over the fortnight, with the programme including blood gas analysis, fluid therapy, cardiac emergencies and much more. One of the most popular sessions is a full day spent at a surgical wet lab facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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