{"id":18070,"date":"2025-04-17T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/?p=18070"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:51:49","slug":"sinawo-jack-cutting-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/news\/2025\/04\/17\/sinawo-jack-cutting-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cutting Edge shaped Sinawo Jack\u2019s vet career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sinawo Jack\u2019s veterinary journey has taken an unexpected but rewarding turn, from caring for poultry in her native South Africa to treating sick pets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/find-an-emergency-vet\/sheffield\/\">our Vet\u2019s Now\u2019s Sheffield clinic<\/a>. Moving countries and taking her veterinary career in a completely different direction has been a massive change. 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I really liked the work and there was a lot of equipment I hadn\u2019t really had a chance to use in South Africa. I liked both medicine and surgery and didn\u2019t want to let go of either. 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