Welcome to our New Staff!

Website Editor • July 30, 2019

17h July 2019

As many of you may have noticed, we have been super busy recently and so we are pleased to announce that we are expanding our veterinary team.

We are really lucky to have THREE additional Veterinary Surgeons start this summer and we would like to welcome Jess,  Verity and Emma to our team. This will take us up to SEVEN full time vets.

You may have noticed that Galina isn't around at the moment - she is away on maternity leave and we have the lovely Jenny working with us as locum maternity cover until Galina returns.

We are also very lucky to see the return of Senior Nurse Bridget Facer , who brings our nursing team up to eleven.

By having extra members of staff, we hope to be able to continue to offer you convenient appointment times and be able to further the service that we are able to offer to you and your pets in our practice.

Be sure to check out our entire team on our staff pages here.

Jessica Wilby BVetMed MRCVS

Jess Wilby - Veterinary Surgeon

Jess qualified in 2017 and has previously been working at a lovely practice in Market Harborough. As well as being a good "all-round" GP vet, she has special interests in Ophthalmology, Feline Medicine and "Small Furry" Medicine and Surgery.

Jess is an avid tennis player and golfer and enjoys spending time with her incredibly well trained pet rats. Be sure to say hello next time you are in!

Verity Browning BSc DVM MRCVS

Verity Browning - Veterinary Surgeon

Verity qualified in 2014 and has been previously based further north in Cheshire. Verity enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine, however she does particularly like the medical challenges that this job entails, along with a passion for treating and rehabilitating injured wildlife.

Do come and introduce yourself if you bump into her whilst your are here!

Emma Sansby BVM BVS MRCVS

Emma Sansby - Veteirnary Surgeon

Emma qualified from Nottingham Vet School this year in 2019.  Many of you will have seen Emma before as she was a regular visitor here as part of her training and we are delighted that she is now able to come and work with us full time.  Emma is proving extremely popular with our clients and she is enjoying settling into her role as a GP vet with great success.

Bridget Facer Cert VN ECC, RVN

Veterinary Nurse Bridget Facer RVN

Bridget qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2004 whilst working at the Bilton Veterinary Centre. In 2006 she left to work at The Willows Specialist Veterinary Hospital in Solihull where she gained her additional qualifications in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing.

We are absolutely delighted that she has wanted to come back and work with us again! Bridget has particular interests in anaesthesia and patient monitoring.

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