Veterinary nurses

Simone moved here in 2012 from the Gold Coast, Australia. She started her career working at Joel Vets as an Animal Nursing Assistant in 2014, she has since qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse and is now the Practice Manager. Her main interests are nursing hospitalised patients, taking blood pressure readings, animal behaviour training, and coaching our student nurses.

In her spare time she enjoys fostering animals, dog grooming, travelling and spending time with her family, including her rescue cat Wispa, and dog, Rosie.

Andrea has been working as a veterinary nurse since 1991 and qualified from Berkshire College in 1995. She joined the clinic in 2000 and is now also the practice manager as well as head nurse. She has a keen interest in radiography and nutrition, and outside work she loves horse riding, running and going to the cinema.

Emma is one of our qualified veterinary nurses. She is passionate about animal welfare and wildlife. Emma has two dogs, Dotty and Bob, and a cat called Squeak who all live happily on a narrowboat together. She also fosters all types of animals from pigeons to dogs. Outside of work she enjoys going on long walks exploring new areas with her dogs. Emma is also our pet bereavement advisor after doing a Blue Cross course.

Zoe is one of our Student Veterinary Nurses who has been working at Joel Vets since 2019. She loves the unpredictability of each day, getting stuck in and constantly learning. Zoe has always lived with cats and currently shares a house with her very spoilt cat Cookie. As well as having a lot of love for our lovely domestic animals, she also has a big passion for zoo animals and conservation. In 2017, Zoe took a couple of months out and travelled to Borneo to rehabilitate orang-utans. Once qualified, Zoe has a keen interest in extending her knowledge by undertaking the Advanced Nursing course, to then further specialise in Zoo Animal Nursing.

Jole is one of our Practice Care Assistants and joined Joel Veterinary Clinic in July 2019. Jole’s background was in hotel management for many years. In 2012 she decided to follow her dream to work with animals, so made a career change, starting with a course in animal behaviour and followed this up with a Diploma for Professional Pet Care and Veterinary Practice Assistant. She then went to work in a number of animal rescue centres where she become known as the ‘cat whisperer’.

In between keeping our practice tidy and clean, Jole makes sure that all the animals in our care don’t miss a meal, a walk or a cuddle after their procedures as well as supporting our vets and singing in Italian to all our patients. Jole shares her house with her two loving cats (and husband) and in her spare time she like running.

Stephanie joined the team in January 2020 after a 10 month maternity break. She has been working as an auxillary veterinary nurse for over five years, after completing a diploma as a veterinary care assistant in 2016. In her spare time, she enjoys being a mum, spending time with her family and friends and taking lots of long nature walks.

Sharmin joined Joel Veterinary Clinic in August 2018 and works as a full time patient care assistant. She has completed her veterinary care assistant course and has since started studying for her nursing diploma. At home she currently owns Tiger, a Labrador Retriever, two cats called Ghostie and Precious and three parrots. In her spare time Sharmin enjoys spending time with her pets and doing taekwondo.