Louise Dunn RVN
Head Nurse
Louise qualified in 2009 after completing a honours degree. She worked in small animal practice for a few years before going in to referral nursing. In 2016 Louise became head nurse at Animed Veterinary Group. Her speciality is emergency and critical care nursing. At home Louise has three dogs named Brian, Trudy and Zebadee and a horse Maggie.
Clementine Innes RVN
Deputy Head Nurse
Clementine qualified as an RVN in 2015 and joined the Animed team in August 2016. She has recently taken over the role of deputy head nurse and is currently studying for a level four diploma in veterinary emergency and critical care. Clementine has an interest in surgical nursing and anaesthesia. Outside of work she enjoys going to CrossFit and has an interest in health and nutrition.
Georgie Agius RVN
Georgie started her veterinary nursing training in 2012 and graduated from Sparsholt College in July 2017. She has worked at Animed since September 2014. Georgie loves the variety of working at a hospital and is currently working a mixture of days and nights. At home she has three dogs, Jules, Harvey and Rosie, a blind cat called King Louie that she hand reared from a day old and Eddy, her corn snake. Outside of work Georgie enjoys going to the cinema, reading and, of course, spending time with her fur babies.
Cara Anderson RVN
Cara has worked at Animed since 2016; she has been qualified as a veterinary nurse since April 2016 after studying the degree pathway through the University of Portsmouth. She is interested in all aspects of nursing care but particularly enjoys radiology, laboratory testing and emergency critical care. She has two cats called Poppy and Perran and a French bulldog called Bridget (Jones).
Emma Bulpitt RVN
Clinical Coach
Emma started nursing in 2003 as a fresh-faced 16 year old, straight out of school. She qualified and became a registered veterinary nurse in 2008 and became a clinical coach in 2010, helping to teach other student nurses the skills they need to work in practice. Emma took on the challenge of joining the management team as head nurse of a group of small, busy, local practices in the Southampton area in January 2016, gaining people management and leadership skills. However, the more time she spent away from nursing, the more she realised that it will always be her first passion, and so Emma joined us at Animed in February 2018 to further her knowledge and nursing skills in a busy, hospital environment, working within a large team with a wealth of veterinary knowledge.
Jo McKeown RVN
Jo returned to Animed Veterinary Group in 2015 as an RVN after spending some years as a lecturer in animal science and equine care. She has a special interest in the care of our geriatric patients and hospice care. Jo has two dogs, Ziggy and Grain, a cat called Pi and a rabbit, Easter. She regularly competes with her horse, Amigo, who is a chestnut Dutch Warmblood in dressage competitions.
Stephanie Ryder RVN
Stephanie started her training at Animed Veterinary Hospital in 2001 through MYF training and qualified as a registered veterinary nurse in 2006. She loves being part of the surgical team so you will mostly find her in theatre with your anaesthetised furry friends. At home Stephanie has three rescue cats: Winnie, who she hand reared, Phoebe who is an asthmatic and Euro, her lovable stray. She has a great love of animals and wouldn’t be anywhere else.
Chloe Bradley
Student Veterinary Nurse
Chloe has worked at Animed since 2016 and is currently in her second year of training to become a qualified veterinary nurse. She has a keen interest in perioperative nursing and wildlife; she often rehabilitates wildlife that is brought into Animed. Chloe has a bearded dragon and has two rescue dogs at home called Max and Lexi whom she frequently checks up on through her doggie spy cam at work.
Gemma Lewis
Student Veterinary Nurse
Gemma is in her second year at Sparsholt college training to become a veterinary nurse. She has a particular interest in anaesthesia and emergency critical care which she is gaining experience in by working with the MiNightVet team, which is based at the Shedfield practice out of hours. At home Gemma has a lovely French bulldog called Arlo.
Georgia Mills
Student Veterinary Nurse
Georgia started work at Animed as a patient care assistant in August 2014 but has now progressed to a student veterinary nurse, studying at Sparsholt Veterinary College. She enjoys surgical nursing and anaesthesia and has recently started doing some night shifts for the MiNightVet team at Animed to improve her knowledge in emergency and critical care. She has two Labradors and a Golden Retriever, Penny, Bruce and Jessie.
Emma Turner
Student Veterinary Nurse
Emma is studying for her veterinary nurse qualification at Sparsholt College and has worked for Animed since 2016. She has a particular interest in anaesthesia and providing a high standard of nursing care to the inpatients. She has two cats called Dotty and Arty which she rescued; she is the resident crazy cat lady at Animed.
Kelly Reynolds
Patient Care Assistant
Kelly is a patient care assistant at Animed Veterinary Hospital. Her main role is looking after the patients once they have been operated on. Kelly's future ambition is to start training as a student veterinary nurse, as she's very passionate about their welfare and their wellbeing. At home Kelly has a Cavachon called Teddy who is extremely loved by all his family members.
