Veterinary nurse career case studies
The veterinary nursing profession has many special qualities and opportunities unique to its role and can lead you in many different directions, from all the different aspects of animal healthcare and welfare, to management, academia, conservation, consultancy or even working overseas.
To help you find out more about the diverse career paths available to you, read our new case studies from veterinary nurses in a wide variety of different roles.
Though your own career path will be unique, we hope you will find ideas and inspiration from reading about others.
Meet Lyndsay, a Registered Veterinary Nurse and the only nurse on a board of vet directors.
Albert Holgate BSc(Hons) CVN, DipAVN RVN
Meet Albert, a Clinical Manager at RSPCA’s Greater Manchester Animal Hospital.
Ruby Lambert RVN
Meet Ruby, an RVN working in out of hours emergency care, referral medicine, lecturing, and animal welfare for TV and film.
Nicholas Coleman FdSc RVN
Meet Nicholas, a Registered Veterinary Nurse in the Internal Medicine team at Paragon Veterinary Referrals in Wakefield.
Bethan Pinhey BSc (Hons) RVN PGCert HE FHEA
Meet Bethan, Programme Manager for Veterinary Nursing at The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)
Samantha Bradshaw RVN
Meet Samantha, a Registered Veterinary Nurse and Student and Training Coordinator and RVN at Cromwell Veterinary Group.
Kelly Eyre RVN ISFM DipFN
Meet Kelly, a Senior Clinic Veterinary Nurse at the Royal Canin Feline Healthy Ageing Clinic at the University of Liverpool.
Jasmine Curtis RVN
Meet Jasmine, a Veterinary Nursing Enrolment Officer for The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Helen Russell CertVNECC RVN
Meet Helen, Joint Venture Partner and Lead Veterinary Nurse at Vets4Pets Byfleet.
Lacey Pitcher RVN
Meet Lacey, a Registered Veterinary Nurse and Mind Matters Initiative Outreach and Engagement Senior Officer.
Krishna Mistry BSc PGCertAVN ECC DipAVN (small animal) VNCert ECC RVN
Meet Krishna, a Registered Veterinary Nurse in a small animal hospital in West Yorkshire.
Victoria Bowes RVN, Dip.HE, Dip.RSA
Meet Victoria, Veterinary Nursing Course Manager for Warwickshire College.
Hamish Morrin MSc RVN FHEA
Meet Hamish, Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Nursing at Royal Veterinary College.
Zoe Hall BSc (Hons) RVN ISFMCertFN
Meet Zoe, a Veterinary Nutrition Partner (VNP) for Nestle Purina Petcare UK.
Sophie Venables BSc (Hons) RVN
Meet Sophie, a Post Registration Programme (PRP) Manager for Linnaeus.
Susan Howarth RVN
Meet Susan, the Programme Manager for the veterinary nursing course at Harper Adams University.