Rebecca Joyce RVN

Responsibilities include specialised nursing of critical care patients, assisting with emergencies, rotating through cardiology, dentistry and internal medicine.

Assisting with procedures such as radiographs, endoscopy, chemotherapy, ultrasonography and computed tomography scans.

As the training coordinator I am encouraging whilst training new staff members and students, providing ongoing training and support as well as facilitating talks and seminars.

I have acted as 2IC to the Nursing manager and Operations coordinator during periods of absence, adjusting rosters, dealing with conflicts, ordering stock and maintaining equipment.

Responsible for all veterinary nursing duties including running the feline boarding facility, stock ordering, lab analysis, consult nursing, assisting in surgery and triaging emergencies.

During this 9 year period, I performed locum nursing roles within five different privately owned veterinary hospitals. This allowed me to hone my nursing skills and work independently, sometimes being the only nurse and other times working in a large team within hospitals with exotics and large animals. I wrote many new standard operating procedures and protocols during these roles to help improve the running of the hospitals.

I was responsible for all nursing manager duties including rostering, ordering, staff appraisals, recruiting new nurses, and training receptionists.

When performing nursing duties on the floor, I led with kindness and by example by providing gold standard nursing care.

At this veterinary hospital I completed all my vet nurse training including practical workshops, continuing professional development and completing case logs which allowed me to enter the list of registered veterinary nurses with the RCVS.

As well as working with a fantastic team of vets and nurses who encouraged nurses to utilise their skills in the main hospital, I had sole responsibility of a branch clinic and it helped me to develop strong leadership and organisational skills.