Staff

People who care

Veterinary surgeons

Nursing staff

Administrative staff

Nursing staff

Clair Loding
Head Nurse

Clair joined the practice as a trainee veterinary nurse in August 2000 and qualified with credit in 2002.

Clair also recently received a 'Cynthia award' from the FAB for outstanding knowledge and nursing care of felines.

Clair has a special interest in rabbits and has eight of her own, as well as a very handsome cat called 'Chester'.

She is hoping to do the advanced nursing diploma next year and go on to work in emergency nursing.

Jacky Impey,
Veterinary Nurse

Jacky Impey is a part time veterinary nurse who qualified in January 1990 and joined the Ivy Lodge Veterinary Clinic in June 2005.

She has two children, a black cat called Buffy, and a Staffie-cross called Reggie (pictured here), with whom she regularly attends training classes. When not too busy with the above, her main interest is in horse riding and she has recently taken on part loan of Elisa's horse Gus.

Sarah Wager
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Sarah Wager joined the practice in October 2005 and started her training at Writtle College in September 2006. She previously worked as a volunteer at a Wildlife Rescue Centre in Scotland and a Seal Sanctuary in Cornwall.

Sarah has a rabbit called Poppy, two guinea pigs, Harry and Freddie, a ten year old cat called Kookie, a leopard gecko called Georgie and also Pippa the ten year old tabby cat (pictured) who currently lives at the practice. Outside of work Sarah enjoys playing badminton and swimming as well as reading, cooking and gardening.

Hayley Jasper
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Hayley joined the practice in October 2006 and begins her two year Veterinary Nurse training at Writtle College in September 2007.

She enjoys horse riding and currently loans an arab called Zayna. She also owns a border collie puppy (see photo, right) called Max and a cat called Amber.

Isobel
Practice cat

Isobel came to us in January 2005 as a welfare case. She had been badly beaten and had sustained serious head injuries. Her progress was slow to start with but has since come on leaps and bounds.

Isobel now lives in the clinic, has a large cage with plenty of toys where she spends her evenings and is free to wander the clinic the rest of the time. She is also free to explore the surrounding fields although is rather agoraphobic and prefers to be indoors! She is well loved by the rest of the staff.