Meet the skilled and friendly team who’ll be taking care of your animal

Lisa qualified from Glasgow University in 1990, and has been working at Hawick Vets since 1997.  She still enjoys being in mixed practice, but has a small animal bias. Her main interest is in surgical cases, the more challenging the better!

When not at work she spends her time with her family and horses.

Jenny qualified in 2005 from Edinburgh University and worked in mixed practice on the west of Scotland before joining the practice in July 2008. Jenny works part time but takes a share of the out of hours rota. Jenny enjoys treating all species of animal and has a black Labrador called Penny.

Catharine qualified from Cambridge in 1996 and has been with the practice since March 2010. Catharine grew up in Perthshire and since qualifying has worked in England and New Zealand before joining the team at Hawick Vets.

Catharine enjoys all elements of mixed practice and has a keen interest in opthalmology. Outside work she keeps busy spending time in the beautiful Scottish Borders with a young family and various pets.

Diana qualified from London in 2005. She has since worked in mixed practice in Durham and then Duns until joining us in May 2017.

Diana enjoys all aspects of mixed practice and currently works on a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Diana spends the rest of her time busy at home on the farm with her family.

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Vanesssa qualified as a veterinary nurse in April 2005 and is a Registered Veterinary Nurse. She worked for 6 months at a practice in Carlise before joining the team at Hawick Vets later that year. Vanessa has a special interest in companion animal nutrition and will be delighted to discuss any specialist feeding requirements for your pet. She enjoys nursing clinics especially ‘fit club’ to help pets achieve a healthy weight. She loves the opportunity to make a bond with our furry patients and their owners and is well known to many of our clients. She currently cares for her two pet dogs and cat.

Stacey completed her HND in veterinary nursing and qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in August 2013. She joined Hawick Vets in October 2010 as a trainee vet nurse. She is enjoying meeting all our patients and enjoys running nursing clinics. You might also meet Stacey at our monthly puppy parties. Stacey is now a clinical coach and involved in the team training our student veterinary nurses.

Stacey has a cheeky Cockerpoo dog called Vinnie, who keeps her busy at home.

Sera has worked at Hawick Vets since 1999 as a veterinary nursing assistant. You may meet her helping the vets during consultations. Sera also assists with our in patients and looks after the ordering to ensure that we have all the supplies required daily. She has two dogs, a horse and a cheeky shetland pony to keep her busy after work.

Katy joined the practice in 2013 as a veterinary care assistant and gained her diploma from Northumberland college in 2014. She then worked at the practice as a student veterinary nurse before qualifying as a veterinary nurse in 2017. Many of you will have met her at puppy parties or discharging your pet after a stay with us.  In addition to nursing our small animal patients she assists the vets with equine patients. She is a keen rider and experienced and competent handling horses having spent two years working at Richard Faheys yard. Katy enjoys assisting Sarah in her duties at the racecourse. She splits her week working at the practice and on the family farm attending their cattle and sheep.

Sarah joined the practice in 2015 as a student veterinary nurse before completeing her HND and qualifying as registered veterinary nurse in August 2017. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing but especially the challenges of critical care of hospitalised patients.  She also helps nurse our equine patients and assists the vet on racecourse duty.  Sarah is a keen rider and enjoys the common ridings.  She has two black labradors at home and has a special soft spot for the breed.

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Susan joined us in October 2011 as our full time receptionist. She always has a smile on her face and a cheery greeting for our clients at the front desk and on the phone.

Morag is our part-time receptionist. She’ll be there to greet you during our morning and evening appointments. Some of you may also have met her at her dog grooming parlour in Jedburgh called Precious Paws. She sometimes helps with some of our trickier patients who need some pampering at the practice.

Morag has a very cuddly Cocker Spaniel called Cooper.

Michelle joined the practice in 1995, working on reception and in the accounts department. She has an integral role within the practice, ensuring everything runs smoothly.

Ewan qualified as a vet in 1989 and moved to the Borders to his first job in St Boswells. Since then he has mixed helping raise a family with locum work and rugby coaching. Ewans case load in now mainly HR and health and safety, however he still provides clinical back up during busy spells.