Nurses - Manning Veterinary Hospital

Julie Ross; our senior nurse and practice manager with 20 years experience as clinical nurse, manager and groomer. She takes on a managerial role in the the hospital; she's married with 2 children and lives out in the country on a large farm with 3 dogs 'Fender', 'Stella' and 'Misty'. They have 3 cats 'Alice', 'Charlotte' and 'Tinka' which they share with 8 horses, cattle and goats. Her special interests include horseriding, mustering, campdrafting and surfing.

Annie Taylor; is our other senior nurse also with over 7 years experience. She has a cat called 'Widget' and horse named "Millie" likes to help out with animal welfare orginisations. In her spare time she likes the outdoors with camping a favourite; she also does some fishing and rides horses; otherwise she likes spending time with her friends. Annie has one son, Ben who is three, and is currently pregnent with her second child

Amie Tisdell; has been with us for 5 years now and has recenlty completed her certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. She loves her job and finds it very rewarding. In her spare time she's very musically inclined and sings country music while playing her guitar. She lives in the country and likes riding her horse 'Sunny' as well; she has 3 dogs 'Tuff', 'Harvey' and 'Bella' and six cats:'Fudge', 'Charlie' ,'Narla', 'Jack', 'Jill' and 'Lizy'.

Emma Smith;started with us as a trainee nurse and 3 1/2 years later she's still here and loving it. In her spare time she likes riding her horses 'Kruze' and 'Tayne'; she has three dogs 'Cane', 'Rhani' and 'Miley', a heand reared sheep 'Evie-Dora' who thinks shes more human than sheep and two cats 'Mia-Belle' and 'Marley'.
Emma is our web page administrator so if there is anything you would like to see on our web page please let her know.

Brenda Johnston; Started nursing 20yrs ago. After she married and had her two daughters Karla and Sonia she then moved into the childcare indusrty. But always endeavoured to get back to her nursing roots.
Brenda has been with us since the beginning of 2010 and is loving being back nursing. Brenda has also taken on the role of our accounts administrator.
In her 'leisure time' Brenda is involved in Black Head Surf Lifesaving Club and the local Hockey Club.

Lauren McMahon;